[BLU/Officers] MIT parking DEFCON has changed

Mon Jun 12 22:09:19 EDT 2017

> we should engage in some spit-storming before September

Just to clarify, are these new rules in effect immediately, thereby
affecting our meeting this month, or do they begin in September?

I have no idea where to begin to find a new venue for our Wednesday
meetings or our InstallFests. If either Eli Heffron's or the Artisan Asylum
may be viable, then we should certainly look into them.

Can you reach out to them?

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Kurt Keville <kurt.keville at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We could do that on any given Sunday... my linux hacking rooms are across
> the street (either 500 Tech Sq or 400 Tech Sq... probably the latter) ...
> nice rooms too. The solution to no (free) parking on Wed nights is probably
> start later? Meters are free after 8... used to be 6 but Cambridge has
> gotten all Palo Alto on us... I mean really, Google and Facebook in Kendall
> Square? Gag...
>
> Alternately we could find a place close to either guaranteed or risky free
> parking. For instance, I doubt they will patrol the lots on Sunday down
> Albany st... we could maybe use the Francis Bitter Magnet Lab. We could
> think inside the box here... maybe Will Rico's chums upstairs over Eli
> Heffron's place at http://www.eli.com/ ? There is lots of parking
> there... and heck, if we went to Somerville like the lecture hall at
> http://artisansasylum.com/ free parking starts before 6 there...
>
> Don't know about negotiating access to those rooms though, but clearly,
> parking is going to be a problem from here on out so we should engage in
> some spit-storming before September...
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Swapfest is on Sundays.
>> I've suggested partnering installfest on Swapfest Sunday and flyering
>> used PC tables with "Linux install service across street".
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2017 8:55 AM, "Kurt Keville" <kurt.keville at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We could look at some of the similarly laid out rooms at say, Bldg 56...
>>>  http://student.mit.edu/roominv/roominv.cgi#56-114  this doesn't solve
>>> the (free) parking problem but will be closer to street parking. Feel like
>>> moving swapfest to Sundays?
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 10:49 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Regarding Rich's warning ...
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> >          Plenty of free parking in the parking lot in front of E-51.
>>>>>
>>>>> This may be going away later this year. Due to construction the parking
>>>>> lots around that part of campus are being overloaded which is
>>>>> interfering with the daily occupants of the associated buildings.
>>>>> Because of this, the MIT parking office is considering plans to ticket
>>>>> at all times anyone and everyone who does not have a valid permit for
>>>>> those lots. I am unaware of any plans to provide alternative parking
>>>>> capacity for east campus visitors.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bingo.
>>>>
>>>> Updates to Parking web pages make it appear that this has already
>>>> triggered.
>>>>
>>>> The visitor parking pages no longer say ok for anyone after 3 or 5 ...
>>>>
>>>> http://web.mit.edu/facilities/*construction*/updates.shtml
>>>> http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/*parking*/index.html
>>>> http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/*visitors*
>>>> /index.html
>>>> http://web.mit.edu/facilities/transportation/parking/visitors/*public*_parking.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Visitors who are not hosted by an  MIT department may pay to park at
>>>>> an  MIT lot located on the corner of Mass Ave  and Vassar Street (139 Mass
>>>>> Ave). You may call 617-258-6510 <(617)%20258-6510> for current rates
>>>>> and availability."
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (Reading in context, Hosted => given a paid voucher that hosting Dept
>>>> buys from Parking Dept, so i don't think how we get our rooms counts as
>>>> "hosted" with Parking.)
>>>>
>>>> *Parking at MIT without a Permit*
>>>>> MIT parking permits are required for all vehicles on MIT property.
>>>>> Vehicles without MIT parking permits parked in any MIT parking area
>>>>> will be subject to ticketing or towing. 
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *After Hours*
>>>>> Anyone with a valid MIT parking permit can park his/her vehicle in any
>>>>> parking facility on campus after 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and all
>>>>> day on weekends and MIT holidays. Please note that parking is only allowed
>>>>> in spots that are not otherwise reserved.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Change* here is that permits for *any* lot now valid in *all* lots
>>>> after 2:30; *previously* permits were not required per website after 5
>>>> and in reality after 3, but now no. Parking is at risk. Cambridge meters
>>>> and the pay lots and garages are the only safe options.
>>>>
>>>> E51 ceases to be extra awesome, now merely great (T) and A/V.  
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bill Ricker
>>>> bill.n1vux at gmail.com
>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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