Hecklers (was Possible future talk; interest?)

[Robert Brockway]

On Sat, 16 May 2009, Richard Weait wrote:

> Would anybody like to discuss the place of heckling at TLUG meetings?

I'm not sure I'd call it heckling.  Points from the floor normally come in 
one of two varieties:

1) Comments/annecdotes related to the topic that are sometimes amusing 
and sometimes intended to show off knowledge of the subject.

2) Insightful questions that raise important points.

I've done quite a few talks at TLUG including the most recent one of 
course.   I have found that the contributions from the floor, while 
generally valuable, do slow the talks down quite a lot.  I think each 
speaker should be allowed to manage that as they see fit, perhaps with 
help from Drew.  Personally I lean heavily towards allowing questions 
during the talk.

Rob

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