Questions about size of room

[Harrison Owen]

I think the 2-3" shows up somewhere in The User's Guide - which doesn't make
it official, but it has always worked for me. And Yes - that is just for the
Bulletin Board / Market place wall. News Room will take more and probably
different space. When it comes to room size, my rule of thumb is to half the
rated capacity of the room. So if the Fire Marshall says the place will hold
300 people that should be good for 150 in Open Space. Nothing magical about
those numbers, but it should get you started. 

 

Harrison 

 

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Hurley
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:47 PM
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Subject: Questions about size of room

 

Hello everyone!  First, thank you for all of the wonderful OS insight
everyone on this list brings.  I've been a mostly lurker for a few years and
have learned lots from all of you.

Now to my questions - I'm planning my first large OS (we're expecting about
800 people, and previously, the largest group I've done OS with is about
100).  I'm having trouble figuring out some of the logistics.  I saw an
estimate on this list that you should plan for 2-3" of wall space per
person, which would suggest at least 133' for my group of 800.  Is that
estimate just for the topic wall, or does it include space for the notes as
well? I also found a wonderful tool from Koos de Heer, Auryn management
advies. (http://www.auryn.nl/) for estimating how many chairs will fit in a
circle of a given dimension, but does anyone know how to estimate the number
of chairs what will fit in an oval of a certain dimension?

As soon as I can find the time, I'm going to write you all the story of how
this OS came about - it's been a slow simmering process over at least 7
years!

Thanks,
Jennifer Hurley
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