Hi Jaki, We're explicitly NOT interested in requiring sign-in or tickets - these are free-flowing events with thousands of people walking in and out of a small space. We want to make the events as accessible and open as possible - we just want to know how many people attend.
Thanks, Nina On Jan 17, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Jaki Levy wrote: > Hi Nina - I imagine this could be accomplished very easily with some kind of > ticket system / sign-in process. Every visitor that enters needs a ticket, > even if they don't pay. Is there any way to require a "ticket" or sign-in of > some sort, even if it's virtual / electronic? Buttons? A check mark? Virtual > check-ins via onsite hardware? iPad checkins? I've done this kind of sign-in > process for countless volunteer run organizations and it works wonders :-) > > - Jaki > > > web: http://arrowrootmedia.com > cell: 646-339-9410 > > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Nina Simon <nina at museumtwo.com> wrote: > Dear friends in museum geekitude, > > We're looking for a solution for our small museum to count people. > Specifically, we have an increasing number of free days, and we'd really > prefer for our limited staff and volunteers to spend their time interacting > with visitors instead of focusing on getting a good count. That said, we'd > like a good count. > > We have three wide entrances and on our busy nights, thousands of people will > stream in. My early investigation has uncovered cheap IR systems that don't > do well with multiple people walking through the same doorway together, or > expensive video systems that seem like overkill as they do all kinds of > non-counting functions. I talked to an engineer friend about us hacking > together an IR system with two distance sensors for each doorway pointing out > at an angle to be able to sense two/three people at a time, and we might > pursue that, but he strongly suggested I first reach out to brilliant people > in the field and see how you deal with this. > > How do you deal with this? > > Thanks! > Nina > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >
