[BLU/Officers] MIT parking DEFCON has changed

Mon Jun 12 23:11:20 EDT 2017

Yeah, I can look into some alternatives. Things are really slow in the
summer so we might be good for this month... But I will make some
enquiries... it seems like a scant 15 years ago that MIT actually wanted
LUGs on campus... sigh..
https://web.archive.org/web/20010616221654/http://web.mit.edu:80/mugs/

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017, 10:10 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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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