[BLU/Officers] Possible cancellation of Wednesday's meeting

Bill Horne bill at horne.net
Mon Feb 16 10:30:13 EST 2015


I agree with John: this month is just buried, and I feel a cancellation 
is in order.

FWIW.

Bill Horne

On 2/16/2015 10:21 AM, John Abreau wrote:
> Blake tells me that MIT as a whole shut down entirely several times 
> during the recent severe weather, and the MBTA is over capacity as 
> huge numbers of people who normally drive are now taking the T instead 
> during the bad weather.
>
>
> We're likely to have a very small turnout anyway due to the extreme 
> cold, and if we're going to cancel, we should give as much advance 
> notice as we can. I'd hate for anyone to brave the frigid temperatures 
> to get to E51 because they didn't get the cancellation notice in time.
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Bill Horne <bill at horne.net 
> <mailto:bill at horne.net>> wrote:
>
>     I concur: the forecast
>     <http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.375098178000485&lon=-71.10560687899965&site=all&smap=1#.VOIG7_mjOm4>
>     calls for snow after 3 PM.
>
>     Bill Horne
>
>
>     On 2/16/2015 8:23 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>     John called me on Saturday thinking that we maybe should cancel.
>>     The reasons are obvious:
>>     1. Parking. I don't know how the E-51 parking lot is as well as
>>     Amherst St.
>>     2. The T.
>>     3. Snow flurries are forecasted for Wednesday. While this would
>>     not be a concern on a normal winter it is a concern.
>>
>>     I emailed Kurt at his MIT email address, but I don't have Kurt's
>>     personal email. If one of you knows Kurt's personal email, please
>>     send it to me. I just want to know the condition of the parking
>>     lot and Amherst St.
>>
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