[AG-TECH] AG Lobby Policies

[Tom Coffin]

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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