Shawn Grover wrote: > First, we need to determine the format we'd like to follow for the > meetings. I'd like to do two presentations - one beginner level, and > the second a "not beginner" level. However, I don't know if a good > presenation for either type can be given in 30-60 minutes. Afterall, we > are talking about getting into details.
by "beginner" do you mean introductory? if so, I would assume that the beginner ones will be shorter and should probably have a shorter discussion time alotted to it, compared to the "not beginner" discussion. my feeling is that an intro presentation would hopefully lead those in the audience who are interested to do further subsequent reading/learning on their own, and thus the discussion time for an intro pres could be used for clarification on presentation details, and other intro questions that could help the audience members determine whether to spend more time on their own researching the topic. alternatively, I picture the "not beginner discussion" going deeper. I think an initial format of 1/3 : 2/3 or 40% : 60% for the presentation/discussion lengths might be a good starting point. this is how I envision things, maybe others will speak up to the contrary. > Third, is 2 hours enough? is it too much? And what day should the > meetings be held that would be best for most of us? I'm of the opinion > that if we plan a day, and stick to that day, then most of us will work > that into our schedules. if we have only 1 presentation, 2h might be more than we need, but it all depends on the presentation and the audience and how far the discussion goes. if we have 2 presentations, 2h might not be enough. if we go with an evening during the week, it might be hard for people to do more than 2h, I know I prob wouldn't want to do more than 2.5h if it were an evening session. weekends would probably make it easier to have longer sessions. for evenings, currently my vote would be for any day but tuesday. I think we also need to consider whether people will be bringing laptops or other development hardware. if so, this could definitely require more time allotted to the session. > I'll have more details as things get going. For now, I guess I'm > "driving" the process, and would be happy to until someone else steps > forward, or the group decides I'm not doing a good job. thanks for getting things rollin Dave _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
