James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
> Neil Schneider wrote:
>> Looking ahead at the upcoming calendar, I see that the next general
>> meeting is August 10. There is a distinct possibility that I will be
>> out of town and unable to preside over the festivities.
>>
>> Jim Sack has been talking about starting up the short topic
>> presentations. Perhaps this would be a good test run. Can we get
>> enough short topic presentations to fill 1-1/2 hours, leaving 1/2
>> hour
>> for the raffle?
>>
>> Can I get a volunteer to take possesion of the raffle books this
>> week?
>> How about a volunteer to preside?
>>
>> I would very much like to get this resolved before Thursday. I plan
>> to
>> drive to Colorado Thursday night and will be busy packing to leave.
>>
>
> 1. If you don't find another way to hand-off the books, I will be glad
> to work something out. Give me a call (278)-4099.
Tracy has agreed to take care of the books and preside over the meeting.
> 2. If no one objects, I will coordinate the August 10th meeting
> program.
> I will volunteer one 15-minute presentation, and try to drum up
> commitments for more. My thinking is that we want to try a variety of
> short, shallow depth topics with the idea of hitting interest,
> usefulness, and understandability sweetspots of a broad audience. I
> was
> proposing a 15 minute "express howto" format, but that's just a
> suggestion. More words to follow..
I suggest that you coordinate the presenters and the topics, and also
make sure that the information is posted to the web site.
> 3. What's the status of projection equipment for Annex-C. Was last
> month
> someone's personal projector? Seem like we just gotta have a projector
> for presentations, eh? This seems like a *high priority* issue.
We were assigned Annex C and Room 401 for the meeting, which isn't
really practical. I chose only Room 401 since it has a projector. :-)
> 3a. Maybe we should talk more about getting a kplug projector. If the
> only obstacle is having someone take responsibility for storing and
> hauling it, I would do that for a while.
I think it's a possibility. We first need to get the new Treasurer
transitioned in.
> 3b. What would be neat is a portable compact system, which would add
> another $500+ to the cost, I suppose -- but that could be considered
> later. Maybe we could start a design brainstorming page on wiki.
Brainstorming is good.
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