Re: Yesterdays Symposium

Hi all,

I was thinking to answer thiose emails by audio recording a message so that
you don't forget my voice!... but since I got used to wirtting yesterday...
I will continue this way!

It's really a mixed feeling. On one hand there is the big disappointment
from yesterdays problems. I was anticipating this symposium so much and
yesterday's problems did not let me really enjoy it. On the other hand
seeing the transcipts evolve and the discussions in irc blooming I
undesrtand that all preparations paid off. Thankfully! My feeling from the
discussions on irc is that the symposium was very engaging and interesting
for the audience. I was really surprised with that.

So thanks Annika and Vivienne for handling in the most proffessional way
the problems and Shadi for his efforts on the background.

Hope to (finally) hear you all in the next week's meeting.

Regards,
Christos

PS. Food for though, for future symposia. Is it possible to eliminate the
traffic on the lines and maximise participation by having chairs and
authros on the line and broadcast audio to everyone interested? They can
then send questions and thoughts via irc or call in the last open session
part.

On Thu Dec 04 2014 at 11:07:00 π.μ. Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:

> Excellent teamwork everyone!
>
> Congratulations to Christos, Annika, and Vivienne for a great session
> and for being so well coordinated and prepared. I really enjoyed it.
>
> Your obviously very thorough preparations payed off and allowed you to
> manage even the worst-case scenario. Murphy's laws always apply...
>
> It would be great if you guys could record some of your advice in the
> wiki for future symposium organizers. Here are some of the existing wiki
> pages but feel free to create new ones (and link them) if needed:
>   -
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Step-by-Step_Guide_for_Sympos
> ium_Chairs/Editors
>   - https://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Symposium_Mechanics
>
> Best,
>    Shadi
>
>
> On 4.12.2014 09:49, WebKeyIT wrote:
> > Thanks so much for the encouragement Simon.  We sorely missed Christos
> attending audibly, but he was in the background giving encouragement and
> answering questions (thank goodness).  He also did the lion's share of the
> prep work and his experience really brought it all together.
> >
> > Shadi, thank you so much for your technical assistance, I have no idea
> how you handled it all, but that part was flawless.
> >
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> > From: Simon Harper [mailto:simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk]
> > Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2014 4:30 PM
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> > Subject: Yesterdays Symposium
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> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I just want to say a big thank you to Vivienne, Annika, Christos, and
> Shadi for organising a great Symposium yesterday! I really enjoyed it and
> thought the discussions were both interesting and useful. There should be a
> lot of good stuff for the Note.
> >
> > I'm also pleased that the technical problems encountered did not
> adversely affect the symposium - from an attendees point of view - and you
> guys seamlessly handled everything.
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> > I thought it was very professional.
> >
> > Well Done!
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