[Foss4g2010] workshops

[Paul Ramsey]

One easy-to-arrange quirk is to have the lab rooms set up in
"classroom" style so people have room for laptops or to take notes or
follow along in a workbook.

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On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
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>> I'll come out against this. The labs were very heavily attended in
>> 2009. I'd suggest, however, making "labs" be simply long-form
>> technical talks. BYO laptop if the presenters wish, but no computers
>> set up. That way all that is required is the room and the organizers
>> don't have to deal w/ any extra pain.
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> yep, I like this formula too.
> no computer setup and lots of attendance.
> good advice
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> lorenzo
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>> P.
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>> > I know again at the last event, tutorials/labs received no budget for
>> > printing and several people were outspoken about this - my advice is to
>> > drop
>> > these tutorials/labs and focus on workshops.  Tutorials/labs put an
>> > increased load on the workshop committee.  But, if the local workshop
>> > committee chair wants to take on this extra responsibility I am not
>> > against
>> > it...just know what you're getting into :)
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