[KathieK]

These are good suggestions to a problem that affects all of us. Sometimes we're the "squatters" because we can get to the venue early and "stake our claim" to the number of seats we require; sometimes we are traveling a long distance by bus to get to a venue and arrive well after everyone else has gotten there and need to split up our team. Is it GP to save seats when the rules prohibit doing so? No. Are teams guilty of doing it? Yes, including ours. I think more teams are guilty than are not guilty, but that doesn't make it "right".

Perhaps when a team registers in TIMS for an event the system can be configured to assign seats in an area, like you suggested, similar to reserving seats for a concert, etc. But will reserved seats create more problems? Like many things in FIRST, there are no easy answers.