Hey all...
I have to apologize for my part in the rudeness. I was a little too loud in
my conversations. If it makes anyone (at all) feel better, I was talking
about the subject matter of the presentation... :)
After I got home last night, I checked out the firewall setup that Mandrake
did for me. I must have learned something, because it's close, but not quite
what I wanted !
Glen
On Thursday 12 July 2001 19:22, you wrote:
> Thank you, Paul, for bringing up the additional conversations going on
> during Derek's presentation. I have seldom seen a ruder display of manners
> from adults in my life. If the parties weren't interested in the
> presentation, they should have left the room.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 7:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] last nights meeting.
>
> > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:25:17AM -0400, Andy Woeber wrote:
> > > I do not want to be too critical about the first Tampa meeting. I
>
> thought
>
> > > the presentation was good but probably went too long and there was no
>
> time
>
> > > for the raffle. Also, members and officers of the meeting were not
> > > introduced and there was no "business agenda" for the meeting. I know
>
> this
>
> > > is a friendly meeting and less structure is better for these meetings,
> > > however some timekeeping and agenda would be appreciated to help focus
>
> the
>
> > > group better. Overall, I enjoyed the questions during the presentation
>
> and
>
> > > think Derek put on a swell show. Maybe include references for Newbies
>
> to
>
> > > search out info would help.
> > >
> > > Andy
> >
> > Yes, Derek did a _great_ job.
> >
> > My apologies to all for not holding the raffle. Derek finished at about
> > the time that we needed to vacate the room, and there simply wasn't time
> > for it. I'll bring the stuff back to the next meeting.
> >
> > There were some problems with this presentation (not Derek's fault), one
> > of which caused it to run long. First, there were questions asked
> > _during_ the presentation. This guarantees a too-long presentation.
> > Questions need to be held until afterward. I didn't make this clear
> > before the presentation-- my fault. The same goes for comments and
> > corrections. Unless the presenter is flat out dead wrong (Derek wasn't),
> > we should hold these until the end. Second, there were too many private
> > conversations going on in various parts of the room. Very distracting,
> > not only to the listeners, but to the presenter.
> >
> > To Andy: My apologies on the timekeeping. The agenda is generally what
> > you saw last night, except for the omission of the raffle. Meetings
> > without presentations mostly consist of socializing and/or getting help
> > with Linux problems. I don't intro officers unless it's pertinent to the
> > announcements, etc. I should probably introduce myself so everyone
> > knows, but sometimes I don't do it.
> >
> > Presentations are usually well received (like this one), so I'm trying
> > to line up some more. Any volunteers, let Ed or me know.
> >
> > Paul
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