Hi Jeff. I considered using the giant post-its, but was repelled by the cost. Shortly afterward, I found an outstanding low-cost alternative: snot. With proper attention to diet, it can hold even heavy posters for up to a week, and it comes off even cheaply-painted walls with a cotton ball soaked in Dristan. Of course, it was hard at first to produce enough of it, and, being temperamentally shy, I couldn't bring myself to ask the Open Space participants to supply their own. I had moderate success by drinking a half-gallon carton of buttermilk the afternoon before the event and then holding my face in the vaccuum outlet tube for the belt sander at the local high school woodshop for a half an hour (with breaks for normal breathing). But it wasn't until I faced the challenge of a 200-person Open Space that I made a truly remarkable discovery: Elephantine snot! It is readily available for free at most any zoo. Just enter by night dressed in dark clothes, with a large tub of peanut butter and a standard shop-vac wired to a car battery. Hope this helps.
-Chris (ps...don't get me wrong, I have found this conversation most helpful!) ---------- >From: Michelle Cooper <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Elephantine Post-Its? >Date: Sun, Jul 2, 2000, 7:49 PM > > Hi Jeff; > We have used the giant post-its in the very situation that you describe...no > masking tape allowed. We only had a one day event, but they were holding, > and holding and holding. They are great to use, except they are much more > expensive of course than the regular newsprint. (has everybody got 3M > stocks?) I have also used the blue sticky tack. It works well, but can stain > the surface of some painted walls. Sometimes there is a bit of trouble > getting it off the wall, depending on the finish. If you want to roll the > papers up afterward to save them, it is hard to remove the blue stuff from > the paper short of tearing it off. > > Michelle > > Michelle Cooper, RN, MScN > The Cooper Group Consultants > 200 Crestview Avenue > Ancaster, Ontario > Canada L9G1E2 > Telephone - (905) 648- 4633 > Fax - (905) 648-1763 > E-mail [email protected] > The paradox of control is simple. The more we try to control life, the > less control we have. Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., Minding The Body, Mending The > Mind > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff > Aitken > Sent: July 01, 2000 8:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Elephantine Post-Its? > > Anyone use the new huge post-it notes (for writing short titles and posting > them on the agenda wall) rather than butcher paper and masking tape? I > guess they get as big as a half-flipchart, or bigger! > > Just went to see a site with a client and they do not allow masking tape on > any wall. My client suggests this new technology. > > Will they stay on the wall for two days? > > - > New phone: > Jeff Aitken > PO Box 1092 > Inverness CA 94937 > 415.669.1924 > [email protected] > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected] > Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > =========================================================== > [email protected] > To subscribe, > 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist > 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, > and choose a login ID and password > 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions > > To unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist > 2. Sign in and Proceed > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected] > Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > =========================================================== > [email protected] > To subscribe, > 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist > 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, > and choose a login ID and password > 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions > > To unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist > 2. Sign in and Proceed * * ========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected] Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
