[CAUT] Locked practice rooms

[Israel Stein]

Don,

Ours is only a partial solution, but it is cheap and may take care of 
the most critical times for vandalism. Here at SF State a work/study 
student is employed on evening and weekends as a practice room monitor - 
to let people into practice rooms and rehearsal rooms, which are 
otherwise locked. Vandalism is most likely when there are few passers 
by... There is also a Creative Arts Technical Services duty person at 
all times who can be paged via the internal telephone system to open 
locked doors (and deal with various other facilities and equipment issues).

Israel Stein
> February 11, 2010 8:52 AM Donald McKechnie wrote
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> List,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Regards,
> Don
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> Donald McKechnie
> Piano Technician
> Ithaca College
> dmckech at ithaca.edu<mailto:dmckech at ithaca.edu>
> 607.274.3908
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