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RE: Booth monitors and crowd control
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Hi I just re read this from mike.
If we can get sheets for a skirt, they should be flame retardant.
m
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Poindexter [mailto:lego@poindexter.cc]
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 6:48 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Booth monitors and crowd control
>
>
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> David K. Z. Harris <ba-lego@cinnamon.com> wrote in message
> news:v03130306b5b4e1cb1989@[157.57.212.115]...
> > X-10 power control.
> > We had a wireless remote control to turn two outlets on • or off. These
> > controlled the track controllers for both loops (ckt. 1) • and the power
> > to the rotating doggie atop the Spamcake Diner (ckt. 2).
> >
> > Oddly, the RF remote was usually in the hands of the operator who
> > stood closest to the track power controllers...which left the other
> > operator calling out "Stop the outter loop!".
>
> Sorry, Zonker, but I just can't live without a remote control
> of some sort
> in my hands. :-)
> >
> > 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. ;-)
> >
> > These pocket remotes are also available in 4-ckt • versions, and I may
> > consider picking up a few of those as well, for larger layouts.
>
> I belive I have 2 8 switch remotes with variable speed
> control, which would
> be pretty nice.
>
> >
> > Monitors on the outside
> >
> > 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.
>
> Chairs are comfy, but we need barstools, as they see you
> higher up. When in
> the chair, I felt like I was almost hiding, which isn't good.
> >
> > More room on the inside
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > The round house was to blame. It was an odd-size, versus • Mike's tables.
> > There was a presumption of where the tracks would pass • along the module,
> > but it was wrong, and we ended up designing the show layout all over
> > again on the back of used pages, less than 12 hours from move-in to
> > the show floor. At that point, it didn't matter about • earlier versions,
> > or how much planning we had done. We guessed at a track • design, but then
> > the task of putting it together showed us where we had • mis-guessed at
> > room needed for switched track, etc.
> >
> > In one area, we only had 30", and that was pretty narrow. • We should
> > plan for more room in the middle, but since Mike's tables • are 45" deep,
> > that means the booth needs to be larger (which means more • tables...).
> >
> > 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?
>
> When I get done with my town, I will consider making a wye
> module that has
> the flat tables on the back of the wye to hold the track. Of
> course, we
> will need a huge layout to justify a wye module inside the
> operator's area.
> We could put it outside, but I think that we would want some form of
> protection, as it will be full of rolling stock that is
> mostly MOCs and
> mixed groups of peoples cars. When multiple cars shatter, it
> is hard to
> tell who's things are whose.
> >
> > Mike was talking about selling his tables before the show at cost.
> > I don't know if they are still available. After the • teardown, I think
> > Mike, Tom McD. and I agree that the tables with fold-up • legs are much
> > nicer towork with than the PNLTC-style...maybe Mike's going • to retrofit
> > his tables, and use them for modules?
>
> I will likely just use them for straight track for a wye module or a
> switchyard. Of course, this means that other people will
> have to make some
> tables as well. I have 15 of the tables with the folding
> legs. They are
> nice, but REALLY heavy. I am the king of overkill and they
> are 3/4" plywood
> with 2x4s. Remember that they will be holding 60+- pounds of Lego per
> module, though, so I wanted something sturdy that also
> wouldn't flex in
> transit.
> >
> > 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.)
> >
> > On-site storage
> >
> > 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.
>
> I agree. I just didn't have time to make a skirt. To show
> at the NMRA, you
> must have a certificate that proves the skirt was treated with a flame
> retardant material. I will be re-working the module tables
> (folding leg
> style ones) to have a slot underneath for the skirt and
> another for a power
> strip mounted on the back. There are some other electrical
> things I would
> like to put in, but I am not an electrician, so I would need
> some help.
> (kill all power buttons on each module, for example)
>
> Mike
>
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| Well, they must be CERTIFIED as flame retardant, which means more than just being so. Also, what is wrong with people seeing my legs? :-) Mike Benz, Mark <Mark.Benz@BroadVision.com> wrote in message news:FB90BFF591F3D31...ion.com... (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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