On 15 Jul 2008, at 03:52, Philip Smith wrote: > Robert Seastrom said the following on 7/7/08 05:16: >> It seems that Bhutan is having trouble with web surfing and gaming >> during their sessions: >> >> http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKB12933220080630 > > It is a thought though... > > Should we try a NANOG without network or power provision in the main > plenary room? People would have to listen to the presenter with 100% > attention then. Would this make the programme better? Would there be > more Q&A? Would there be more discussion in panel sessions? Would it > make NANOG better overall?
Personally I don't think its a good idea.. I agree with the various points raised in the followups to your message - there are many reasons why people want internet access and pure 'not paying attention' is just the one at the bottom of the list. Having said that, providing its just the main plenary then sure give it a go - why not try a 1/2 day in the next nanog and then collect the feedback after to see how it went. Steve > > Some meetings I go to now have enforced laptop bans so that the topics > under discussion have less chance of distracted participants. > > (I still remember some of the feedback from the NANOG IPv6 hour > back in > February - even having no IPv4 connectivity for 60 minutes was > equivalent to the end of the world for some people. Left me wondering > what the actual plenary session was for.) > > Having just come back from JANOG, while JANOG apparently had wireless > for the first time ever, there was no power in the room. Longlife > batteries needed. I noticed the majority of the audience was actually > sitting and listening to the presentations, and there was good Q&A > after > most of them. > > philip > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Nanog-futures mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
