>>Just my 2cents.<br>I see your 2, and raise you 2.<br>Given that it's the holiday season, I like the idea of a social session too.<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Carl J. Van Arsdall</b> <<a href="mailto:cvanarsdall@mvista.com">cvanarsdall@mvista.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I think Anna has several good points. Being that this meeting was toted<br>originally as a "meet n greet" I think that it would be most fair to<br>maintain part of the schedule for that purpose and fit the presentation
<br>around that, as it propositioned last minute.<br><br>I think an informal meet and greet (and not dinner or lobby time) is<br>important and should be done earlier in this meeting while people are<br>still fresh and interested in speaking to one another. After meetings
<br>is not normally good for social time, presentations make people tired<br>and not as outgoing (at least in my experience).<br><br>Just my 2cents.<br><br>Anna Ravenscroft wrote:<br>> Okay - let me describe what I mean by "socializing".
<br>><br>> To me, socializing is not:<br>><br>> "mapping" (mapping is a formal structure grouping up people and the<br>> grouping process seems to take forever.)<br>><br>> dinner (getting stuck next to someone I've never met and have nothing
<br>> in common with and having to make smalltalk with them for the next<br>> hour is my idea of hell.)<br>><br>> extending the Q&A session after a presentation - leaving those of us<br>> who have heard enough stuck with the choice of being *rude* or waiting
<br>> patiently in hopes that eventually we can stand up and go talk to<br>> someone we have been wanting to talk with - which usually happens<br>> about 5 minutes before we're kicked out of the room...<br>><br>
> Milling around in the lobby of google waiting to fill out a badge and<br>> be shepherded up to a room just in time for the presentation to start.<br>> Not everyone is there, and we're usually rather distracted.
<br>><br>> Socializing - what I'm asking for - is a chance to talk to people, _by<br>> choice_ -- not by enforced proximity or structured format -- including<br>> the chance to walk around and talk to more than one person. Having
<br>> snacks and beverages is nice.<br>><br>> I would like a chance to socialize.<br>><br>> Cordially,<br>> Anna<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Baypiggies mailing list<br>
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