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Eric wrote:
Just want to send a note out to see... well, what is happening. The Hunt is
right around the corner at this point -- shouldn't we know where our headquarters will be? Should we start discussing who is bringing what? Do we have any MIT students on the team this year? If not, can we do some fast recruiting? They're always nice to have around. Anybody who can hook us up with a Net connection? So on and so forth? Also: Happy new year! Eric (no, not that one; the other one) ----- Tom writes:
The hunt organizers will not send out the assigned
hunt HQ locations until
about 2 weeks before the hunt. As for who is
bringing what, I've been getting
input from people through the earlier ping, and
will soon have a list of things
that are being brought. I'll try to think of
things we need to have brought, and
hopefully other people will suggest
items.
The question about MIT students is a good one...and
a relevant one. I must
confess I don't always know who is who on the list,
since I have a bad memory
for names. Please let me know if you are an
MIT student, or if you know of
any we can recruit.
As for the net connection, we will know a lot more
once we know where our
headquarters is located. I would like to
reiterate (or is it iterate?) that I think
we need the following 3 things at our
HQ:
1. Wireless or wired network
connectivity
2. A mattress of some kind (I believe one is
already being brought)
3. A LAND-LINE phone! The
use-of-a-cell-phone-for-our-HQ-number thing
is not working well. We have to make sure
that phone is charged, know
where it is, and that it always has
reception. A land line phone is far
preferable. I've been informed that there is
a nominal fee to use an MIT
line for the weekend, however, I believe we need
someone at MIT to activate
it (plus we need to know where one is.) I
have no problem with running a
phone cord out the window to another room (as a
matter of fact, we have, in
the past, done so) but we definitely need the land
line.
Happy New Year!
---Tom (Al DeSuda)
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