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Re: Booth monitors and crowd control
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Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:32:34 GMT
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Russell Clark <RCLARK@TELIS.saynotospamORG>
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> From: "David K. Z. Harris" <zonker@gnac.com>
> Subject: Booth monitors and crowd control
> Date: Mon, Aug 7, 2000, 5:07 PM
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> I think the remote idea works well, and I'll develop that further.
> I'll also suggest that we try to have more than one remote, so a few
> booth monitors can "throw the switch" when they see trouble. The person
> near the controllers would be the last person to get a kill switch. ;-)
I think 4 or 5 remotes is a good number.
> Monitors on the outside
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> I think that having members on the outside worked well, when we had
> some members outside helping. The main problem is, you don't have an
> area to sit down when you are working outside. Since standing all day
> is a drag, this also speaks to having shifts, or even rotating from
> "inside" (with a chair") to "outside" during your shift.
I was outside for a while taking pictures and talking to people. Good thing
I was too. Saw a few "problems" out there.
> More room on the inside
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> Well, I'd like to think that we were crowded due to a lack of planning,
> but I have a gut feeling that tells me that even with great planning,
> putting on a show will frequently throw us last-minute changes, and
> I'm not sure how to plan for them.
It did look a little crowded in there.
> We also need to discuss tables versus modules again. Mike's still
> working on his. Who else is planning on trying to build a module or
> more on their own? (Maybe we should plan on those modules being used
> to expand Mike's modules? He can make corners and switches, and the
> others are simply straight tracks following his zoning/placement plans?)
> When would we want to use tables instead?
I am designing a wild west train layout on a 4x5 foot sheet of plywood. I
can modify it so that I have my loop of track (for my historical town) and
have straight track lines to connect to the rest of the layout.
> My main point here is that we probably need to try to get our tables
> together before a show, and make sure we all see how they fit. The
> NMRA show was the first time many of these tables and legs had been
> mated together, and new holds had to be drilled, etc. The show floor
> is a hard place to do integration. Having a test-run before the show
> would have given us some time to rework the track plan, and maybe even
> make another table or two. (We can now try to make some layout designs
> with more room, so when we get asked to display, we can try to get a
> slightly larger booth, having tried a few other designs.)
I agree. Having a dry run of the entire layoutt would help get the kinks
out.
> On-site storage
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> With most display items arriving in LEGO tubs and model boxes, these
> containers were visible to the visiting public. Many folks thought we
> were selling LEGO. Some kids wanted to open the boxes. I think having
> some kind of drape in front would have been great, to hide the boxes,
> as well as concealing our chairs, and personal belongings.
A definite must for the next time.
Russell Clark, BayLUG/BayLTC
http://baylug.org/russellc/
http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=130
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