[ST] Elevator Suggestion Submitted With Minimal Comment

[Samantha Dings]

I like this idea.  Of course, on the ground level we can only access one of
the stairways, the one that starts at the end of our Programming hallway
(that could be a selling point for that stairway actually, since you
naturally end up right where all the panels are if you use the stairs coming
down and you don't need to go to the lobby area at all if you want to go up
a couple floors to Dealers' Row, say).  On 2, the second stairway becomes
accessible to the public, but many attendees may not realize that since you
need to walk through the restaurant area to get to it.
 
Samantha (with a room on 2 this time around :-) )


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Subject: Re: [ST] Elevator Suggestion Submitted With Minimal Comment



I ran the poor Day Volunteers ragged last year with the elevator problem.
One of the things I most have to stress is at Arisia we DO NOT separate the
able bodied from the disabled in any kind of obvious way.  Therefore,
someone with a heart ailment, who otherwise looks quite fine, should not be
looked upon by other con attendees as a "blight" because they took the
elevator and not the stairs.  I think a much better way of handling this is
to simply make everyone aware of where the stairs are.  So, I'd suggest
making signage that simply directs people to the staircase, not suggests
that they use it.
 
-Mary D.

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