> I think I can (at least partially) take on that responsibility. Mark, is SUSO
> still available for the meetings? I think folks liked meeting there better
> than at the Library.
>
> I'm also into the more informal, social meetings, rather than spending the
> whole time on a presentation, unless there's something "big" to be presented.
> What do you folks think?
Personally, I like both the informal meetings as well as the
presentations.
If we did presentations every other month, and informal meetings
between, it may both provide a balance between the two as well as
provide the people doing the presentations time to work on them between
their day jobs.
The presentations have the ability to demonstrate exciting new apps,
however in the past, they've also been a reason that meetings have
been canceled. Some piece of equipment required for the meeting was
unavailable, and it just couldn't go on. (This was a major reason I
presented my presentation "old-school" -- without any technology-based
assistance.)
I think the presentations have the capability of providing an excuse
for people to explore topics they're interested in, but have not
gotten around to investigating. However, I don't think they should
be considered disposable. If research has gone in to them, then
the research should be preserved and made available to the Linux
community at large. By this, I mean we should at least post the complete
presentation on the website, and at best the research should be compiled
in to a paper and posted to a community site.
I also think we should consider team-based presentations. While
something may be overwhelming for a single person to investigate and
report on in 30-60 days, it may be much easier with a partner. Something
like Google Docs may facilitate this sort of thing.
Cheers,
Steven Black
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