[TriLUG] a trend at trilug meetings

[Mike Johnson]

John Matthews [jvmatthe at math.duke.edu] wrote:

> Honestly, I didn't catch all the details about last night's speaker, but
> he seemed to indicate that he'd done all the work (or at least a great

You missed the fact that he wasn't the speaker.  He was the meeting
sponsor.  That means he gets some time to talk about his product
or whatever, but not the whole meeting.  We might could get him
to give an entire talk about it sometime, but that wasn't the
purpose of him being there last night.

> right there in the room. For the amount of work he's put into it, I felt
> we gave him far less respect than he deserved, not only in the amount of
> time we gave him, but also the amount of background chatter that was
> going on while he was trying to talk. And although I regret to say it,
> the steering committee doesn't always set the best example in this
> regard. *hides*

Well, you shouldn't regret it.  You're absolutely right.  Unfortunately,
this didn't occur to me until after he'd finished speaking.  I 
definately contributed to the background chatter, rather than paying
attention.  I do apologize for that.  It was rude, and I apologize.

> The rambling was more pronounced at last night's meeting than at any
> other I've been to. If it continues in that manner, I'd be much less
> inclined to go to TriLUG meetings. :^|

Rambling was the purpose of last night's meeting.  It was all about
rambling.  Other meetings are not meant to have anywhere near as
much chatter.  You can rest assured that the other meetings you've
attended are more representative of the amount of rambling than
last night's meeting.

Mike

-- 
"Yeah it is! Cause he's bakin' in the...kitchen of darkness!  A pie of
lost souls...until it's golden brown!" -- Moltar on Space Ghost

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