[ELECTRON] Keeping stuff tidy

M.Hersh m.hersh at elec.gla.ac.uk
Sun Oct 30 00:38:53 UTC 2011


Could I add the suggestion that people date messages on the dry wipe 
board, so it is clear which ones are still relevant.
Marion


Martin McGrath wrote:
> I'm a little jet lagged and catching up on email at the moment.
>
> Communications will always be a problem. We've no way of ensuring that
> people read each post on a list/forum/twitter or anything else, and on
> occasion people just ignore what they've been told  directly, for whatever
> reason.
>
> I propose we use a dry wipe board in the room to make people aware of
> situations such as the one under discussion in this thread. I'll pop up to
> the room this week to check if there's already a board there, if not I'll
> get one and a couple of pens.
>
> Obviously this method is also susceptible to the same problems mentioned
> above, but it's something that is in the room, and doesn't require someone
> to read the posts on the list if they haven't already done so. The board
> could simply be used to make people aware of what's going on.
>
> I'm not suggesting that the board on it's own is a solution, messages to the
> list are still a good idea, but for those who don't follow the list or have
> forgotten a dry wipe board in the room seems like a sensible option.
>
> Again, thanks to everyone for all their hard work cataloguing the kit
> and organising it. Their work is for the good of the space. For what it's
> worth kit was labelled with raffle tickets, and collected in piles. It's not
> a huge room and the kit in question was taking up a relativity large
> percentage of this area, hence why people are trying remedy the situation.
> However if people hadn't read or forgotten about the announcement made on
> the list, I can see how this may be confusing.
>
> In summary, if we can agree on maintaining the board in the room, which I
> don't think would take a lot of time or effort to manage, people using the
> space can quickly make themselves aware of any issues.
>
> Thanks
>
> Martin
>
>
> On 29 October 2011 09:17, Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:11:22 +0100
>> Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     
>>> As far as I remember Bob has been around since the beginning and has
>>>       
>> greatly
>>     
>>> contributed to the existence of EC, and although he may not always be
>>>       
>> right,
>>     
>>> he has always work to ensure EC is there for everybody, and we should be
>>> thankful for that
>>>       
>> And don't forget that (as far as I recall) Bob built the shelves and yellow
>> table, without which the space was totally unmanageable.
>>
>> On the complaining side, would whoever helped themselves to the big long
>> extension lead for the table please bring it back?  Or, if it's tucked away
>> somewhere, please reveal its secret location.
>>
>> --
>> Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>
>>
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