Arisia is having a Quiet Room this year!

[crewgrrl]

This year we are adding a Quiet Room, a space to take a break from the noise and chaos of the con and those omnipresent fluorescent lights. This is our first year doing this, so the room will be very simply furnished

Comments

[p_m_cryan]

That sounds wonderful. Thank you!

[chanaleh]

What an awesome idea!

[archangelbeth]

To help people with allergies, may I suggest it be a perfume-free zone? I recall that guest Seanan McGuire, a year or two back, was made very ill by someone's perfume at her luncheon-with-fans.

[thnidu]

I'll second that one. (As I [try to] type this, the resident allergen is busily licking my arm, trying to macerate my skin with her allergenic and thickly barbed tongue.)

[selkiechick]

There will be a post later about perfumes and the convention, much like the one posted last year. http://arisia.livejournal.com/460591.html

I do like the idea of a perfume free zone. I am happy to ask that people limit their use of fragrance, and ask that the hotel use fragrance free cleaning products. I am hoping to have an air purifier for the room. That said, I do not see any practical way I can guarantee that the space will be perfume free (even people who eschew perfume for the convention may have it on their belongings or clothing), and that makes me a little hesitant to advertise it as such. I don't want to promise something I cannot deliver.

[archangelbeth]

Understood, though the hope of a really BIG SIGN that said, "PLEASE, NO PERFUMES! ALLERGIC PEOPLE MAY BE PRESENT!" and a bowl of washclothes to wash things off... O;>

Thanks.

[nohwhere_man]

"This space will also have a gender-free restroom"
Perhaps a gender-neutral one would be better? (otherwise, the whole thing sounds like a good idea)

[docwatson42]

Agreed. Otherwise the title implies that I would have to check my gender at the door to use it, and I would find that a little difficult. [grin]

[spacehawk]

The restroom itself does not have a gender, hence "gender-free". ^_^

(I'm a gender fluid person who prefers the wording "gender-free" restroom over "gender-neutral", but since it's a single occupancy bathroom without a gender sign on the door, this is all semantics and not really one of any practical significance.)

I think this Quiet Room is a great idea.

[slipjig]

Brilliant!