Just what I wanted to say: breaks should be breaks. Having all breaks covered by sessions is a great thing for people who never eat or rest.
Also, a great session can be rendered completely useless by hurry. I saw one of those this year and it wasn't pretty. You have to give people time. Raul On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Manuel Schneider < [email protected]> wrote: > Am 14.08.2013 10:24, schrieb Lodewijk: > > OK, so if I understand correctly you feel it should not happen in > > breaks, but rather as part of the regular schedule? Do you think that > > they should be replaced in the breaks by other events, or should the > > breaks remain event free in general? > > breaks should be breaks, that's why we have them. Please ready the > concept I have explained in my first response to this thread, that > should make my suggestion clear. > > It is okay to have less breaks, in order to make up for the time we > spend in longer sessions, but then let breaks be real breaks. So that's > the deal: real sessions, with enough time to do something, a real track > for spontaneous meetings, less sessions, less breaks but doing both of > them right, not short sessions in a hurry and breaks not being breaks > because of all the other stuff going on, with people not concentrating > on that other stuff because they are hungry, tired etc. > > /Manuel > -- > Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > Lausanne, +41 (21) 34066-22 - www.wikimedia.ch > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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