15 May
2015
15 May
'15
8:53 a.m.
I think holding the meetings offsite would be weird.
I'm not opposed to offsite meetings but I don't think the General Meeting
should be held elsewhere.
We could meet in La Commune but that might come with lots of interruptions.
Perhaps folks can enter through the 48th street doors. Something to think
about with re-keying the building / new access.
Might be good to make the 48th st. doors the main member entrance "after
hours" (whatever that means).
N
On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 8:19 AM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think the ballroom's the only reasonable
alternate location for
accessibility.
We might consider moving the meeting to a different day of the week since
Thursdays are typically pretty jammed and often the ballroom is wanted
Thursdays for other events.
The construction that will be ongoing in the ballroom for a while
may represent secondary issues for those with chemical sensitivities -
caulking, paint (even low VOC), dust, insulation etc. It's a big room with
adequate ventilation possible but the fans also make listening difficult. I
would appreciate your input on how bad that impact may be Ryan.
Another option is to hold delegate meetings offsite for a while such as at
Place. May do us all good to get out of omni for some perspective and such,
too, What about that?
On Thursday, May 14, 2015, Ryan <yandoryn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hey folks! I've been in and out due to
serious health problems, but I'm
hoping to be spending more time at the Omni soon.
However, there's one thing that's really concerning to me...
Since moving into an electric wheelchair for the most part, the
delegate's meeting is rather inaccessible. I understand making the basement
accessible would be a rather large feat and I don't expect it to be done
overnight. However, considering the delegates meetings are such a Big Deal,
I was wondering if we could move them to somewhere folks with wheelchairs
can attend.
But... Severe lack of space, Batman!
I understand the the ballroom isn't always a viable option because having
it reserved every Thursday night isn't opportune. The adjacent rooms are
too small and also not always accessible. La Commune would end up with the
meeting constantly being interrupted and the acoustics aren't great for a
meeting.
Using sudo/CCL might work (cc'ing sudo on this) but then it shuts down
sudo/CCL's ability to have events at this time *and* means people have
to stop hacking.
Another option would be to try and kind of "live cast" the meeting
somewhere else in the building that's accessible, but that brings up two
concerns: weirdly removing disabled folks from the meeting itself into a
kind of segregation, and privacy concerns surrounding recording.
Now that the delegates meeting is only every other week, maybe it is
feasible to have it in the ballroom, and then if we need the ballroom for
something else try and find another space in the building that's wheelchair
accessible before defaulting to the basement.
(cc'ing commons working group as well, and consensus)
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