[ST] Stairwells

[Carsten Turner]

This would be a horrid idea for the middle of the day, when traffic 
will be at its highest.
Likewise in the evening, when the stairs will be crowded with Arisia's 
finest drunken revelers.
Best do it in the morning. A side effect will be buzz. People may keep 
their bib number on (if things go that way) and those who didn't wake 
up to do it might wish they had. Early morning panel attendance may 
just increase on subsequent days.

Re: Burma Shave signs-- put them off the stairwell, on the respective 
floors. People who want to read the slick slogans will get off the 
stairs (and out of climbers' way.)

But really, we don't want people standing around in hallways more than 
they already do.
More correctly, the Burma Shave slogans should go in the pocket 
program, on successive pages. This will probably do more than anything 
to get people to the stairs.

Your Evil Overlord,
-=>Carsten:-)

On Dec 8, 2007, at 5:35 PM, Laura Sweet wrote:

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