Hecklers (was Possible future talk; interest?)

[Meng Cheah]

Richard Weait wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 12:26 -0400, Meng Cheah wrote:
>   
>> Richard Weait wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 15:53 -0400, James Knott wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Talks at TLUG meetings tend to be "intermittent" because of all the
>>>> hecklers.  ;-)
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Is the heckling one of the benefits of TLUG meetings?  
>>>   
>>>       
>> I thought they were contributors to the talk :-)
>>     
>
> Heckling presenters at TLUG is mentioned once in a while on this list
> and during and after presentations.  I guesstimate that "attendee
> contributions" at TLUG are two to four times more frequent than the
> other dozen LUGs I've attended in the last year.  
>
> Meng Cheah's smiley above, suggests that hecklers are not contributing
> to the talk.  
>
> Would anybody like to discuss the place of heckling at TLUG meetings?  
>
> Is the heckling one of the benefits of TLUG meetings?  Is it a sign of
> rapt attention and engagement in the presentation?  Is it a sign of
> respect for the speaker?  Is it a benefit to the LUG in general, to the
> attendee contributor, to the other attendees and to the speaker?  
>   
Robert Brockway's talk on backups is the first meeting I have attended 
for a long time.
This absence is not due to heckling. Since I have not been attending the 
meetings, I am
in no position to judge the present trend of meetings.

If only questions are allowed, it will make for a dull meeting.
And how do you allow a question and not allow a counterpoint or an 
illustration/experience from the trenches?
That is what I meant as contributions, from a diverse range of 
experiences and sets of skills.

My 2-cents :-)

Meng


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