Re: exclusive dinners vs community dinners- Mary Ann
From: Holly McNutt (holly.mcnuttgmail.com)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:23:29 -0800 (PST)
Mary Ann - If/when you find some good noise abatement solutions, pleas let me 
know Thanks, Holly

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On Feb 15, 2012, at 4:00 PM, drmaryanngroups [at] mac.com wrote:

> 
> The dining room is too small, especially when a lot of folks decide to come 
> to dinner and/or there are many guests. I don't know what the optimum number 
> of seats is. Someone probably has research that can give you some metric.
> 
> The room is also noisy, especially when there is a crowd and/or small 
> children are involved. Many of our residents are older and noisy rooms are 
> uncomfortable for some people with hearing aids. 
> 
> While the size is important, also consider how noisy the room will be when 
> fully occupied. Too many hard surfaces magnify the noise to uncomfortable 
> levels. We're looking into noise abatement solutions now.
> 
> Your architect should be able to advise you on both issues.
> 
> Mary Ann
> 
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 9:47 PM, Jerry McIntire wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Mary Ann, are your community dinners "overcrowded" because your dining room
>> is too small, or is it just too noisy, or ...? As we are planning our
>> common house, we would like to benefit from others' experience.
>> 
>> Thanks, Jerry
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