On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Evangeline Han evanbejin@gmail.comwrote:
At which floor is the lobby of Marvin Center?
We will be near the main entrance, on the ground floor, where registration desk is and sitting area with tables.
Please bring your SmarTrip card, if you have one (with $3.80 on it, or you can put some on at the metro station). Otherwise, it's ($5.80) for the metro, roundtrip between Foggy Bottom and the Capitol, with a paper farecard which you can buy at the metro station.
Cheers, Katie
-Evangeline
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:22 AM, aude aude.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
We are going again tomorrow morning to the Capitol.
9:00 am, Wednesday morning, July 11th meet at the Capitol Visitor Center, either inside by the Freedom statue, or outside by the security
checkpoint.
Alternatively, we can meet 8:15 a.m. in lobby of Marvin Center.
Don't bring food or water, as it's not allowed through security. (sorry,
I
didn't know that) but backpacks and computers are okay.
I got about 35 passes for the house/senate galleries tomorrow, and they
are
in session and we can get more on site for international folks, if
needed.
If anyone has questions, please let me know.
Cheers, Katie
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Arnav Sonara sonara.arnav@gmail.com wrote:
+1
We were there at Capitol today morning, found no one, later came to know that you are not even allowed to take water inside and couple of guys
with
me had sunscreen lotions and water and snacks, so we returned. I just
wish
if there be a point of contact for all tours or groups and one final
confirming the time and location (exact).
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Deror deror_avi@yahoo.com wrote:
The conference tours suffered from lack of organization from the beginning. The tours were poorly organized, badly publicized, not
properly
described etc.
I have signed up to the NARA conservation lab tour. The description of which included two meeting points - a block apart from each other (one
on
Pensilvania ave and one on constitution avenue) both of which were
wrong -
the group met elsewhere resulting in a delay trying to find the participants.
The tour description listed that a photo ID is required and an official one - government one. I thought a driving license (sufficient for
driving in
the US) with a photo ID suffices but no. After having passed security
checks
(checking bags and detectors as in airport) And having to wait a bit
longer,
I was informed that only a passport is acceptable, and denied entrance
to
the tour, thus waiting a full hour and a half (traveling and waiting)
due to
the fact that the tour organizer is clueless.
I am not blaming the security staff there- they have their regulations, and need to follow them. But how hard would it be for the organizers
to do
simple basic homework and ask what is required for a foreign tourist to enter.
And I was not the only wikipedian disallowed from entering, Osama was also kept out.
My recommendation to you all - if this tour is any indication - do not bother to go on any other tours.
Deror
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