[BLU/Officers] Meeting time

[Jerry Feldman]

E-51 still is better for us IMHO.
1. It is close to the Kendall-MIT station
2. The classrooms are decent.
3. Even though the parking lot is restricted, other parking options are
relatively close. Also, even if we can't park in the lot, we can easily
drop off equipment in front, where we can't at other classrooms.

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 12:56 PM, John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, the 8:00 start time may be a factor in the low turnout we've been
> seeing lately.
>
> I sent in the request for meeting space for all 12 months in 2018, and
> I specified 6:30-9:00 in the request, so beginning in January we can
> return to a 7:00 start time. If past years are any indication, we'll
> probably get confirmation through May initially, then for the summer
> months sometime around April, and for the rest of the year in June or
> July.
>
> I asked for the usual set of rooms in E51, but the primary reason we
> liked E51 was the parking lot. Given the new parking regime, perhaps a
> different building would be an improvement.
>
> I'm not familiar with all the changes that have occurred at MIT in the
> 20 years since the BCS closed down, so my knowledge of MIT meeting
> spaces is seriously stale. I'm not in a position to find a better
> location, but if someone like Kurt who still spends a lot of time at
> MIT can recommend another building with better parking options that's
> still reasonably close to an MBTA station, we might want to consider
> it.
>
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > A couple of things
> > First, should we restore meeting time back to 7PM.
> >
> > Second, I have a contact at the Smithsonian group that is tracking
> Chandra.
> > I gave asked Brandon Vogel to see if one of his coworkers might be
> > interested to speak. Also I asked Federico to contact Jonathan McDowell
> to
> > see if he would be interested. The Chandra people work art Draper in
> Kendall
> > Sq.
> >
> >
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