[Thursday] Steam Up

[David Caldwell]

I'm a little surprised that there were negative comments about handicap
parking. Warren & I were on the driveway as cars came in. Everyone with a
handicap tag, and anyone else who expressed a need, got a place along the
back of the Mayes Bldg. We had eight at the high point and always had a few
slots available but not used.

We may need better signage but I don't think we need a new plan. We asked
people to pay inside--it was few enough people and they all seemed so happy
to have easy parking, I doubt we lost money.

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 10:46 AM Michael Thompson via Thursday <
thursday at newsm.org> wrote:

> Overall I think that it went very well.
>
> From my viewpoint in the steam building, having an engine schedule works
> well, and the visitors liked the lectures about the engines before the
> demonstration. We had a lot of technical questions about the steam engines
> work. Maybe we should have a presentation in the meeting hall about 200
> years of steam engine technology, and the history of engine building in
> Rhode Island?
>
> There were some comments about handicapped parking. Maybe we could move
> the antique cars to the row north of the meeting hall, and put all of the
> engine displays to the east of the meeting hall. Then the area to the west
> of the meeting hall could be handicapped parking. Not sure how to handle
> ticket sales for the people who park there.
>
> It isn't obvious that there are displays on the second floor of the Massie
> building. Maybe we could put a small sign near the door by the stairs?
>
> We should get the oil engine running so we can demonstrate it next year.
>
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 10:05 AM Arzoo623 WebRight via Thursday <
> thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
>
>> From my viewpoint in the meeting hall Steam Up was a great success! The
>> talks had great attendance. Ringing the bell combined with the intercom
>> announcement drew a lot of people in. Thanks Dave for lining up a great
>> group of speakers, except that Arzoomanian guy.
>>
>> Len
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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