Conference 7.286::digital

2737.0. "A future use for the Mill" by 4541::omand (Steve Omand) Mon Oct 25 1993 09:59

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Subject: Employee Idea                                                          1

From:	NAME: MARC CHARDON                  
	FUNC: Office of the President         
	TEL: 508-493-9340                     <CHARDON.MARC AT A1 at Memit1 at MLO>
To:	NANCY SALUSTRO @MSO
CC:	BUD ENRIGHT @MLO,
	OMAND @ITRC @VMSMAIL,
	BOB PALMER @MLO

         
         Nancy,
         
         Attached is an employee idea that pertains to the future of 
         the Mill, forwarded at his request.
         
         Regards,
         
         Marc Chardon
         Executive Assistant to Bob Palmer
         
         
         
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From:	NAME: Bob Palmer @MLO               
	FUNC: PRESIDENT AND CEO               
	TEL: 223-6600                         <PALMER.BOB AT PNDVUEA1 at MLMAIL at MLO>
Date:	22-Oct-1993
Posted-date: 22-Oct-1993
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Subject: FO:  Employee Idea - Steve Omand                                       1
To:	Marc Chardon @MLO

Marc,

The following message is forwarded for your information.

Regards,
Kathy

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                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                                        Date:     22-Oct-1993 09:19am EDT
                                        From:     Steven Omand
                                                  [email protected]@umc@WRLMTS@WRL
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TO:  [email protected]@umc@WRLMTS@WRL

CC:  [email protected]@umc@WRLMTS@WRL

Subject: IDEA: Use the Mill for the DEC World '94 Site               


Mr. Palmer,

I am not sure where to submit ideas such as this, so I am sending it 
to your office.   

Anyway,  now that the Mill is going to be vacated, how about using it as
the facility within which to stage the next DEC World event.   This way, 
there is no expense of renting a place; and the Mill is certainly all wired for
networking and computing.    Each section of the complex could be set up as a
business segment; with computing set up there demonstrating industry specific 
applications, integrated and connected to a "Mill-Internet" tying all these
businesses together.   (I'm sure there'd be several other benefits as well:
plenty of conference room space; lots of parking; helecopter access from 
Boston and other Digital facilities by way of Parker St.; built-in food service
facility ... the possibilities are almost endless.)

Of course housing and transportation would be issues, but overall, I think 
the idea is worth considering.  Who knows, maybe the Mill's next life could be 
as a regional conference center; Digitial could even spin off a small company
staffed with x-Digital employees to run it - a constructive contribution to 
employee population reduction.  The Town of Maynard may like this idea too.


Regards,

Steve Omand

    Note that the conference at LSTARK::MILL_MEMORIES is being used to
    collect and discuss ideas for Mill reuse. It is followed by some of
    the same people that .0 was forwarded to including a number of people
    who are charged with actually implementing ideas regarding the Mill.

    			Alfred

    Brilliant idea-what about a permanent demo centre afterwards or a
    customer application porting centre with real industry specific gurus
    and third parties hosted in it(and paying rent for the privilege of
    access to our clients,our technology and our engineering consulting)
    
    Go for it!

    	I don't think it's such a brilliant idea. We're going to bring in
    marketing people and customers from around the world to impress them
    with new Digital technology IN THE MILL??? The place, for the most
    part, is a dump. If we're going to use it as a demo center and for this
    and future DECworld events, I suggest that we level the place with a
    wrecking ball first and build something more reasonable in its place.
    Just lay off a few thousand engineers to pay for it.

   It's been a few years since I've been to Maynard.  Have they built
   some new roads into the town?  Have several hundreds of rooms in
   hotels been built there lately?

    
    
    	re -1
    
    	Nope...same old routes 62,27, and 117, same old (worse) traffic
    	jams. They did make Main St. partly one-way.
    
    	The closest hotels are in Marlboro or Boxboro.
    
    	John

    
    we have a Dunkin Donuts counter in the Mill.  So one thing has changed.
    

    
    >we have a Dunkin Donuts counter in the Mill.  So one thing has changed.
    
    Where?
    
    			Alfred

    in the cafeteria.  it's been there at least a year.

    Big Thrills!! Donuts are bad for you anyhow!! Too much fat and oils!!

    (side track from the non-smoking note)
    
    I think donuts should be banned from Digital offices. Donut-eaters
    problably exhale more particles than others for several minutes
    after the consumption. Probably applies to popcorn as well.
    
    /passive donut&popcorn eater :-)
    

    Absolutely, positively does not apply to popcorn.  Don't even think
    about it!
    
    Irving (who goes into severe withdrawals if he doesn't get his daily
    dose)

    
    
    re: .11
    
>    I think donuts should be banned from Digital offices. Donut-eaters
>    problably exhale more particles than others for several minutes
>    after the consumption.
    
    I don't think you've ever been around a world-class donut eater.  They
    don't exhale ANY particles.  Of course this rebuttal doesn't count the
    involuntary lung discharge immediately following the first bite of a
    powdered sugar donut!
    
    ;^)
    
    Chuck