<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Hello Maureen<br><br>Well, know I regret missing that meeting!! If it gets repeated or someone is willing to repeat here experience, I'll be there! :)<br><br>Kind regards<br>Abby<br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Maureen Thornton <maureen-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:00:16
PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TLUG]: Hecklers (was Possible future talk; interest?)<br></font><br>I have been away since the last
Tlug meeting and am now catching up on<br>mail.<br>I learn a great deal at Tlug meetings from the "hecklers" not only that<br>but it makes the meeting much more interesting. As I am not a programmer<br>but a learner, oft times a straight lecture will put me to sleep. I get<br>lost as things get more complicated but the personalization of those in<br>attendance show me the how's and why's of the lecture. This is the main<br>reason I even turn-up, I tried a few other group meetings and found I<br>learnt sweet little and they were not nearly as friendly as the Tlug<br>group.<br>Keep it up guys.<br>Maureen<br><br><br><br><br>On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 10:43 -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:<br>> On Sat, 16 May 2009, Richard Weait wrote:<br>> <br>> > Would anybody like to discuss the
place of heckling at TLUG meetings?<br>> <br>> I'm not sure I'd call it heckling. Points from the floor normally come in <br>> one of two
varieties:<br>> <br>> 1) Comments/annecdotes related to the topic that are sometimes amusing <br>> and sometimes intended to show off knowledge of the subject.<br>> <br>> 2) Insightful questions that raise important points.<br>> <br>> I've done quite a few talks at TLUG including the most recent one of <br>> course. I have found that the contributions from the floor, while <br>> generally valuable, do slow the talks down quite a lot. I think each <br>> speaker should be allowed to manage that as they see fit, perhaps with <br>> help from Drew. Personally I lean heavily towards allowing questions <br>> during the talk.<br>> <br>> Rob<br>> <br><br>--<br>The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: <a href="http:
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