G. writes:

>Rather than using the entire facility as one
>large area for the "noisy" event, what about partitioning it, say, 60:40

This sounds like the best of both worlds to me. There are those that
want to "schmooze" and there are those that want to party. And, there
are those that like it both ways. Gavin's suggestion accomodates all.

Regards,


M.