<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>> we should engage in some spit-storming before September<br><br></div>Just to clarify, are these new rules in effect immediately, thereby affecting our meeting this month, or do they begin in September?<br><br></div>I have no idea where to begin to find a new venue for our Wednesday meetings or our InstallFests. If either Eli Heffron's or the Artisan Asylum may be viable, then we should certainly look into them. <br><br></div>Can you reach out to them?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Kurt Keville <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kurt.keville@gmail.com" target="_blank">kurt.keville@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">We could do that on any given Sunday... my linux hacking rooms are across the street (either 500 Tech Sq or 400 Tech Sq... probably the latter) ... nice rooms too. The solution to no (free) parking on Wed nights is probably start later? Meters are free after 8... used to be 6 but Cambridge has gotten all Palo Alto on us... I mean really, Google and Facebook in Kendall Square? Gag...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Alternately we could find a place close to either guaranteed or risky free parking. For instance, I doubt they will patrol the lots on Sunday down Albany st... we could maybe use the Francis Bitter Magnet Lab. We could think inside the box here... maybe Will Rico's chums upstairs over Eli Heffron's place at <a href="http://www.eli.com/" target="_blank">http://www.eli.com/</a> ? There is lots of parking there... and heck, if we went to Somerville like the lecture hall at <a href="http://artisansasylum.com/" target="_blank">http://artisansasylum.com/</a> free parking starts before 6 there...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Don't know about negotiating access to those rooms though, but clearly, parking is going to be a problem from here on out so we should engage in some spit-storming before September...</div><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Bill Ricker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Swapfest is on Sundays.<div dir="auto">I've suggested partnering installfest on Swapfest Sunday and flyering used PC tables with "Linux install service across street".</div></div><div class="m_1461104259947780249gmail-m_4543592437560534029HOEnZb"><div class="m_1461104259947780249gmail-m_4543592437560534029h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 12, 2017 8:55 AM, "Kurt Keville" <<a href="mailto:kurt.keville@gmail.com" target="_blank">kurt.keville@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We could look at some of the similarly laid out rooms at say, Bldg 56... <a href="http://student.mit.edu/roominv/roominv.cgi#56-114" target="_blank">http://student.mit.edu/roomin<wbr>v/roominv.cgi#56-114</a> this doesn't solve the (free) parking problem but will be closer to street parking. Feel like moving swapfest to Sundays? </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 10:49 PM, Bill Ricker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">Regarding Rich's warning ...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Richard Pieri <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard.pieri@gmail.com" target="_blank">richard.pieri@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="m_1461104259947780249gmail-m_4543592437560534029m_-2174950578951703268m_6960391157927210371m_-7335325366091702056gmail-"><br>
> Plenty of free parking in the parking lot in front of E-51.<br>
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</span>This may be going away later this year. Due to construction the parking<br>
lots around that part of campus are being overloaded which is<br>
interfering with the daily occupants of the associated buildings.<br>
Because of this, the MIT parking office is considering plans to ticket<br>
at all times anyone and everyone who does not have a valid permit for<br>
those lots. I am unaware of any plans to provide alternative parking<br>
capacity for east campus visitors.</blockquote></div><br><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">Bingo.<br><br>Updates to Parking web pages make it appear that this has already triggered.<br><br><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">The visitor parking pages no longer say ok for anyone after 3 or 5 ...<br></div><br><div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/facilities/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/facilities/</a><b><wbr>construction</b>/updates.shtml</span><br><span style="font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/facilities/<wbr>transportation/</a><b>parking</b>/index.h<wbr>tml</span><br><span style="font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/facilities/<wbr>transportation/parking/</a><b>visitor<wbr>s</b>/index.html</span><br><span style="font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/visitors/" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/facilities/<wbr>transportation/parking/visitor<wbr>s/</a><b>public</b>_parking.html </span><br></div><br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="margin-left:40px">"Visitors who are not hosted by an MIT department may pay to park at an MIT lot located on the corner of Mass Ave and Vassar Street (139 Mass Ave). You may call <a href="tel:(617)%20258-6510" value="+16172586510" target="_blank">617-258-6510</a> for current rates and availability."<br></div></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><br>(Reading in context, Hosted => given a paid voucher that hosting Dept buys from Parking Dept, so i don't think how we get our rooms counts as "hosted" with Parking.)<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="margin-left:40px"><b>Parking at MIT without a Permit</b><br>MIT parking permits are required for all vehicles on MIT property.<br>Vehicles without MIT parking permits parked in any MIT parking area will be subject to ticketing or towing. </div></blockquote><div><div style="margin-left:40px"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="margin-left:40px"><b>After Hours</b><br>Anyone with a valid MIT parking permit can park his/her vehicle in any parking facility on campus after 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and all day on weekends and MIT holidays. Please note that parking is only allowed in spots that are not otherwise reserved.<br></div></blockquote></div><div> </div></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><b>Change</b> here is that permits for <b>any</b> lot now valid in <b>all</b> lots after 2:30; <b>previously</b> permits were not required per website after 5 and in reality after 3, but now no. Parking is at risk. Cambridge meters and the pay lots and garages are the only safe options.<br></div><br><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">E51 ceases to be extra awesome, now merely great (T) and A/V. </div><span class="m_1461104259947780249gmail-m_4543592437560534029m_-2174950578951703268m_6960391157927210371HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="m_1461104259947780249gmail-m_4543592437560534029m_-2174950578951703268m_6960391157927210371m_-7335325366091702056gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Bill Ricker<br><a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1<wbr>vux</a> <br></div></div></div>
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