The simple act of posting signs regarding the issues would serve to encourage compliance from those who follow most rules in their lives. It would also "empower" folks to use the selfishly reserved seats and would put abusers on notice that their efforts to "sequester" the prime seating would probably not work. I don't think more draconian measures will be needed once the issue is broached. In any case it is worth a try. As we have discused, there are different norms for these problems in various venues and we need to establish the pattern here.
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