<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Paul Ramsey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pramsey@cleverelephant.ca">pramsey@cleverelephant.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">I'll come out against this. The labs were very heavily attended in<br>
2009. I'd suggest, however, making "labs" be simply long-form<br>
technical talks. BYO laptop if the presenters wish, but no computers<br>
set up. That way all that is required is the room and the organizers<br>
don't have to deal w/ any extra pain.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>yep, I like this formula too.<br>no computer setup and lots of attendance.<br>good advice<br><br>lorenzo<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div><div class="im">> I know again at the last event, tutorials/labs received no budget for<br>
> printing and several people were outspoken about this - my advice is to drop<br>
> these tutorials/labs and focus on workshops. Tutorials/labs put an<br>
> increased load on the workshop committee. But, if the local workshop<br>
> committee chair wants to take on this extra responsibility I am not against<br>
> it...just know what you're getting into :)<br>
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