2006 Season - The Negative

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by KarenH

1.) Inviting the public?
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I have a question, though-- Do we really want to advertise to the public? It would be great if we got more spectators who are generally interested in seeing the robots compete. But I wouldn't want certain types of people to come--namely those who would be more interested in making off with unattended laptops, cameras, and other valuable equipment. The other problem is that, the more people you invite to the pits, the harder it is to enforce the safety glasses requirement. Plus, the pits can get crowded. This was such a problem in Phoenix on Saturday morning that an announcement was made that the pits were off-limits to anyone but team members.

These are valid concerns.

Perhaps it would be best to start by inviting schools to attend as a field trip, and giving them a lot of information about the event, and suggestions on what to do, where to go when, etc.

Our team has been discussing this idea for the Arizona regional.