[atariparty] Info on the Sunnyvale public library

[Bill Kendrick]

As mentioned over on the Atari Party 2014 website's "Venue" page
(http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/atariparty/2014/venue/),
this year's event will actually be taking over a few parts of the
Sunnyvale public library:

 * First off is the lobby, where our friends from the Digital Game Museum
   (http://www.digitalgamemuseum.org/) will be putting up an info table,
   and possibly an exhibit, and maybe also some other secret stuff. :)

 * Next is the library's "Program Room", which is immediately to the right
   when you go through the library's main entrance.  This is where the
   bulk of the games will be set up.  If you're bringing game systems
   or computers, this is where you want to head.

   If you happened to go to Al Alcorn's talk at the Sunnyvale library
   back in 2012, it's that room.  Rachel, the librarian who invited us to
   come do the party there this year, and who's been doing a lot of the
   organizing footwork, told me that room is 34' x 54', and that it's
   1,700 sqft.  (For comparison, I asked the Davis public library, where
   2009, 2011 and 2013's events were held, how big their Blanchard room was.
   It's 1,410 sqft; though it was actually a little smaller back in 2009!)

 * Then there's the Teen Area, which has a bunch of PCs.  DGM has offered
   to bring thumbdrives with Atari emulators and games to fire up on
   those systems.  Either way, this is also where the stand-up arcade (coin-op)
   games will be set up.  That's thanks to Mark Birsching, who helps run the
   excellent (and huge!) California Extreme (CAX) arcade/pinball show.
   (This year, it's in Santa Clara on July 12 & 13, BTW!
   http://caextreme.com/)

 * Finally, there's the Fiction section, where the library has given us the
   go-ahead to host Al Alcorn's presentation.  (Since they didn't want us
   to overrun that 'quiet area' of the library all day, they've asked that
   Dan Kramer do his talk in the Program Room -- which is not unlike what
   I've done with Atari Parties in Davis.)


Any questions or comments?  Let me know!  Thanks, and I'll see a bunch of
you in just 5 short weeks! [*]

[*] Or maybe I'll run into some of you at Pin-A-Go-Go, next weekend in Dixon ;)
    (http://pinagogo.org/)

-- 
-bill!
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