Hi, Back at the time when I was a GSOC student, the 15 minute presentation was a real heart stopper. It was something to look forward to (with dread). This was because,
- The presentation lets everyone in the community review what I've been up to. - It gives other interested parties a chance to come up with new suggestions (which I would have to implement :P) Therefore, I think that the presentations give the students a form of 'deadline' to work towards, and keeps them motivated. it also helps us to develop an interest in other projects (in my case, I first learnt of the PatientMatching module from one of these presentations) So from my point of view, I think it would be best if we can continue forward with it :-) Best Regards, Suranga On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:17 PM, Michael Downey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi developers, > > As you know, last year we had each of our Google Summer of Code > students present their work twice for 15-minutes each time during the > program. Since then, we have shortened the duration of our weekly > developer forum to one hour, so we need to re-think the arrangements > for this year. > > I'd like to open a dialogue for the next week or two to get your > feedback about how to proceed. Please reply to this thread and let us > know which of the following options you agree most with. > > A: The presentations aren't very useful and we should not do them this > year. > B: We should keep the 15-minute presentations but have the students > present only once during the summer. > C: We should shorten the presentations significantly but still have > the students present twice during the summer. > D: We should keep the 15-minute presentations twice during the summer, > and extend the meeting an extra hour LATER when the presentations > happen (2 times per month). > E: We should keep the 15-minute presentations twice during the summer, > and start the meeting an extra hour EARLIER when the presentations > happen (2 times per month). > > If you think of alternative approaches not mentioned above, feel free > to suggest them. > > Thanks for your feedback! > Michael > > _________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list, send an e-mail to > [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-devel-l" in the body > (not the subject) of your e-mail. > > [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l] > -- Best Regards, Suranga _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-devel-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l]
