Winston-- Sorry for the blank message. The main drawback that I can see to using photos to record flip charts is that a graphics file will be a lot larger than a text file of the same written information. I have scanned Russian-language meeting notes into my computer, only to find that I had a very large file to e-mail. And, as Chris pointed out, the resulting file is less versatile for further use.
No question that cameras are very much faster and capture the feeling of the meeting. I always hate to discard flip chart notes for that reason. And excerpts can be transcribed from the photos for further distribution if needed. We made flip charts available for a recent one-day OS, but asked each group to make a handwritten report on a one-page form. One manager and her assistant photocopied and collated the reports in an hour the following morning, put them in a color cover which had been made ahead, and distributed them to all participants. Some groups had as much as 8 pages of flip-chart notes, which I suggested they transcribe afterwards for distribution to interested persons. Someone showed the report to the City Manager--he asked, "Very nice, did the consultants do this?" "No, " the client replied, "We did it ourselves!" Not a high-tech, state-of-the-art method, but I loved watching how seriously the convenors took the responsibility of writing their reports. Joelle * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
