[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Mark brings up some good points later in his response, however. > > Perhaps the blame rests with those presiding over the meeting > > (including myself) for not speaking up when a subthread has outlived > > its usefulness and guiding the talk back to the presenter. > > > > To Rick, I'm grateful for your tolerance in this case. As I hoped > > I made clear, you as the presenter would be free to invoke any style > > you wish under my proposal, so your Socratic style would not be > > inhibited. > > I moderate during Q&A, but there usually is little need to move on. As > for when someone is presenting, I don't think there is a need to step > in to say to move on in most cases, the speaker is the one directing > topic at that point. I just stop people from running until 10pm with > their talk.
No, no real point in moderating Q&A. OTOH, some speakers have trouble regaining control from the audience. This would be a case I'd expect the president to step in. > I really don't have many complains about tangents, but if someone does > they should speak up or put up. There are two people from IGT who were not pleased with the (quote) "chaotic" nature of several meetings. These people were not at last night's meeting. I don't mind tangents either. However, I have to believe that there is a reason more structured meetings survive, grow and expand. I absolutely want discussion to be open and for the audience to feel they can participate, but not to the point that our invited guests cannot perform the task for which they were invited. I figured I'd come out as the nazi when I started this thread, but this topic has been thrown back and forth by meeting administrators for several months. I probably wouldn't have said anything about it on the list this time either except for the audience members who made a point of telling me that they were (quote) "fuming" that the presentation was left incomplete. Tim _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
