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For smaller groups (eg, Advanced/Challenge classes or tape groups), Schedules space generally makes more sense than CAC space. Schedules now has an online interface for reserving rooms – you can even pick a specific room that is probably available, but you should still give them guidance on what properties you want, because sometimes your choice will turn out to be unexpectedly unavailable.

Search tips

In terms of search, do capacity >25, and then do thumbnail or something so it shows you pictures and descriptions and look for ones that have tile floor, flat floor, moveable furniture.

Room comments

List of rooms to consider:

5-234 (and nearby)
4-265 and 4-261 (One has tables, which makes it superior to the other which has desks)
2-13x (some vaues of x are better than others – 2-131 is best, 2-132, 2-135, and 2-136 are all decent too)
66-168 (although note that the AV goes through the projector – the room's regular AV is broken); some other 66-1 rooms are good or acceptable as well
36-112 is good (and large enough to hold 4 squares, or 5 in a pinch, so it's listed on Rooms We Reserve too)

Rooms to avoid:

4-1 has several rooms with slightly raised power sources all over the floor

The "Room Reservations" folder of the officers' Google Drive has a doc called "Squares Reservations naomi" with a tab called "Room Preferences" that has some additional comments. (Not linked here since this page is public, and the doc is shared by link.)

Sample request

Obviously, update appropriately, but these might be a good starting point for a tape group.

Basic info

Event name: C1 workshop

Sponsoring organization: Tech Squares

Purpose: Practice C1

Are you...: student (alums should choose student, not faculty/staff)

Event classification: Other

Expected attendance: 10

Non-MIT: 20%

Requester information: yourself + Schurr, Naomi

Rooms

See above for choices

Note to schedules:

If this room isn't available, we'd like a flat, tiled room of >800sq ft with movable furniture.