Dear Michael, Phelim, Peggy, Lisa and Barry, Thank you very much for your valuable insights related to my issue. I have to realise againn that OSLIST is such a great community!
Summing up the learnings: - we will try to use masking tape (if allowed) to mark at least the inner and outer circle of the sitting area + marking corridors for entry into the circle (if not allowed we'll simply use Barry's suggestion - using some objects/volunteers to mark the outer and inner circle and "instructing" the first few people arriving at the venue how we will sit) - we'll consult the sponsors if there are people with specific mobility issues and if yes, we arrange some facilities for them (Lisa, thank you for this consideration). - for announcments we will use a microphone stand at the edge of the circle (something like the Berlin WOSonOS setup) You also gave me sports hall specific ideas (to tell the truth I haven't had the chance to see the venue - also have to admit I was a bit afraid, once I had a bad experience with sports hall as a potential venue, it was so unconvenient for setting up the OS environment, we have to change it), they are also very useful: - big issue is placement of the agenda wall and the memos (I hope there is some solution for this - I will let you know :-) - the balloons for marking the breakout places and hanging the texts is a great idea (thank you Michael - BTW, how did you get the helium tanks? :-) Also I'm quite visual, so the photos, and videos were very useful for me (Peggy, Phelim, Michael special thanks to you :), also the auditorium setup of Phelim is brilliantly innovative - I would have probably run away having looked at the place...) The event will take place in 2 weeks time - well... a bit close, but we have just been asked to facilitate the event, so we have to live with it. We won't see the place before next weekend (it's in a quite remote city), but I will ask for good photos asap (now it's quite clear we might have a lot of issues to solve...) I hope we can manage it :) Also one last question, taking into consideration that we will have 300 very active students for one full day of OS (let's say with 3 breakout sessions), how many berakout places would you calculate? (My first guess is 20-25.) Many thanks again from a (finally) little cooler ans windy but still sunny Budapest afternoon, Csaba * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
