On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:57:33AM -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 08:54 -0700, Hill, Greg wrote: > > This isn't an attack, just a general wtf kind of comment. Why do people > > at colleges assume that everyone knows what their building acronyms mean > > (or more precisely, where said buildings are located)? Just curious. I > > see it all the time, and it always perplexes me. > > Think of it as a membership filter. If you are a BYU student, you are > worthy to attend the meeting. If you know how to use Google to find a > map on the BYU Web site, you are worthy. If not, you are doomed to be > forever lost, wandering Provo.
Think of it as an attendance filter. If you're too lazy to expand the building acronym, floor and room number, and give a street address, city, state and postal code, and a contact phone number, why should I exert the energy to show up for your meeting? A map would be nice, and for the GPS fans, a latitude and longitude would also be nice. A suitable parking lot and driving directions from a major intersection might also be appropriate. Feel free to use tools like Google Maps and Expedia. I would wonder if the speaker put as much effort into the presentation as the advertiser did into the location information. Get a clue. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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