Re: [Hunt03] Reserving rooms for the Mystery Hunt

[Deborah Levinson <debby_levinson yahoo com>]

If it's possible to get rooms with wireless network coverage, that
would be great. It's not a requirement, but it might simplify things.
For one thing, though I will try to get permission to run a hub/switch
again this year, it's important to note that MIT IS is very much in
flux right now (20% layoffs planned for early February), so I cannot
guarantee that the people who have been so accommodating to us in the
past will continue to be available to help.

--debby


--- Eric Albert <Eric Albert alumni brown edu> wrote:
> 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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Debby Levinson
debby alum mit edu

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of information, and most of it's wasted on words 
like "rudimentary" and "smattering."
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