To Paul: Thanks for your response on my critique. I am not slamming anyone
on the meeting and thought the presentation went well. I would look forward
to volunteering to help organize one. I have had some experience with
Toastmasters and teaching so I might be able to help out with timekeeping. I
was also annoyed by the conversations continuing behind me, even when Derek
was speaking. Look forward to your next meeting.
Andy
On Thursday 12 July 2001 09:03 pm, you wrote:
> 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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