All rooms are available for official university business only. Reserve meeting rooms using Google Calendar and cancel promptly if no longer needed.

Scheduling Priority Order

1. Statistics official department meetings and seminars
2. Statistics special events, lab/group meetings, and reading groups

3. On a case by case basis, the Statistics Department may consider requests from partnering departments to schedule courses and meetings. See timing restrictions below. 

   Only the contact person who made the reservation may cancel or request a change to an existing reservation.

   Building Hours & Policies

   Open Monday–Friday 7:30 a.m.–9 p.m. Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and federal and academic holidays.

   • For events in the 3rd floor rooms, the host must be a Statistics community member (excluding undergraduates).
   • Punctual Transitions: Please end meetings 5 minutes early to allow the next group to enter on time.
   • Door Locking Policy: Please DO NOT lock meeting room doors. If you are in a scheduled meeting and lock the door, please unlock the door once your meeting is over.
   • Meeting Room Cleanliness: Please wipe down tables and whiteboards, throw away trash and recycle any meeting materials, put away dry-erase markers, and push in chairs.

   The contact person reserving the room is responsible for ensuring that attendees have access to the room. The contact person is also responsible for closing the room if the meeting or event concludes after normal business hours. The contact person must remain in the room at all times and is responsible for ensuring the room is clean, closed, and locked.

   Reserve Rooms via Google Calendar

   Use your berkeley.edu account to book rooms on the 3rd floor, including Huddle rooms/focus rooms, small, medium, and large meeting rooms, and the social kitchen.

   • Huddle and Focus Rooms: Self-reserved and can be booked via Google Calendar or on the interface touchscreen outside of the meeting room. 
     • Booking Limits & Use Policy Reservations for Huddle and Focus rooms are strictly limited to a maximum of 2 hours per booking. Please use these spaces responsibly and refrain from making back-to-back or excessive reservations so that all community members have fair access. Note that room bookings are routinely monitored, and misuse or abuse of the reservation system may result in the cancellation of upcoming bookings or loss of self-reservation privileges.
   • Small, Medium, Large Meeting Rooms, and Social Kitchen: Require room approval from Tanisha Robinson. Once your reservation has been approved, you will receive a confirmation for your meeting.

   Steps to create an event on your own calendar:

   1. Log into bCal.berkeley.edu.
   2. On your own calendar, begin to create an event as you normally would.
   3. Click “Edit event”.
   4. On the right side of the window, click the “Rooms, etc.” link under Add.
   5. Type in the room number you would like to reserve. (Please ensure this is in the "Gateway" space)
   6. The room is available is the selected room is not crossed out.
   7. If you'd like to use Zoom in the meeting, you can create the Zoom meeting in advance. To schedule via the room, if you have added the Zoom for Google Workspace extension, click on the caret next to "Add Google Meet video conferencing" and select "Zoom Meeting".
   8. If you'd like to invite a mailing list, you can invite the list.
   9. Configure the rest of your event settings and click "Save". Note: All events must include a name and a description detailing the event purpose.

   Meeting Room Calendars

   You must log into your bCal account before you can view these calendars. After clicking on the links below, you will see the corresponding calendar in your web browser.

   Room	Capacity	Type
   3130	28	Social Kitchen
   3350 - Peng Zhao	42	Social Kitchen
   3355	28	Large Meeting Room
   3389	12	Medium Meeting Room
   3161	10	Small Meeting Room
   3219	10	Small Meeting Room
   3375	6	Small Meeting Room
   3431	7	Small Meeting Room
   3447	7	Small Meeting Room
   3151	4	Huddle Room
   3189	5	Huddle Room
   3222	4	Huddle Room
   3332	5	Huddle Room
   3386	4	Huddle Room
   3416	4	Huddle Room
   3136	2	Focus Room
   3138	2	Focus Room
   3181	2	Focus Room
   3183	2	Focus Room
   3196	2	Focus Room
   3198	2	Focus Room
   3325	2	Focus Room
   3327	2	Focus Room
   3372	2	Focus Room
   3446	1	Focus Room
   3448	1	Focus Room

   External Guest Access & Additional Event Spaces If your event includes external guests (anyone without regular building badge access), please note that due to building access restrictions, all external visitors must be escorted up to the 3rd floor by the event host or a member of your team.

   Additionally, if you need event space outside of the Gateway, please contact Tanisha Robinson directly to review available campus options and requirements.