I think the whole idea of dealing with non-members becomes too complex to administer. Members can badge in easily enough. The rest becomes too complicated: waivers and pre-signups.
I think the big issue to resolve is policy on student and teacher no-shows, stand-bys, etc.
Regarding the last item, as an instructor I may put a statement in:
This is a limited size class. If at 7:05 all registered attendees are not present, that seat will be given to someone that is available and present. There is no guarantee you will be able to get into a class.
Are sure some will howl āThatās not fair - if Iām six minutes late I canāt attend!ā This is true, but I want to start the class promptly, itās during that first 5 minutes I take attendance and have introductions, so not anything critical as far as material.
But in my classes the first area covered is safety. You show up late youāll have missed that - plus I donāt know if youāre just 6 minutes late or a no-show. If someone is there waiting - Iād rather give to them. Some people are habitually late.
As an instructor, I was late to one class, but here at the Space. It was the night 75 people signed up for a Co-play class and I was ensuring waivers were signed and directing people to the class.
Another option is āInstructor Approval Requiredā if youāre a no-show, then Iāll let you enroll in next class if there is an opening at say noon the day of class. So far Iāve had about 90%+ show up for my classes Iāve taught and about 1/3rd of time Iāve let in one extra person.
However, my evening class last Friday was the first one where only 3 of 6 showed up. One person that didnāt show up decided they would take the laser class because they had an opening. Both started at 7PM. How would you deal with situation?