This message is intended for FoM staff members who are responsible for booking FoM shared meeting rooms for their events. Please distribute widely within your department as appropriate.
Dear Colleagues:
The FoM room booking team has now completed the advance booking of 2015-2016 curriculum sessions and booking confirmations are being sent out this morning.
Please be advised that we are now accepting room booking requests for non-curriculum sessions such as department meetings, workshops, etc., through August 2016.
For a listing of shared meeting rooms available for booking through the FoM room booking team, please use the Find a Room search tool: http://facilities.med.ubc.ca/room-booking/find-room/
To request a shared meeting room for your event, please submit a FoM room request form: http://facilities.med.ubc.ca/room-booking/forms/room-form/
Users who would like their existing booking extended are encouraged to submit their request by Friday, June 5. Please use the same event title and indicate ‘extension request’ in the form. Please note bookings are not automatically extended.
Your patience is requested as we deal with a high volume of booking requests received during this call. We expect to return to 1-3 business day response time by end of June. We will do our best to accommodate all requests, based on availability of space.
Please contact the FoM Room Booking team at roombooking.fom@ubc.ca if you have any questions or need more information.
Thank you,
Anil Patel
Manager, Academic Shared Resources | UBC Faculty of Medicine
604.875.4111 ext.67677 | anil.patel@ubc.ca
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