[UCLA-LUG] VA Research Speaker

[Ted Kremenek]

Well, I guess we'll just have to plan big for one of those days.  I'll
look into reserving a room.

On a related issue, I would like to establish a more synergistic
relationship between the LUG and CSUA.  This partially means planning
events together and having just better overall communication.  We can do a
lot for the CS and CS enthusiasts community at UCLA if plan out our
calendars together.  Cohosting events is also a good thing, because then
it utilizes both organizations' resources.  I am proud member of both
organizations, and I would like nothing better than both to be
successful.  There's a lot we can do in terms of better organization and
sharing of resources, so if there is any interest in doing this, please
let me know.

- Ted Kremenek

witten@torsion.org wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 06:55:13PM -0700, Ted Kremenek wrote:
> > witten@torsion.org wrote:
> >
> > > Okay, here's my opinion. In order to accommodate people who may not be very
> > > near UCLA, I suggest that we do it on a weekend so as to maximize
> > > attendance. So possible dates would be: October 23, October 30, November 6,
> > > or November 13. I think October 30 or November 6, being around "5th week"
> > > and thus hopefully in between people's midterms, might be the good bets as
> > > far as UCLA attendance goes. (But there's always going to be someone with a
> > > midterm on just about any given day.) Then we just have to make sure there's
> > > not a big sports game on the day we choose.
> >
> > Does anyone know where we can find out information about what athletic
> > events are being held on these days?  I suppose we could check the Central
> > Ticket Office website.  Does anyone else have a preference on dates?  What
> > about rooms?
> 
> According to www.cto.ucla.edu (which appears to have been designed by
> someone with a net connection a little too fast for their own good), October
> 23 and November 6 are pretty much clear. October 23 has nothing scheduled,
> and November 6 just has a "Men's and Women's Basketball Preview Day",
> starting at either noon or 4 p.m. (depending on which part of their web site
> you choose to believe). The other dates I mentioned have major games.
> 
> >
> > One other thing to think about is that when planning the event we need to
> > figure out parking arrangements for people coming from outside of UCLA.
> > We might be able to reserve parking, but this may come at a price (which I
> > mean literally in dollars).  If we are to reserve parking, we need to have
> > an approximate idea of how many people we would like to come.  We should
> > also approximate how many people from UCLA would be coming.  In other
> > words, we need to decide now about how big or small we want to make the
> > event, and aim for that.  These details are necessary not only for
> > reserving the room, but also for pulling the event off well.
> >
> > - Ted Kremenek
> 
> I have no idea how we could even begin to estimate attendance without some
> sort of web signup form, much like you've done in the past for CSUA events.
> But we can't do that until we have a date and a room lined up. Perhaps we
> could pick a date, reserve a room that might possibly be too big (like Moore
> 100), and then request mandatory (free) web registration from all potential
> attendees. That'll give us some idea of who's attending and from where.
> Equipped with that information, we could tackle the parking situation. Note
> that the LUG currently has no funds.
> 
> --
> Dan Helfman
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