I'm sorry, in a way, to post to this thread after so many days of peaceful inactivity. Unfortunately, although many pieces of good advice were repeated many times to ensure agreement, a couple key issues were left unaddressed:
1. Nick's theft of $1000 involved a large, heavy, locked crate, much more secure than a kit crate tied by a ziptie. If that was not safe, how can we rest with the main piece of advice being, "Lock things in big boxes or crates when you aren't with them?"
2. Nick's theft also occurred during the awards ceremony. It has been commonly and wisely suggested that someone be with your stuff at all times. This, in its manner, solves #1. However, I don't think anyone is seriously suggesting that every team leave a member in the pits during the award ceremony. If so, no one has expressed it so clearly, and someone did say that this would be a bad thing. I think the answer to Nick's problem, as best as I can perceive it, is to have locked things under team guard as much as possible, but to essentially close the pits during the award ceremony. What need is there for visitors to go there then? If a team needs something from it, they can send someone who has an SME card.
This is just off the top of my head. What do other people think?
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