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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