I do not know about you people.
In the 3 years (or is it 40 I have been going to SLUG meeting that was the
best one yet. If only they all were half that good.
Thanks Derek.
Frank
>
> 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 time keeping. 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
On Thursday 12 July 2001 07:02 pm, you wrote:
> 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
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