[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Reception Desk.

[John Eldredge]

At one hospital here in Nashville, TN, they cut back on the number of 
reception desks. The two primary entrances have desks with someone seated 
at them. Three other entrances have an unstaffed desk, with a webcam and a 
telephone.

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John F. Eldredge -- john at jfeldredge.com
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drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.



On June 16, 2015 5:48:03 AM Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 16/06/2015 8:02 PM, Ruben Maes wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm a bit late here (just recently started really reading the tagging
> > list), but could this also be used for "reception webcams"? In my
> > city's hospital, the reception desk has been replaced with a tv screen
> > and a camera. The receptionist is at the other campus of hospital, in
> > another town, 15 km from where you are standing.
>
> Wow. Is the doctor 15km away too?  :-)
>
> The tag applies .. the place a visitor goes to for info etc
>
> So yes... it is not about the 'desk' that is used to separate it from 
> weeding reception, GPS reception, etc.
> I'll have to make that clear in the tag! The name is the best I could come 
> up with. Not too late to change it if someone has a better name?
>
> >
> > All the best
> > Ruben
>
> Note on the distance to the Doctor .. here in Australia 'we' have the Royal 
> Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) ..
>   the Doctor can be 1,000 km away, not far in a fast plane.
>
> >
> > 2015-06-16 2:52 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>:
> >> I think I'll be closing this shortly. Possibly tomorrow.
> >>
> >> There are some 10 votes, one against, the majority approving.
> >>
> >> There were close to 40 votes last time... where has the passion gone?
> >>
> >> On 2/06/2015 8:47 AM, Warin wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Voting for the mark 2 version of Reception Desk is now open.
> >>
> >> Link
> >> 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_Features/amenity%3Dreception_desk
> >>
> >>
> >> A Reception Desk provides a place where people (visitors, patients, or
> >> clients) arrive to be greeted, any information recorded, the relevant person
> >> is contacted and the visitor/s, patient/s, or client/s sent on to the
> >> relevant person/place.
> >>
> >>
> >> It is particularly useful to know the location of the reception desk when it
> >> is located away from the typical place (near a front entry) or where there
> >> is only one amongst a number of large buildings. First seen as a suggested
> >> extended tag for camp sites, thought to have a wider application to offices,
> >> hotels, hospitals and educational features.
> >>
> >> The amenity key is chosen so it can be used for both tourism and business
> >> situations.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your participation.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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