I know I'm not the one that makes the longest trip, but sometimes I
don't know if I'm going to be late until 18:00, and I'm not at a
wireless email terminal either. If Tom is willing to send me a phone
number on or off list, I would definitely call. In the future, an
8.5" x 11" notice with Scotch tape will do just fine to prompt us to
the new room/location. Fair enough?
<passionate emotion>
I would happily pronounce my steamy breath through the door cracks.
I would claw at the at the near carpet and yelp like a wounded hound.
I would swing about the open space in fabled nudity to catch one's attention.
I WOULD DO ANYTHING (butBEonTIME) FOR MY MEETINGS!
</(overexaggerated) passionate emotion>
I know getting there early is the best thing, but 15-30min. isn't
that bad, is it? If we're going to have meetings at secure
locations, we should try to promote as much old-fashioned openness as
possible. Things like this really make me miss the meetings at the
high school chem lab --first floor, no security, power plugs on the
lab tables (no Ethernet).
I lieu of some other posts after my first, how about a remote control
device that would make a light turn on in the meeting room? I used
to play with the 27MHz range, but it's been a while, but I think some
other SLUGgers are better with RF. I'm talking about something like
X-10 (http://www.x10.com).
I think the PVC sign idea is great. I think a rapid-inflating seven
foot penguin holding a sign is too expensive. Who's idea was that
anyway :^P?
Mario
>On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:09:04PM -0500, Mario Lombardo wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I came to the PWC location between 19:15 - 19:30. I waited for a
>> half-hour and left. I knocked on the security door and just about
>> stepped onto the ledge (not!) to knock on the window. The blinds
>> were shut and I could see nobody stirring about. Was there a
>> cancellation? I didn't see a post and the meetings website looks
>> normal. I spoke to the kind security woman there, and she said two
>> newcomers came and left. What's up?
>>
>> Mario
>
>Unfortunately, we were not able to use room 684, and had to use a
>different room. This one didn't have a clear view of that area in front
>of the elevators. By a certain point, the meeting had already started,
>and no one was willing to miss the meeting and go stand out to make sure
>late arrivers could get in.
>
>I understand there were several people in this situation. The security
>people don't really know what's going on with our meetings, so they're
>not really helpful. I apologize for the mix-up. However, because of
>security at PwC (that is, you can't just walk right in), this type of
>thing could happen at any time. The best solution is to get to the
>meeting when it starts. If you have some prior commitment that will make
>you late, you might want to let Tom Ufer know ahead of time, so he can
>make arrangements.
>
>Paul
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