Thank you, Paul, for bringing up the additional conversations going on
during Derek's presentation. I have seldom seen a ruder display of manners
from adults in my life. If the parties weren't interested in the
presentation, they should have left the room.
Just my 2 cents.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] last nights meeting.
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:25:17AM -0400, Andy Woeber wrote:
>
> > I do not want to be too critical about the first Tampa meeting. I
thought
> > the presentation was good but probably went too long and there was no
time
> > for the raffle. Also, members and officers of the meeting were not
> > introduced and there was no "business agenda" for the meeting. I know
this
> > is a friendly meeting and less structure is better for these meetings,
> > however some timekeeping and agenda would be appreciated to help focus
the
> > group better. Overall, I enjoyed the questions during the presentation
and
> > think Derek put on a swell show. Maybe include references for Newbies
to
> > search out info would help.
> >
> > Andy
>
> Yes, Derek did a _great_ job.
>
> My apologies to all for not holding the raffle. Derek finished at about
> the time that we needed to vacate the room, and there simply wasn't time
> for it. I'll bring the stuff back to the next meeting.
>
> There were some problems with this presentation (not Derek's fault), one
> of which caused it to run long. First, there were questions asked
> _during_ the presentation. This guarantees a too-long presentation.
> Questions need to be held until afterward. I didn't make this clear
> before the presentation-- my fault. The same goes for comments and
> corrections. Unless the presenter is flat out dead wrong (Derek wasn't),
> we should hold these until the end. Second, there were too many private
> conversations going on in various parts of the room. Very distracting,
> not only to the listeners, but to the presenter.
>
> To Andy: My apologies on the timekeeping. The agenda is generally what
> you saw last night, except for the omission of the raffle. Meetings
> without presentations mostly consist of socializing and/or getting help
> with Linux problems. I don't intro officers unless it's pertinent to the
> announcements, etc. I should probably introduce myself so everyone
> knows, but sometimes I don't do it.
>
> Presentations are usually well received (like this one), so I'm trying
> to line up some more. Any volunteers, let Ed or me know.
>
> Paul
>
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