Montgomery Place*

Where: Hyde Park

5550 S Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60637. Easy trip for anyone in Hyde Park.

When:

Talks are Fridays at 7:00 PM. Bland dinner for at 5:15 PM (on the house) with organizer Alex Elwyn and the activity committee. Budget 90 minutes for the talk to allow time for questions. Could be staffed by speaker alone.

Contact:

Alex Elwyn, alexelwyn@yahoo.com, alexelwyn@hotmail.com, 630-886- 4862 (mobile), retired Argonne National Labs physicist, acquaintance of Rocky Kolb. Organizer can skip talks and leave it to Alex + speaker. Alex supplements whatever you do by directly coordinating with speakers in the department. Alex will take initiative and contact you if you don’t contact him.

What to bring:

VGA dongle for presenter’s computer, USB remote control.

AV:

Everything provided. Alex Elwyn will help you set up the presenter laptop – they offer to let you use their laptop: don’t do it! Bring your own. Make sure to try everything out before dinner. Organizer can skip talks and let Alex/speaker take care of it, no problem.

Audience:

Retired UChicago professors, spouses, and Hyde Park community members. Extremely demanding and critical audience. Surveys will provide ample advice on how to give a better talk.

Setup:

  1. Park on street or walk, meet Alex Elwyn in lobby.
  2. Walk with Alex to test all AV.
  3. Eat a bland dinner with organizing committee.
  4. Place surveys on each chair.
  5. Make sure AV system still works.

Host:

  1. Make sure the AV works
  2. Introduce the speaker.
  3. Sit in back, take pictures of audience and presenter from multiple angles.

Cleanup:

  1. Collect surveys.
  2. Chat with audience members.