Re: [Hunt03] Reserving rooms for the Mystery Hunt

[Eric Albert <Eric Albert alumni brown edu>]

Great work already, Mike!  Thanks for outlining all this.

I've only skimmed it quickly because I'm running to do something.

Quick comments:
-- At least two rooms (quiet room and talking room), the bigger the 
better.  A third nearby (or even not so nearby) social/food room would be 
great.
-- I'd shoot for *comfortable* housing for 40 people, though I doubt we'll 
ever have that many there at once.
-- On main campus, if at all possible. 
-- Noise not a real issue, I think, as most of the Hunt will be on the 
weekend, and much will be after hours (correct me on this, others, if 
noise levels have gone up at MIT).
-- I think *big* windows that can be opened at least a bit are crucial for 
quality of living, and to combat the sometimes quirky heating system.  A 
view is fabulous, but not required.

More later.  Others' comments?

Thanks again, Mike!

-- Eric

>Hi.
>
>I am about to begin reserving rooms for the Mystery Hunt, and I would 
>like 
>your input.  Last year, we were located in rooms 26-322 and 26-328.  For 
>those 
>of you who do not remember or were not there, these rooms were adjacent 
>(but 
>not adjoining), contained an MITnet drop, were furnished with movable 
>tables 
>and chairs, were each about 700 square feet with linoleum floors, and 
>were 
>located on the third floor of building 26, a low-traffic area of campus 
>not 
>too far from the center of the main building.
>
>I'd like to know how people feel about various room attributes, so that I 
>can 
>reserve rooms that people will be happy with.  Unless anyone says 
>otherwise, I 
>will treat the following attributes as mandatory:  At least two rooms 
>near one 
>another, both available for the full duration of Friday through Monday, 
>with 
>net drops.  The following would be other things that I could try to 
>request.  
>I'd like to know how important these things are to you.
>
>* Number of rooms.  It seems like we need at least 2 rooms, and no more 
>than 
>3.  Unless the rooms are small, I will assume 2 rooms are sufficient.  If 
>we 
>want to set aside a specific "social" room, perhaps three small rooms 
>would be 
>preferable.
>
>* Capacity.  Last year's rooms both had a listed capacity of 35 persons 
>(which 
>I suppose corresponds to the number of chairs).  How many people are we 
>expecting this year?  Is 30 a reasonable lower limit for the capacity of 
>our 
>main headquarters?
>
>* Furniture.  MIT classrooms seem to be available with approximately five 
>different styles of furniture.  They are:
>
>Movable tablet armchairs.
>Fixed tablet armchairs.
>Movable tables and chairs.
>Fixed tables and chairs.
>Conference tables and chairs.
>
>I assume movable tables and chairs would be our first choice.  Are people 
>opposed to movable tablet armchairs?
>
>* Location.  It seems like most classroom space is in the main building.  
>There are some classrooms in building E51, which is about a five minute 
>walk 
>(outside) to the main building.  Also there's the issue of high-traffic 
>areas. 
>  There are some classrooms on the first floor of building 56 which are 
>otherwise nice, but people will be walking past there and making noise 
>constantly.  Do either of these issues bother people?
>
>* Athena access.  I am willing to let people use my account if we want to 
>use 
>the Athena computer clusters here.  Nobody seemed too interested in this 
>option last year, but maybe it was just because there were no computer 
>clusters near our headquarters.  Should I try to get classrooms near an 
>Athena 
>cluster, or is this not important?
>
>* Adjoinment.  A couple of classrooms at MIT adjoin each other-- that is 
>to 
>say, they are connected by a door.  This seems preferable, but there are 
>not 
>very many classrooms like this.  We'd probably have to live with tablet 
>armchairs if we wanted to get adjoining rooms.
>
>* Anything else.  Parking, proximity to the Kendall T stop, proximity to 
>Mass 
>Ave, chalkboards, carpeting, windows, heating systems, restrooms, or 
>anything 
>else you want to request.
>
>Let the discussion begin.
>
>mike
>
>
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