I understand that Roger, our lead groundskeeper, spoke to you about this and he thought you
were fine with the location behind Roberts. The general policy is that we only allow fires on
campus in the dining services grills, but not in bonfires or pit fires. Security is the office that
approves those locations because they have to be a certain distance from the building and have a
hose or fire extinguishers near by, as well as people trained to use it. There is also heavy tree
cover in the area near Johnson that poses potential fire hazards, so the options will be more
limited. Since the grills and these events cans leave a burn spot in the grass, or an excessively
worn area, we do prefer that groups use the area behind Roberts to keep our campus looking as
good as possible. If Security approves another area, we will need assistance from the group
having the event to restore the area the next day.
Hope this answers your question.
Pat
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Katrina Danby <ktdanby@colby.edu> wrote:
Pat & Peter,
I have a request for you. Some CAs are doing a fire-pit S'mores event next Thursday for
the entire Row and for the prospective students we have coming for Experience Colby. I
spoke with a PPD worker this morning who mentioned that they would like the event
behind Bob's because of the new grass that was planted down by Go-Ho. I understand
the need for students to not be walking on the newly planted grass. Is there a chance
that we could have the event higher up on the row near Johnson so that they do
not disturb the grass but are still able to be on the Row. It will be hard to get a high
participation rate behind Bob's since students wont be able to see it.