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Complaints about Persona tabletop running in AiW?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elizabeth A Krueger)
Wed Sep 12 20:17:40 2012
From: Elizabeth A Krueger <ekrueger@MIT.EDU>
To: "random-aiw@mit.edu" <random-aiw@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:17:34 +0000
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Hello all,
It's come to my attention that there's been at least one complaint about ou=
r tabletop run using AiW. I'm not entirely sure what the complaint was or w=
ho brought it up, since this information came to me through a chain of seve=
ral people. If someone has a problem with us using AiW, please let us know =
so that we can try to work things out.
Based on the discussion that I've heard so far, it seems like people were b=
othered by the fact that I mentioned in my last reservation email that I wa=
s planning to continue reserving AiW every Friday. I would like to point ou=
t that I have not officially reserved it for any time except the coming Fri=
day so far (as can be seen on the AiW scheduler page here: http://diswww.mi=
t.edu/menelaus/random-aiw/), and my comment was simply a statement that I w=
as going to continue reserving AiW a few days in advance every week. If oth=
er events reserve AiW before I do, then those events will have priority to =
our tabletop run.
It's also been brought up that we aren't using AiW for the projector, so wh=
y do we take up AiW instead of having our tabletop somewhere else and let p=
eople watch movies in AiW? Well, the projector isn't the only piece of equi=
pment in AiW. We use AiW because the combination of the speaker system and =
lighting help to give the run more atmosphere than if we were playing in a =
well-lit lounge or other space. In addition, AiW is fairly out of the way, =
so we aren't regularly distracted by people just walking through. Also, jus=
t because AiW has a projector doesn't mean it's the only place you can watc=
h movies. Bmf and Bonfire both have excellent televisions, and Randomites a=
re generally friendly and I've spontaneously watched movies in both locatio=
ns without any problems. (this is not meant to be a "fuck off and watch you=
r movies elsewhere", but rather a "in case you didn't know, there are other=
places you can watch things")
Tl;dr, I'm only reserving AiW a few days in advance each week, so if you re=
serve it before I get around to it, kudos to you, but we do have reasons fo=
r reserving this space instead of going elsewhere, so if you would at least=
consider whether you really need this particular space before reserving it=
Friday evenings, I would really appreciate it. I know Random has a group t=
endency to be passive-agressive, but if you have any complaints about our u=
se of community space, I would much prefer you bring it up to my face so th=
at we can resolve any issues you might have.
Thank you,
Elizabeth Krueger
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Hello all,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>It's come to my attention that there's been at least one complaint abo=
ut our tabletop run using AiW. I'm not entirely sure what the complaint was=
or who brought it up, since this information came to me through a chain of=
several people. If someone has
a problem with us using AiW, please let us know so that we can try to work=
things out.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Based on the discussion that I've heard so far, it seems like people w=
ere bothered by the fact that I mentioned in my last reservation email that=
I was planning to continue reserving AiW every Friday. I would like to poi=
nt out that I have not officially
reserved it for any time except the coming Friday so far (as can be seen o=
n the AiW scheduler page here: <a href=3D"http://diswww.mit.edu/menela=
us/random-aiw/">http://diswww.mit.edu/menelaus/random-aiw/</a>), and my com=
ment was simply a statement that I was
going to continue reserving AiW a few days in advance every week. If other=
events reserve AiW before I do, then those events will have priority to ou=
r tabletop run.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>It's also been brought up that we aren't using AiW for the projector, =
so why do we take up AiW instead of having our tabletop somewhere else and =
let people watch movies in AiW? Well, the projector isn't the only piece of=
equipment in AiW. We use AiW because
the combination of the speaker system and lighting help to give the run mo=
re atmosphere than if we were playing in a well-lit lounge or other space. =
In addition, AiW is fairly out of the way, so we aren't regularly distracte=
d by people just walking through.
Also, just because AiW has a projector doesn't mean it's the only place yo=
u can watch movies. Bmf and Bonfire both have excellent televisions, and Ra=
ndomites are generally friendly and I've spontaneously watched movies in bo=
th locations without any problems.
(this is not meant to be a "fuck off and watch your movies elsewhere&=
quot;, but rather a "in case you didn't know, there are other places y=
ou can watch things")</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><b>Tl;dr,</b> I'm only reserving AiW a few days in advance each week, =
so if you reserve it before I get around to it, kudos to you, but we do hav=
e reasons for reserving this space instead of going elsewhere, so if you wo=
uld at least consider whether you
really need this particular space before reserving it Friday evenings, I w=
ould really appreciate it. I know Random has a group tendency to be passive=
-agressive, but if you have any complaints about our use of community space=
, I would much prefer you bring
it up to my face so that we can resolve any issues you might have.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thank you,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Elizabeth Krueger</div>
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