[wplug-plan] issue report: outer door of NSH 1st floor lobby was intermittently locked on October 15, 2005 during the WPLUG GUM

[Beth Lynn]

Hello,

The outer door of the Newell Simon Hall first floor lobby was locked 
intermittently during the hours of the October 15, 2005 General Users 
Group meeting. This made it difficult for attendees to enter the first 
floor lobby and use the campus phone so that they can be escorted to the 
meeting room. The problem did not effect the third floor lobby. Nor did 
the problem effect the door that opens directly into Newell Simon Hall
1507.

As a Carnegie Mellon University employee, I called campus police 
twice to have the door unlocked on October 15. Both times the door was 
unlocked by campus police however it was locked again by an unknown person.

Today I reported the issue to the Building Facilities Manager of Newell 
Simon. I have been assured that the outer door in question should never 
be locked. The inner door should be locked on Saturday but it should be 
able to be unlocked with an authorized Carnegie Mellon ID card.

This issue is now being escalated to Carnegie Mellon University Campus 
Police Chief Craig Doyle.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Sincerely,
Beth Lynn Eicher