[Foss4g2010] workshops

[Lorenzo Becchi]

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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