Personally, I was not bothered by the way the presentation proceeded. I enjoy being engaged during the process; it helps guide the discussion and ensures that I am covering something that the group is interested in learning about. I acknowledge, having been a professor at UNR for a couple of years, that this Socratic style is non-traditional I personally prefer it.
My presentation contained a great deal of material that wasn't geared toward the audience and I did not give the organizers a complete idea of the scope of the presentation so any failure to complete the presentation was entirely mine. That said I will certainly respect the collective body with respect to future presentation methods. I'm cool with it either way. Rick Shepherd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hammerquist Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 2:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RLUG] Presentation Method at RLUG Meetings 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 _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/ _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
