Re: [ECOLOG-L] MEETINGS Organized or Unorganized? Re: [ECOLOG-L] alcohol consumption and citation counts

Such "unconferences" are pretty well established in the tech world, particularly among programmers working on open-source projects. See http://barcamp.org and the Wikipedia entry for "unconference" . Jane Shevtsov On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Wayne T

Re: [ECOLOG-L] MEETINGS Organized or Unorganized? Re: [ECOLOG-L] alcohol consumption and citation counts

Lots of learning in informal discussions. Lots of prompting of consideration of ideas. That said, how does one demonstrate in such "bull sessions" that data were legitimately collected, following a defined protocol, to test a defined hypothesis, to answer a question that needed answering, and

[ECOLOG-L] MEETINGS Organized or Unorganized? Re: [ECOLOG-L] alcohol consumption and citation counts

Ecolog: Methinks there might be even more elephants in the saloon--perhaps of many hues. It has been my observation in the past that I have learnt more in the hallways, WC's, and saloons than I have being driven nuts listening to 20-minute "presentations" (attention ethologists!), in dar