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RE: Floor plan
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Wed, 26 May 1999 00:09:53 GMT
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Hi,
Great input! Here's some misc. comments and ramblings:
In defense of Saturday's arrangement, I think we were interested in getting
set up, and not spending a lot of time moving the ~80? chairs in the room
and then having to re-set up the original layout when done. Thus the use of
tables/chairs pretty much were they were. I do agree that we should have
stacked up most of the 50 chairs between the technic and the trains out of
the way though.
Sorry, I don't have an easy way to mod your diagram but see below.
I don't see a particular advantage to having a separate members door,
especially if we have an hour of "closed meeting/trading" before opening to
the public. Lets be as "open" as possible. Also, if we do the "closed"
session, we should adjust our advertised open times accordingly.
Outsiders might be interested in trading/buying our extra stuff after the
"members trading time".
We should put the more impressive (Technic shuttle, hands-off displays?
etc.) stuff nearer the front so people who walk by are intrigued. (sp)
I don't think you should "wall off" the trains with the other tables. I
like the idea of a 9 volt power source though to limit speeds.
If we assume the desired activity/presentation "zones" are (arbitrary
names):
Play/bricks/building, hands on (2 tables into a square, w/mat?, many chairs
all around)
Hands-on Displays (linear tables?, a few chairs) Our airport is in this
category.
View-only Displays, no hands (linear, square, or U? see below. no chairs)
(Fred's space ships?)
Trains, some hands? (could be with or adjacent to or between(!) the two
displays connecting them?) some chairs?
Trade/Sale (linear (better?) or square (walk-around?), no chairs)
Technic, hands on, chairs
Kind of Like:
___________________________
|Secure area Sale Area|
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| Hands|
|Technic Disp|
| Trains|
Door Bricks Trains|
| Hands|
|TV/VCR Disp|
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|__Dr__Nohands Dsply__Dr__|
We should also come up with a layout for only half of the room, in case we
can't get it all next time.
If you don't want your sets/creations handled, (crushed, disassembled,
dropped, etc.)put them in the no-hands zone. Members could rotate assigned
times to watch them. The only real no-hands zone is the "no hands displays"
Duh.
For no-hands areas, arrange 3 tables into U's. That way people could
chaparone from the middle etc.
I think the train table(s) should be at least as big as last time's maybe in
an O shape? Operators in the center?
The Play/open bricks area/tables should not be in the far back. But not so
close to the door that they all walk out. How about in the center?
I taped up one of Fred's large LEGO bags to one window. We definitely need
better signage, and some compelling displays near the doors. Maybe the
"hands off" display tables?
If you want another "non display", just my stuff, more secure section, set
up a couple of tables in a rear corner,and bring a long table cloth to hide
the legs/stuff under them.
More comments?
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
Of Tom McDonald
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 4:16 PM
To: lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf@lugnet.com
Subject: Floor plan
Hi y’all!
I was thinking that a basic floorplan of the next meeting posted on a
page/section of the baylug site might not be such a bad idea. Here’s
why.
1. Given the number of members showing up and knowing what they’ll
bring, it would help with security and storage concerns. We could alter
the space required by us and our stuff.
2. It might minimize the setup time needed for moving the furniture to
the way we want it for when we open up the doors to the public after
trading time.
3. If we get a bit more detailed, we could collaborate on our displays
to make them look far superior. I liked Mark Benz’s airport, but it
would have looked much better somewhere near the trains. This would
have been possible in a display-only area. This would make me feel a
bit bolder about bringing a building or two for a town for the train
layout next time. If I was feeling very bold, I might even bring my MOC
train station wired with its own lighting. And in retrospect, I would
have liked to set up a spaceport too.
LMKWYT
I've taken the liberty of posting a possible design for the next
get-possible together in the Fukaya Room at
http://www.baylug.org/space/publicsetup.htm
It's not very detailed but that can certainly change.
===
- Tom McDonald
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