Re: [AGA-mcm] Re: name change

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

The logistical issues regarding the Focus Groups seem to
further hem things in.

If we hold to the 2-hour blocks, which has virtues that
Ghazanfar has mentioned, then the only way to move lunch up
is to put it ahead of the second talk (too early for lunch
-- too late for Amano) or move the morning schedule up 1/2
hour.

Lunch could start 1/2 hour earlier and last 1/2 hour longer
- 2 hours, the same as the other time blocks.

It is not uncommmon to find Saturday talks at similar
events beginning at 8:00 or 8:30 am is it? ACA is the most
recent example that comes to mind.

sh
--- Ghazanfar Ghori <GhoriG@gmail.com> wrote:

> The hotel basement leads to an underground mall. I hope
> people choose
> to grab a sandwich from there rather than have a full
> fledged sit down lunch. 
> We can announce that suggestion when we break for lunch.
> 
> However, I understand your concern, but looking at the
> schedule I really 
> don't see any other way to do this.
> 
> Here are the considerations:
> 
> For logistical reasons, we need to keep the workshops
> together. 
> We also need atleast one hour to convert the main
> ballroom into 
> three sections (or vice versa), setup & test all the AV
> and have enough 
> buffer time to sort out any glitches. We also need
> atleast 1.5 hours between 
> the last 'talk' and the banquet so that there's enough
> time to setup the tables,
> AV and count the votes.
> 
> However, with the constraints we have, which all of you
> are more 
> experienced with than I, I'm very open to suggestions on
> alternative 
> schedules.
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