Re: [Palindrome] This American Life alert

[Eric Albert <Eric ericalbert net>]

>Dave Dickerson wrote:
>
>I told her that if this doesn't work, there are enough down times in the 
>Hunt to justify taking some of us aside for interviews.  If this is true 
>(I'm assuming it is), then a pre-Hunt meetup might not be essential.  But 
>it would be nice if we could do it. 

Actually, I don't think this would be a good idea.  Pre-Hunt time on 
Friday is usually spent setting up the computer network in our 
headquarters and socializing with old and new members of our teams and 
other teams.  Both of these are important activities that can only 
reasonably be done at that time.

My suggestion is that Ms. Pollak come to MIT around 11:00 or 11:30 and 
hang out with us (and all the other teams) in the lobby of Building 7.  
Then, at noon, she can watch with us the usually ornate introduction to 
Hunt given by the Hunt Masters to all the teams.

Afterwards, our team will repair to our headquarters for introductions and 
general organizational stuff.  This usually lasts 30 to 60 minutes.  Ms. 
Pollak is welcome to watch this, or to stay behind and see if she can get 
any time with the Hunt Masters (who will also be very busy, just as the 
Hunt begins).

At this point, which I estimate to be between 1:30 and 2:30, things should 
calm down a bit in our headquarters, and it would be possible for Ms. 
Pollak to take volunteers from our team, one at a time, to some nearby 
classroom for an interview.

I would strongly prefer that Ms. Pollak *not* do anything that involves 
taking multiple team members (at the same time) away from the team.  The 
Hunt weekend comes but once a year, and it's a time for socializing and 
competition.  (There are a fair number of folks on our team who would like 
to try to win this year, in a fun way, of course.)

Media attention is OK, so long as it's in the background and not 
disruptive.  It should not become the main show.

-- Eric