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 (to a point - = methinks Java is a bit of a strech right now :-) ... 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 = :-) ---------- 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 Vanguard Computer Services Internet: [log in to unmask] _--_|\ Compu$erve: 100036,106 / \ Post: PO Box 18, North Ryde, NSW = 2113 \.--.__/ <---Sydney NSW Phone: +61 (2) 888-9688 v Australia Fax: +61 (2) 888-3056