ineffective use of meeting time

[Edward Lewis]

At one time I was convinced that having no slides were better than 
any slides at an IETF meeting.

But there are three benefits of slides:
    1) Helps folks that are not sufficiently proficient in the language of the
       presenter.
    2) Forces the presenter to pre-think examples to motivate issue discussion.
    3) Much easier to use a laptop than lug white/chalk boards, overhead
       projectors, blank (expensive and often not recycled) foils, and odorous
       markers.  (I.e., Easier on the conference arrangers, so far as I know.)

BTW, in provreg this time, most of the discussion was tracked and 
presented using vi with two flashes of a http client.

At 10:06 -0800 3/21/03, Pete Resnick wrote:
>On 3/21/03 at 10:04 AM -0800, Aaron Falk wrote:
>
>>I agree with you frusteration but I also think that a short 
>>presentation is useful for focusing the group on the topic at hand 
>>to get a more useful discussion.
>
>It's only useful if people haven't read the documents beforehand. I 
>have. Seems like a waste of time to me.
>--
>Pete Resnick <mailto:presnick at qualcomm.com>
>QUALCOMM Incorporated - Direct phone: (858)651-4478, Fax: (858)651-1102

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Edward Lewis                                            +1-703-227-9854
ARIN Research Engineer

I've had it with world domination.  The maintenance fees are too high.