On Sat, 6 Jun 2009, Peter Tribble wrote: > How not to run a townhall: > > - Don't sit up on a stage distant from the audience > - Don't sit up on a stage where you can't see the agenda > - Don't sit up on a stage blinded by the lights so you can't see *anything*
I don't think any of us expected that! :( > - Don't compete with free beer Yeah, pretty tough. I see what you mean, though, if next year we can't get a slot at a time different than the reception, we should probably not bother. > OK, so it was worth trying but I don't think the session was worthwhile. Given > how many attended (and who) in retrospect we would have been better just > grabbing some chairs in the middle and chatting. Oh well, maybe next time - yes. Michelle even suggested that at one point, but then the guys finally got the stage set... so most of us felt compelled to use it :) > and this message is partly so that next time it'll go better. (The > session at the > summit in Santa Cruz last year went pretty well, but that was in a > significantly > different context.) I wasn't there for that session, but I imagine it was more integrated into the actual agenda and not tacked on (and at the same time as free beer in another location) > I got a huge amount out of the trip overall, but I suspect there > weren't that many > community members at C1 - and many of the Sun people were probably tied up > with other stuff anyway. I got a lot out of this conference as well. I would've liked to speak to more of the developers, but I'm not sure if they were there or not. Valerie -- Valerie Fenwick, http://blogs.sun.com/bubbva @bubbva Solaris Security Technologies, Developer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17 Network Circle, Menlo Park, CA, 94025.
