Thanks to all who responded to my quandary yesterday evening - easily a half dozen through the list or directly. Curiously enough, this event was going to be different regardless.
I'm currently one small cog in a large corporate wheel, which means that when I need a printer, the lads in IT point to a desk and say "there's six - take one". They are excellent, and usually all of the hardware is ready, with all cords, cables, etc. Well! I just finished setting up the room, and printed off the first page (the list of attendees, for them to modify to correct contact info)...and the printer's almost out of ink! Had this been any other OS, I'd be running around Toronto right now trying to find an ink cartridge for a six year old printer, or more likely, buying a new one! However, given the past 24 hours' tips and tricks...no worries. I will offer the participants to document their discussions as they wish - using the templates I offer and/or flip charts and/or blank paper, as it suits their needs. Whatever they give to me, I will post for all to read in the newsroom. At the end of the event, I'll take it all home, scan or photograph whatever makes sense to, transcribe the rest, and present a book of proceedings to the host. Also curiously, three attendees had to drop out at the last moment (today); all emailed to ask me to send them proceedings...so I guess I was going to do a book of proceedings tomorrow, just I needed to learn a new way. Thank you all for the new knowledge. Two little tidbits from my day: 1) I use painter's tape to tape the laws, AGENDA, NEWS, etc. to the wall. The tape is green. On some of the pages I taped up, I ran two strips top and bottom. On others, I boxed the page in - tape on all four sides. I stood back and looked at the room, and the boxed in ones just didn't feel right - so I retaped them (thanks to painter's tape) with two strips, top and bottom - and they look more open. Not a major point, but just an interesting tidbit about creating the space. 2) I got on the elevator with three golfers from Colorado, USA (note, I'm in Canada). One said to the other two, "You know what surprises me the most? They drive on the same side of the road we do!" That was my chuckle for the day. Boy, it would make all those international bridges between our two countries darned tricky if you had to switch sides halfway across. Best wishes to all. Phil Culhane * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
