On Wed, September 27, 2017 11:09 am, Ashok Govindarajan wrote: >> 1)Ask the speakers to submit slides 3 days before the event. (We used >> to > do >> that.) The idea is to ensure that the speakers is prepared well ahead >> of > the >> event. 2) Better timekeeping during the event. Ensure that the talks do >> not > spillover >> the 20 min slot. 3)Request speakers to rehearse their talks. >> > > IMHO, Points 1 and 3 are dependent on speaker's discipline and hence > wonder if this is possible. However, as an idea, am all for it.
If we enforce 2, 1 and 3 will happen automagically. There is no way a speaker can know if he will not overshoot the time limit without rehearsing. And if speaker has to rehearse he needs to have slides prepared well ahead of the event. > Point no. 2 : > I am for it and volunteer to time-keep whenever I come. This is needed. > We could add this in the intro to the meetup. Just like we ask for a > volunteer for the MoM, we can have a volunteer for time-keeping. Sure, that will be great. I was thinking along those lines as well. :-) And thanks for volunteering! Regards, Vijay _______________________________________________ Chennaipy mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy
