[committee] Clubrooms in Cameron Hall

[David Adam]

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, David Adam wrote:
> I want to pull out that cheese-filled management maxim - "there are no 
> problems, only opportunities". In the cheerful land of unicorns and 
> rainbows in my head, we use this move to acquire a clubroom more 
> appropriate to our needs (e.g. with a roof) and manage to engage the 
> Guild in some genuine dialogue about our desires.
> 
> Off the top of my head, topics for discussion might include:
>  - the timeframe we're looking at for the move (or as much is known at 
>    this point)
>  - which rooms in the building are slated for clubs (did you actually mean 
>    the first floor of the Guild building?)
>  - the current services and resources of the clubs
>  - the various desires of the clubs for equipment, space, and facilities
>  - possible changes to clubroom access policies
> 
> UCC committee and interested folks; what would you like to see from a 
> clubroom move? What concerns do you have? Let the committee list know!

My thoughts are below.

Core requirements:
 - network uplink: VLAN 13 trunked from the ITS core switches
 - power
 - a way to cool (at least part of) the room

Desires, in rough order of perceived importance:
 - enough space to store all our current active gear, including the snack 
   and coke machines
 - a way to gain access during evenings and on weekends
 - storage space for our inactive gear
 - benches ($)
 - a substantial number of power points ($)
 - a phone line, or a way to get one in ($)
 - secure storage area, or permission to build one ($) - arguments for a  
   machine room/locked racks may commence
 - a fast (gigabit, more?) network uplink ($)
 - in-room network cabling ($)
 - an electronic lock for the clubroom, or permission to put one in 
   ourselves ($)
 - a better key policy, or an electronic lock for the clubrooms floor

Random possibilities:
 - balcony access (e.g. for wireless antennas)
 - thoughts on where to run events like LANs... Sue Boyd room (if  
   networked)? Undercroft?

The items marked with ($) are those I think we could reasonably be 
expected to contribute at least some of the cost for. Maybe they're not 
all possible straight away; let's at least think about them!

David Adam
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