On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Bob and Judy Holmes wrote: > Didn't see any feedback on the new facility. Comments? The Tech Geek in me says.... Built-in AV: Definite Plus, just plug in any laptop. One doesn't need to be quite as anal as I was about having the best possible projector, which turned out to still display dark with the video for some reason. Built-in Internet: Might be a way to let people pay for the auctions by credit cards (PayPal). Size: Smaller, weirder aspect ratio on the room for viewing a screen (Rick probably had the hardest time off near the door). It's gonna be tight when we get a popular speaker. So is the auction going to take place in the hallway there? The general GSAS geek in me says... Parking: Yay! Lack of Scary dark downtown waterfront atmosphere: Check! Easy-lugging ability: I knew there were ramps, but didn't know where they were. I think we need a better map on the website showing ramp detail -- could have used it. Interesting places to go to eat before or after the meeting: Fremont! I like the sandwich boards. We should paint "GSAS" and appropriate arrows in large friendly letters, though. Overall, quite cool. Haven't heard of anyone getting lost so far. - Erik -- Erik Olson erik at thekrib dot com ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe gsas-board" in the body of the message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-board When asked, log in as username is "gsas-board", and password "baba oreilly".