On 11/01/07, Dave Sullivan <<a href="mailto:dave@dave-sullivan.com">dave@dave-sullivan.com</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 1/11/07, David J Patrick <<a href="mailto:djp@linuxcaffe.ca">djp@linuxcaffe.ca</a>> wrote: > On 11/01/07, Frank McCarron <<a href="mailto:erebus59@gmail.com">erebus59@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > Well, laptops should be closed at some time or another. > > Rather than imposing a buncha rules, why not alter the environment to make > the afore mentioned laptopoloosa go away. What I propose we try next time > is an arrangement where most of the tables are stacked in a corner and the > chairs are a bit more audiencey. The human at the front has a table, but > only one row of seating has a table. That table is for the person who is > wikifying the minutes of the meeting, and driving the projector with related > content. Someone prepping a presentation, or demonstration, could also be at > those tables. Setting it up in a leader/audience style seems like it suggests that one person (the person at the front) is in power and control of the meeting, and I think it may even take away from the conversational nature of the meeting. This works for a workshop, but I don't think it works for a discussion group. But that's me.. what do you think?</blockquote> <div> I think the central focus thing could really work for us everyone who wanted to had an opportunity to address the group. That would break the seeming autocracy. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Indeed, it isn't my intention to impose rules and regulations, but a meeting code of conduct, or guidelines if you will.</blockquote><div> does ours differ from / extend the Ubuntu Code of Conduct ? or can we simply apply it ? </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I find that often while we are discussing something, there's two or three people talking about something totally different and going about their business. What could we do about this, or should we just leave it alone?</blockquote><div> we should not leave it alone, it's counterproductive. Lets build in times for on-topic discussion, and discourage it when a speaker has focus. In-the-round is fine for unstructured discussion.. if that's the desired outcome, but I think we should consider speakers taking turns in a results-oriented framework. just my $0.02 as the guy who rearranges the tables afterwards. </div></div>djp -- <a href="mailto:djp@linuxcaffe.ca">djp@linuxcaffe.ca</a> <a href="http://www.linuxcaffe.ca">www.linuxcaffe.ca </a> geek chic and caffe cachet 326 Harbord Street, Toronto, M6G 3A5, (416) 534-2116