Meetings at UAT?

[Alan Dayley]

As I mentioned at the Devel meeting last Thursday, I have looked into what =
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rules are to hosting the Devel meetings at UAT.  For those that may not hav=
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paid attention, this is the Unversity of Advancing Technology located on=20
Baseline just east of 48th Street.  That puts in just over the border in=20
Tempe.

I'd like to open a discussion about doing just that.

Charles Braffelt is the IT and contact person for us there at the campus.  =
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has provided some answers to my questions about us using the facility.

UAT
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=2D Food and Drink:  Food can be consumed in the "Cuban Pete's area or the
small commons."  This is the snack shop on the campus.  I am not sure if=20
meetings can be held in these same areas.  If we have food, we may need to=
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eat and then have the presentation. =A0Drinks can be brought into the=20
classrooms as long as there are no "open" tops.

=2D Room Equipment:  The room we met in and most of the other rooms have a=
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projector and an instructor's computer.  With prior arrangment we can use=20
these for our presentations.

=2D Internet Access: We can get a wired internet connection with prior setu=
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a network account.  The wireless access is open and is on it's own subnet=20
directly to the internet.  So we could probably bring our own access point =
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connect to their wireless and then run our own switch/hub and cables around=
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for those with wired connections.

=2D UAT Computer Use:  Some of the classrooms are outfitted with computers =
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all the students.  We would need to make prior arrangements with full=20
description of our goals before we could use the computers.  However, using=
 a=20
classroom with computers is possible, depending on what we want to do.

=2D PLUG Computers:  We are welcome to bring our own computers to events. =
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Wireless internet access is always available but wired access on their=20
network needs prior arrangement.

=2D Room Description:  Those at the last meeting were aware of the carpeted=
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floor and cloth covered chairs.  I think any room we meet in at UAT would b=
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similarly furnished.  Larger meetings could be done in the autotorium with=
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tiered seating.

As you all know, Adtron is moving from it's current location where we have=
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been holding the Devel Meetings.  We are welcome to continue meeting at=20
Adtron in the new location.  The new location is just north west of 48th=20
Street and Broadway.  That is about 2 miles from UAT so both locations are =
in=20
the same area and near to freeway access. =20

Adtron
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=2D Food and Drink:  I have not seen the room we will meet in.  However, it=
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be the break room at the facility.  It will have a sink, filtered water and=
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will allow food and non-alcoholic drinks.  No problem with pizza in the=20
meeting room.

=2D Room Equipment:  The room will have a wired network connection and=20
sufficient power outlets to spread around.  No permanent projector but Adtr=
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does have one on site that we are welcome to use for our presentations.  I=
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can provide a computer with prior arrangement.

=2D Internet Access:  I have been told that internet access for the group w=
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be possible "in a few months" after the move.  This is something I am worki=
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to get and is just a matter of the right people getting around to setting i=
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up.  I don't think wireless access will ever be provided but once we have=20
wired access, we could bring in our own AP.

=2D Adtron Computer Use:  Adtron does not have a bunch of computers the way=
 UAT=20
does.  A box or two could be provided for a particular meeting.

=2D PLUG Computers:  People are welcome to bring their own but connections =
and=20
space for desktop boxes is questionalbe at the moment.

=2D Room Description:  The room will be tile floor and the chairs of the mo=
lded=20
plastic or folding variety like we have had at Adtron before.  Tables will =
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the same plus a few round ones.

I have no real bias to meeting at Adtron even though I work there and have=
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been host for some time.  I can still act as host if we meet at UAT.

One of the original goals when we began the Devel meetings was to have the=
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meeting location in central Phoenix if possible.  Adtron is not exactly=20
central and the new loaction is a bit further from the center.  UAT does mo=
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us even further from center and, in fact, just over the border into Tempe. =
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If anyone knows a more central location, that would be good to suggest.

So, on Thursday, July 1, will we meet at Adtron or UAT?  What say you?

Alan