[Foss4g2010] workshops

[Mark Leslie]

This set-up worked very well for us, but there were some issues.  We 
stated up-front that labs were to be hands-on, bring your own laptops, 
but not all tutorials were.  It would be great to allow both but specify 
in the program if a laptop is required or not.  We lost half our 
attendees in one when they were told they'd need to follow along.

I would also be more hesitant to offer the same material in both 
workshop and lab form.  Workshops bring in money, so offering what 
sounds like the same material for free will cut out registrants.

It should be made clear that handouts and such are optional for labs. 
Workshops too for that matter.  It was rather unpleasant to not offer 
any support for our labs, but there just wasn't money for it.  If you 
could have a bag of usb sticks that lab presenters can borrow to pass 
out material, that would save a lot of grief.

--
Mark

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> 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.
> 
> P
> 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
>> wrote:
>>> 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.
>> yep, I like this formula too.
>> no computer setup and lots of attendance.
>> good advice
>>
>> lorenzo
>>
>>
>>> P.
>>>
>>>> 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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