I tried posting this before and it was rejected for some reason...so =
here it is again...
I can't speak for other roundtables, but for the C/S Roundtable, seeing =
that I'm running it...and I happen to agree with you...
I'll set up a mailbox on my server to take advance questions and put the =
address on the list. The address will be [log in to unmask] I'll =
turn it on July 1 and everyone will have a month to get them in...(it =
beats the 2-3 days you have otherwise).
All of you on the list can spread this around to those not on the list.
As for addressing questions - since time is limited at these functions, =
moderators tend to pick questions which have a wide interest. Also, =
there may be (probably are) duplicates and you certainly don't want to =
ask the same question multiple times...
So, if you have a question to submit for the Client-Server Roundtable =
for HPWorld, submit it after July 1 to [log in to unmask] They'll =
be accepted until Thursday of the conference...
Joe Geiser
Insurance Data Processing, Inc
Moderator - C/S Roundtable - HPWorld
(and yes...I do smile...now I just need to get a new picture of myself =
:-)
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From: James Wowchuk[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 1996 7:47 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
Subject: Re: Roundtables at HP World
At Sat, 11 May 1996 21:03:00, Ken Sletten <[log in to unmask]> =
wrote:
>I would respectfully suggest that Interex should set up
>or designate some specific email addresses well
>before the start of HP World Anaheim, so that users
>could pre-submit questions for all the roundtables.
[snip...]
>Allowing email pre-submittal and forwarding all such
>received questions to HP at least a few weeks prior
>to the conference would seem like a better way to go
>(the option of onsite submittal of roundtable questions
>should of course also be retained).
This sounds like a good idea. I think that at every Interex conference =
I've
been able to attend I have submitted questions early (the result of =
looking
for something to do on long trans-Pacific flights? :). There could =
probably
be made a case that the method by which questions are entered reflect =
the
technology of the times - from paper, to 2392 VPlus screens, to DOS PCs,
Windows PCs. If not Java-inspired this year, the least I'd expect is a
web-server based question taker!
Anyway, something that has always been missing was some acknowledgement =
that
a question had been asked. About 25% of the questions I've asked were =
never
addressed, either specifically or within response to other people's
questions. To the cynical it would appear too easy for HP to simply =
ignore
the hard questions - "Just pretend it hasn't been asked!". If the =
questions
were numbered, and answered in sequence then any missing questions would =
be
obvious. If this is not practical (and I can see difficulties), then at
least the questioner would be able to follow-up with Interex and find =
out
what happened. The extra administrative effort I think would be =
minimal,
given modern technology, in return for the confidence everyone would =
receive
that their input was valued and all issues are being addressed. Such an
acknowlegement or number scheme would also provide a link to those =
questions
which must be taken back to the factory.
Cheers.
----
Jim "seMPEr" Wowchuk
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