Re: Rooms at WVU available

I was under the impression that we couldn't use WVU facilities unless  
we were an actual WVU group ... which at one point was attempted but  
kinda fell through for several reasons.

Location has always been, and continues to be a concern for me with  
SRHS. Its very much out of the way, possibly prohibitively so, to WVU  
students that don't own a car.

Mike.
[email protected]


On May 26, 2005, at 4:05 PM, Andrei Smirnov wrote:

>
> I just received a reply to my offer of rooms at WVU, which I  
> accidentally
> erased, but the essence was that the WVU option should be used as a  
> final
> resort, when the current option is not available. The justification  
> for
> this was that it will reflect positively on our organization if we are
> seen helping other people or something in those lines.
>
> I would respond to this with saying that there are two things here  
> that
> don't have to be connected:
>
> - Helping people
> - Having a place to meet.
>
> For the latter we need only to look at two things:
> what is convenient and what is appropriate.
>
> WVU is convenient in location and in facilities, including
> presentation equipment Internet etc.
>
> WVU is appropriate because the ESB building, which I recommended
> hosts the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, as
> well as other departments with potential members for our group.
>
> Consider even such "conservative" department as mine (Mechanical and
> Aerospace), where only in my group we run 3 Linux clusters, and use
> Linux clusters at Pittsburgh Supercomputer center, NETL etc.
>
> In fact, we can attract a lot of attention to our meetings by posting
> fliers on all 8 floors of that buildings advertising Morlug, and the
> auditoriums are big enough to accommodate all the newcomers.
>
> Now, if we want to help those folks, we can always do it on a  
> voluntary
> basis, and it will look as a gesture of generosity and good will,  
> rather
> than payment for the service of letting us use their place. I can  
> envision
> a newspaper article "Morlug helping schools with computer  
> networks", or
> something like that.
>
> No offense, but the current situation can be interpreted by outsiders,
> like we are a group of punks who were only allowed to meet in a remote
> location under the condition that we fix their equipment problems  
> there.
>
> For me it is really less responsibility if we meet where we meet  
> now, but
> I somehow became emotionally involved with this movement, and I  
> think that
> we should make choices that will strengthen our position rather than
> weaken it.
>
> Andrei
>
> On Thu, 26 May 2005, Andrei Smirnov wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Just to followup on my suggestion at the last meeting. I can offer  
>> to have
>> meetings at ESB (Engineering Sciences Building). There are plenty  
>> of rooms
>> available after 18:00. I can officially book a big one on the  
>> ground floor
>> - (60 people), soft chairs and wireless. But I will have to do some
>> negotiations.
>>
>> I can also offer access to ESB-355, which is a 40 persons
>> auditorium on 3rd floor. Hard chairs, but wireless access, and
>> multimedia projector if needed. I have a key to that room, and there
>> is no negotiation needed.
>>
>> For a small group meeting 4-6 persons I have a permanent access to  
>> our
>> computer lab in Engineering research Building: soft chairs, round  
>> table,
>> video-projection equipment, Apple box, local 192.168 network,  
>> wireless (no
>> DHCP, sorry).
>>
>> The only problem now is that I'll be out of town for the next two  
>> meetings
>> (end of June and July), However, I still can book those rooms and let
>> someone else from the group use them in my name. Or we may  
>> consider this
>> as an option starting with August.
>>
>> Sorry I did not come out with this suggestion earlier - I thought  
>> there
>> was some political reason to abandon WVU facilities and move to  
>> that place
>> we have now, so I did not bother to suggest.
>>
>> Andrei
>>
>>
>>
>
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> Dr. Andrei Smirnov,  West Virginia University
> Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
> Morgantown WV, 26506-6106
> Tel:+1(304)293 3111 x2345, fax:+1(304)2936689
> Email: [email protected]
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