On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noufal@gmail.com">noufal@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Anand Balachandran Pillai <<a href="mailto:abpillai@gmail.com">abpillai@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
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>From our experience of last year, talks held at a different building<br>
> in the same campus also can confuse the hell out of people - unless<br>
> there are proper directions and volunteers ready to help and guide.<br>
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> I suggest we keep all talks/tuts in the same venue so that we<br>
> avoid making it difficult for people who are attending different<br>
> talks, one in one building and the next in a faraway one.<br>
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> If possible, all rooms in the same building itself - that is the<br>
> best possible configuration.<br>
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Failing that, a prominent map (printed out on A4 paper) at multiple<br>
places in the venue with directions to the halls.<br></blockquote><div><br><br>1. No, having all rooms in the same building is not possible<br>2. We do plan on having a prominent map and directions to halls in multiple places at the venue<br>
3. We were aware of this issue when looking at the venues, and decided to go ahead with this venue in spite of the problem of halls divided across multiple buildings - because of the other benefits that this venue afforded.<br>
<br>navin.<br><br></div></div>