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Re: no food/drink signs for public (computing) spaces?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Becky Klein)
Fri Sep 9 17:31:45 2011
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:29:14 -0500
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From: Becky Klein <Becky.Klein@valpo.edu>
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I think the lab machines are probably going to be germ-infested and gross whether they're eating & drinking there or not. We have giant bottles of hand sanitizer in our labs for people to use when they come & go.
-Becky Klein
>>> On 9/9/2011 at 04:25 PM, "Doughty, Marc" <marc_doughty@brown.edu> wrote:
> "To my knowledge, we've never lost any equipment in any public labs due to
> someone spilling on it."
>
> Wow. Thanks for sharing that. I think these policies tend to be throwbacks
> from back when computer equipment was actually expensive. Now it's dirt
> cheap. I feel the same way about security systems that are more than zipties
> and bolt-downs, the security costs more than the rare theft.
>
> That said, I think it's pretty gross to eat/drink in a lab, with the shared
> keyboards and mice.
>
> - Marc Doughty
> "If you aren't sure who is the give-way vessel, you are the give-way
> vessel."
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Becky Klein <Becky.Klein@valpo.edu> wrote:
>
>> At Valparaiso University, we don't have any restrictions on food or drink
>> in any of our computer labs. The biggest public lab areas are in the
>> Library, and there's actually a coffee shop on the first floor of the
>> building. When the building was built, administration determined that there
>> was a bigger risk from people sneaking in food or drink and inadvertently
>> spilling, as opposed to allowing people the opportunity to be open with
>> their food & drink.
>>
>> To my knowledge, we've never lost any equipment in any public labs due to
>> someone spilling on it. Faculty & staff are allowed to have food & drink in
>> their offices (where there is also computing equipment) and I'm not aware of
>> any catastrophes that way either.
>>
>> -Becky Klein
>>
>>
>>
>> Becky (Belmont) Klein '97, Manager of Client Services
>> 2011-2012 Chair, Salaried Concerns Committee
>> Valparaiso University
>> Office of Information Technology
>> Phone: 219.464.5986
>> valpo.edu/it
>>
>>
>>
>> >>> On 9/9/2011 at 02:16 PM, John V Roberts <ior5@PSU.EDU> wrote:
>> > We purchased white board signs to put at the entrances for announcements
>> and
>> > when nothing else we have on them "No Open Food or Drink Past This
>> Point!"
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> > John Roberts
>> > Manager - Network & I.S.
>> > Penn State University - Schuylkill Campus
>> > 200 University Dr.
>> > Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972
>> > Ior5@psu.edu
>> > Office: 570.385.6057
>> > Fax: 570.385.6192
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Resnet Forum [mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>> Seluga,
>> > Loriann
>> > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 12:18 PM
>> > To: RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> > Subject: no food/drink signs for public (computing) spaces?
>> >
>> > Hi All-
>> > I'm wondering if anyone has any no food/drink signs that they would be
>> > willing to share? Please feel free to send to me directly.
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Lori
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------
>> > Loriann (Higashi) Seluga
>> > Manager, Student Technology Collaborative Yale University
>> > loriann.higashi@yale.edu
>> > 203.432.9549
>> >
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