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Hi all,<br><br>
Thanks for those of you who replied my email and
suggested your preferred time. Most people prefer Saturday afternoon or
evening time. Since usually another badminton club has its activities on
Sunday, wen tend to not conflict with them. <br><br>
Due to the limited communication, there are some
problems to be solved in our club:<br><br>
1. You don't know if there is someone else showing up besides yourself.
Someone went to the court and couldn't find anyone else attending on that
day.<br>
2. there is only one court reserved at one time. If more than 4 person
come, someone has to wait aside and waste his time.<br>
3. Only 2 hours a week is not enough for those who really loves playing
badminton. You may want to find a play mate at weekdays and play more
frequently.<br><br>
In order to enhance the activity of our club, I
generated another platform for club members:
<b>Yahoo-calender</b>.<br><br>
The steps are quite simple. <br><br>
(1) Go to:
<a href="http://calendar.yahoo.com/" eudora="autourl">http://calendar.yahoo.com/</a><br>
(2) Sign in: Yahoo ID:
mitymqclub<br>
password: badminton<br>
(3) if you want to mark the calendar: find the
date of your reservation, note the court location and the time slot<br>
(4) if you want to sign up for an event: click
on the event, add your name in the 'Notes' column showing
'Attendee'<br><br>
In this way, everyone can check the number of attendee before each event
and decide whether to go or not. Everyone can also make his own
reservations and mark it on the calendar in advance, usually two days
earlier than the event. If you happens to look for a play mate, go to the
calendar and check if someone has already made a reservation and been
waiting for the partners.<br><br>
I hope this approach can facilitate our internal communication. We can
try and see if it works well from this week on. <br><br>
I reserved the <b>north court at Rockwell Cage from 6-8pm this Saturday
(Sep.03)</b>. Go check the calendar and add your name in if you want to
attend.<br><br>
Sorry for the lengthy email. Let me know if you have any questions. Any
suggestions and feedback are appreciated.<br><br>
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Best,<br>
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<font face="Tahoma"><b>Yu Pu, </b></font>Ph.D candidate<br>
Department of Chemical Engineering<br>
MIT, Cambridge<br><br>
Office: 56-454<br>
Ph: 617-253-0470 (O) <br>
Group website:<i>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/clcgroup" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/clcgroup</a><br>
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