[ST] Stairwells

[Laura Sweet]

Numbers! Like in a Marathon. Give people numbers to pin to themselves
with phony "sponsor" logos on them and stuff.
Hee.
La


On Dec 7, 2007 11:27 PM, Carsten Turner <carsten at netway.com> wrote:
> I'd divvy it up into two groups-- "fast" and "slow." Make it
> self-policing, like the starting chutes at a road race. (Where they
> have a line for sub-5 minute milers, sub 6 minute milers, and so on.)
> Put the fast people on one side of the ziggaurat, and the slow on the
> other.
>
> Further refinement--- make it happen at 8 AM, and encourage people to
> get to the earlier panels/breakfast/what have you.
>
> Your Evil Overlord,
> -=>Carsten:-)
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2007, at 1:39 PM, SciFiFanBoston at aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > I think this is a cool idea. I volunteer the VOLUNTEERS LOUNGE as the
> > ground camp for the hikers. I'll give them a special bottle of water
> > that they turn in at the top to get their ribbon! How's that sound?
> > (I'll just have stickers that I'll put on bottles of water that have
> > the Mt. Arisia Hiking Team it or something.)
> >
> > -Mary D.
> >
> > In a message dated 12/7/2007 11:40:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > jude-arisia at genericdomain.net writes:
> >>
> >> I love all these stairwell ideas, and I'm sorry they can't all happen
> >> due to dang firecodes and all that since I know La's decor would be
> >> fabulous, but I did realize I never submitted my idea through any
> >> official channels, so even though it's probably too late, hey, why
> >> not.
> >>
> >> This is an idea for a program item that can take place as many times
> >> as
> >> the Powers That Be want to make it happen, and it works both towards
> >> the
> >> goal of increasing stairwell awareness as well as the con chair's
> >> desire
> >> to encourage physical activity.
> >>
> >> Summit Mt Arisia!
> >>
> >> Meet up by the stairwell entrance on the first floor (or second, if
> >> that
> >> would work better?) and walk up to the top. That's it. You have an
> >> hour to do it, so there's plenty of time and no encouraging people to
> >> run or otherwise potentially hurt themselves. I figure ideally, have
> >> three people staffing the event: one on the bottom, one somewhere in
> >> the
> >> middle (maybe floating around a bit to encourage people) and one at
> >> the
> >> top. But if needed, it can be just two, or even one (starts at the
> >> bottom and makes the climb just ahead of the rest).
> >>
> >> When you reach the top, you receive an "I climbed Mt. Arisia" ribbon!
> >>
> >> It can be entirely honor system, or an option is for the person at the
> >> bottom to give the climbers some sort of token/paper that would be
> >> traded for the ribbon at the top.
> >>
> >> Cost is just the ribbons, no other set-up or prep is needed, and no
> >> problems should be caused. Thoughts?
> >>
> >> I can volunteer to run this program item several times during the con
> >> if
> >> the PTB like it.
> >>
> >> That's all. Flame on.
> >>
> >> -jude/peacefrog
> >>
> >>
> >> PS: I bet our geocaching GoH would be particularly amused by this,
> >> too.
> >> Eric in the Stairwell, anyone? ;)
> >>
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