With clarification my read on the manure is that the referee has 5. There are 5 in base. There 2 on board. Thus there are 7 that can score resulting in the potential of 40 points outlined in your para. 3. 

I understand the referee to put pieces as penalties in the white triangle in the SE corner near the seal.  

Todd Lennox 
Coach
Capital Girls (2014-2015)
Think Tank (2016)

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> On Sep 6, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Nanda Kottury <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> We are a rookie team
> 
> QUESTION ON POINTS: I see only two (2) locations on the board where manure samples to be placed - one in middle of the board and other one at the panda release (designated locations).
> 1.    Does this mean, rest of ten manure samples can be placed anywhere in the base by the team ? 
> 2.    If the team succeeds in moving all ten manure samples from base and two manure samples located at designated location, one at a time, to training and research area then the team would get 12*5 = 60 points ? and additional 5 Points for having completed M15. Does this mean the team would get 65 points in total ? 
> 3.    Per M15 penalties section, If the referee is holding 5 of the 10 manure samples with him/her,  does this mean the team gets to move only seven(7) samples instead of twelve(12) – per challenge update document changed from 10 to seven. If team moves manure samples one at a time to the training and research area, does this mean the team would get a maximum of 7*5 = 35 plus 5 for completing the mission, now potentially 40 in total ?
> 
> QUESTION ON PENALTIES LISTED UNDER M15:
> 1.    When Referee place manure sample in white triangle, in the south west area for interrupting the robot? Is this just a gesture to show the team that they have six (6) point penalty ?
> 2.    The tringle that is referenced in M15 PENALTIES section, Is this the triangle where FIRST is written (right above the big LEGO logo in the base) ?
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