To all who have attended or, er, intend to attend, RLUG meetings in the
future:
I've had several complaints from people who attended the RLUG meeting
last night regarding continuous questions from the audience during
Rick's presentation.
I mentioned possible problems with our current presentation
implementation at the meeting last night, and in light of recent
complaints, I propose the following, what I would consider a workable
solution. It is simply thus:
At the moment the presenter is given the floor, all audience
participation should cease. All questions should be left for after
the presentation.
The presenter may explicitly call on members of the audience for
various reasons.
The presenter may change the format at his/her discretion, but
discretion is always to remain with the presenter, or with the
meeting president if problems arise.
Rick, as well as any other presenter we have had, appeared at our
request. We asked him to come and talk to us. As such, he deserves
both our respect and our attention during his presentation.
While the presentation was undoubtedly fascinating (if somewhat
off-topic), and the audience's questions were both insightful and
intelligent, the chronic flow of questions and speculation from the
audience prevented Rick from being able to finish his presentatino,
resulting in several complaints from both visitors and regular members.
What are the thoughts of others in the group? Is this a plan that we
should start implementing? Are there any suggestions for improvements
or changes to my proposal? Let's start som list discussion about this.
Tim Hammerquist
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