List, After the vandalism in the practice rooms in December I stepped up my push to have the practice rooms locked. I thought this would be the best chance but I'm still running into opposition. The concerns expressed are valid so I'm trying to find solutions. Besides the cost, the primary opposition against locking the rooms is access. We have many people coming in the building that need to use the practice rooms. The school hosts conferences, competitions and workshops such as MTNA, etc. Also, on our audition days the rooms need to be open and outside accompanists occasionally need to use these rooms. All this is seen as a logistical nightmare to allow access when needed. Due to the layout of the building and fire codes we do not have the means to lock the doors into the practice room area. Hiring personnel to police the area is not in the realm of possibilities. We have been discussing security cameras and that may happen. I do not have any good answers to the concerns so I'm throwing this out to the wisdom on this list. Are there any experiences like I have outlined? For those who have locked practice rooms, how do you handle giving access to outside folks? Regards, Don Donald McKechnie Piano Technician Ithaca College dmckech at ithaca.edu 607.274.3908 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100211/95050b11/attachment.htm>
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