[Noisebridge-discuss] Space viewing report: 2169 Mission

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Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> writes:

> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 08:57:53PM -0700, Dr. Jesus wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Andy Isaacson<adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 08:33:11PM -0700, Micah Lee wrote:
>> >> One question I have is it looks like this new space isn't on the first
>> >> floor. Is it handicap accessible? I've been to NB a couple times when
>> >> people there were in wheelchairs, and it would suck to exclude them.
>> >
>> > An excellent question, am adding answer to the wiki.
>> >
>> > There is a freight elevator which goes from the street-level
>> > "lobby" to the third floor. ?I don't know if it will comply with
>> > the letter of the law on ADA issues, but I do believe it will be
>> > practically useable to enable weelchair users to access the third
>> > floor.
>> >
>> > (The elevator is lacking "call" buttons, so you have to ride it
>> > down and then back up if it's not already on the first floor.)
>> 
>> I think what Andy means is that it doesn't have call buttons *yet*.
>
> It's an elevator.  If it breaks, people can die.  Please don't hack
> the elevator unless you're a certified elevator technician (or
> whatever relevant terminology should be applied).

just as a side note, having gone through some hassle a while back having
to do w/ an elevator (not in sf though), inspectors/landlords/actual
technicians/etc get a little crabby about unauthorized tinkering
(regardless of the 'working-ness' and the fact that the
now-functioning-phone thingee had nothing to do w/ the elevator
mechanism).

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