[IMC-Tech] Re: Production room

[Mike Lehman]

I agree that we need to have a welcoming space, but this sort of thing 
is exactly the sort that we all need to be aware of before it happens. 
Let's consider that this situation puts these kids in a bad position, as 
the fact that this Simplex combination has been compromised like this 
was not known to most of us.

Somebody could have easily called the cops on these kids, not knowing 
better. This would be very unfair to them and an embarrassing situation 
to put whoever might have reported them into. If I had seen them, I 
would have questioned them about where they got the combination and 
satisfied myself that this was legit, which at a minimum would have 
required phone calls and/or a trip to locate someone I know who could 
vouch for this situation. Bob was only doing what he should have done.

Whatever the situation for keys for them, giving out the Simplex 
combinations is not a good solution. This needs to be resolved ASAP. The 
Simplex combination needs to be changed and its use restricted.

I saw that Habari has their email on the Production room list (I think), 
so that should take care of things as I assume we'll notify those on it. 
I have no plans right now to change the combination on the Production 
room, pending a meeting to reorganize and set policy for use of the 
Production room. This should happen ASAP, also.

When it comes to issues that involve building security, the conversation 
needs to include more people, preferably the Steering group, as such 
decisions affect us all and require everyone's cooperation. Most of the 
recent issues with the Production room are due to a lack of 
communication. This definitely needs to improve.
Mike Lehman

Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
> The "bunch of kids" are the Club Freestyle Group, a project of the 
> IMC.  They are heavily involved several days a week in producing 
> audio.  They are allowed to use the production space and should not be 
> shuffled out.  We should do everything to integrate and encourage them 
> at the IMC.  They are prone to think that IMC is "white space" kicking 
> them out like every other "white space" in town.
>
> The reason they don't have keys I because they don't have the money 
> for keys.  I asked Tanya to get them signed up as members and at least 
> one of the group with a key but that hasn't happened yet.  I asked 
> Chris to change the dock combo when Club Freestyle has a key.  This 
> change has to be carefully coordinated with the USPS since they use 
> that door to get in in the mornings.
>
> We should NOT change the production room combo without making sure 
> Club Freestyle is aware of the new combo.
>
> WELCOMING - we need to be WELCOMING.    This "bunch of kids" statement 
> is really insulting to what we are trying to do.
>
> - Danielle
>
>
>
>
> On 5/23/07, *Bob Illyes* <illyes at uiuc.edu <mailto:illyes at uiuc.edu>> 
> wrote:
>
>     I went in this morning and moved out the Print equipment to make
>     room for construction. I left only the filing cabinet, which
>     Mike may want to use, and the cable hanging from the ceiling,
>     which I don't think will be in the way during construction.
>     I moved the oak table to the Library. for now. I don't know if
>     I can help with construction this Thursday or Friday or not, but
>     at least I got a bunch of stuff out of the way.
>
>     The rest of the following is mostly for Mike and Danielle:
>
>     A bunch of kids let themselves in by the loading dock combination,
>     walked right into the production room, and started messing with
>     cables and doing I don't know what. If we're going to do anything
>     about space security, we need to change the loading dock
>     combination. The downstairs is pretty secure because it is
>     entirely lockable with a #4.
>
>     I'll see the kids out when I leave for good today, if they don't
>     have a #4, but this situation is kind-of-awkward, to say the
>     least. I think at a minimum we need to both change the dock
>     combination and the production room combination ASAP. This
>     should help.
>
>     Bob
>
>