[AG-TECH] AG Lobby Policies
Lisa Childers
childers at mcs.anl.gov
Wed Mar 13 08:07:42 CST 2002
Tom,
I think this is a good idea... you can do this yourself by instantiating a
venues server with a Tiki Poolside Venue in it :-)
Lisa
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov]On
Behalf Of Tom Coffin
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 7:26 AM
To: eschbach at labs.mot.com
Cc: judson at mcs.anl.gov; Don Morton; Sergeant A. G. Tech
Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] AG Lobby Policies
The VV needs a "Lounge" and/or a "Bar"
what the heck let's make it a "Tiki Poolside Bar"
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On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Jeffrey Eschbach wrote:
> > If folks don't want audio intruding in their nodes, they
> > should have the rat listen turned off, or not have the node
> > in the lobby ..
>
> I agree that talking in the lobby is fair game, but I fear a
> bunch of people muting their RAT (which would be a shame) if
> general noise or long conversations become commonplace there.
>
> How about this for standard lobby "etiquette":
>
> - Nodes in the lobby should regularly leave their RAT "listen"
> on, and their "talk" off. That way you will hear if someone
> speaks up in the lobby, but your everyday conversation will
> not fill the lobby venue.
> - Feel free to contact someone by turning on your RAT "talk",
> but turn it off after the conversation is over.
> - If you start having a long/specific discussion (more than a
> couple of minutes), then migrate over to a specific venue.
>
> This way we don't get the everyday noises going across the lobby,
> you can speak up and contact someone and have some confidence
> that they are listening, and fewer people will turn off RAT which
> helps maintain the "shared" nature of the space.
>
> Well that's my 2 cents worth... feel free to bash away. ;)
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> > I second bob (and don's) inclination, I think the lobby is fair
game. We'll probably have some exciting accidental converstaions and that's
half the point.
> >
> > --Ivan
> >
> > PS -- remember you never know who's at the nodes in the lobby...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
[mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov]On Behalf Of Robert Olson
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:55 PM
> > To: Don Morton; Sergeant A. G. Tech
> > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] AG Lobby Policies
> >
> > The way I see it, it's fair game to chat in the lobby. If
folks don't want audio intruding in their nodes, they should have the rat
listen turned off,
> > or not have the node in the lobby ..
> >
> > --bob
> >
> > At 04:16 PM 3/12/2002 -0700, Don Morton wrote:
> >
> > All, I'm confused on the policies for "hanging out" in the
> > AG Lobby. I recall when I first came into the community
> > about a year ago I was warned that I really shouldn't get
> > on the mic and start talking with folks yet, stuff I heard
> > prior to then and stuff I heard at the Retreat last week
> > suggested that, in fact, it "is" a Lobby and it's fair game
> > to jump in and hold random conversations, etc., possibly
> > under the premise that folks who don't want to hear it can
> > turn their audio off.
> >
> > So, what "is" the AG Lobby policy (I ask because I see
> > my friends in Fairbanks coming in, and I"m gonna start
> > talking with them, by golly!!! :) ).
>
>
>
> --
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