- From: Simon Harper <simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:58:58 +0000
- To: Christos Kouroupetroglou <chris.kourou@gmail.com>, Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>, WebKeyIT <v.conway@webkeyit.com>, Annika Nietzio <an@ftb-volmarstein.de>
- CC: RDWG <public-wai-rd@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <54803062.8000101@manchester.ac.uk>
Thanks Christos, it's always different base don the perspective of the participant, I think that you guys did a great job of showing a professional face to us participants while seamless fixing the problems between yourselves! Regarding your PS I think you should add that the organisation wiki as a food for thought item. On 04/12/2014 09:45, Christos Kouroupetroglou wrote: > 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 <mailto: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/Step-by-Step_Guide_for_Symposium_Chairs/Editors> > - https://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/__wiki__/Symposium_Mechanics > <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. > > > > > > > > > > Please note that I check my emails at 9am and 4pm (or roughly). If you need me for > something urgent between these hours, please feel free to message or phone me on my > mobile, 0415 383 673. > > > > Regards, > > > > Vivienne Conway, Ph.D., B.IT <http://B.IT> (Hons), MACS CT, AALIA(CS) > > Director > > > > Web Key IT Pty Ltd > > PO BOX 681 Wanneroo, WA 6946 > > Phone: (08) 9206 3987 > > Mobile 0415 383 673 > > Facsimile (08) 9325 6422 > > > > E v.conway@webkeyit.com <mailto:v.conway@webkeyit.com> > > W www.webkeyit.com <http://www.webkeyit.com> > > > > > > > > > > This communication, including any attachments, is intended solely for the named > addressee. It is confidential and may be subject to legal professional privilege. If > you are not the intended recipient, please contact me immediately by reply email, > delete it from your system and destroy any copies. This email is subject to copyright, > no part of it should be reproduced, adapted or transmitted without the prior written > consent of the copyright owner. Any views expressed in this message are those of the > individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Web Key IT Pty Ltd. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simon Harper [mailto:simon.harper@__mancheste__r.ac.uk > <mailto:simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk>] > > Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2014 4:30 PM > > To: RDWG > > Subject: Yesterdays Symposium > > > > 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. > > > > I thought it was very professional. > > > > Well Done! > > Si. > > > > > > -- > > Disclaimer: *You should realise that email is not secure*. > > > > 1. Please do not send me anything you think may be sensitive, > > 2. or that contravenes Data Protection > <http://www.dataprotection.__man__chester.ac.uk/ > <http://www.dataprotection.manchester.ac.uk/>>, > > 3. unless you have encrypted the message <https://www.gnupg.org/>. > > 4. Too brief? Slow response? See the Email Charter <http://emailcharter.org> > > > > > ------------------------------____------------------------------____------------------------------ > > > > Simon Harper <http://www.manchester.ac.uk/__r__esearch/simon.harper/ > <http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/simon.harper/>> > > > > 1. Contact Me <http://simon.harper.name/__cont__act/ > <http://simon.harper.name/contact/>> > > 2. Web Ergonomics Lab <http://wel.cs.manchester.ac.__u__k > <http://wel.cs.manchester.ac.uk>> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/__shadi__/ <http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/> > Activity Lead, W3C/WAI International Program Office > Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) > Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) > -- Disclaimer: *You should realise that email is not secure*. 1. 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