Re: comments on hotels and 2nd proposal from GWAPA

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

I agree on speaker times, I HATE coming to a conference, and not hearing 
the speaker I REALLY WANTED to hear NOT have enough time to talk.  I would 
prefer to see 1 hour 15 and 15 for questions especially for AMANO, he 
really respects the time limits, and in TN I didn't think he had enough 
time.  The other speakers could be an hour but I don't know if that would 
hurt their feelings either.  I am not up on the politics on this.

Kathy


On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Karen Randall wrote:

> I haven't seen the new proposal yet, so I can't comment on some of the
> items.  I can comment on the issue of talk-length, however.  As a speaker, I
> HEATE being confined to 45 minutes.  It is just not enough if you have
> anything of any substance to say, particularly if you don't want to be rude
> by cutting off questions that come up during the presentation itself (and
> they sometimes do).  As a conference attendee, I would feel short changed to
> have a a really good speaker have to limit themselves to such a short period
> of time.
> 
> I've been to a lot of conventions, and have never been asked to do a
> presentation in less than an hour.  Many conferences plan an hour and 15
> minutes for the speaker, and another 15 for Q&A.
> 
> I also completely agree about the difference in quality between Tomoko, who
> is a professional translator, and Nozomi, who is just a nice person who
> speaks both languages.  I also think that if we give Amano a choice, he'll
> choose Nozomi, and if we're lucky, Tomoko MAY choose to come anyway.  If we
> tell him we are PROVIDING Tomoko as a translator (assuming she agrees ;-)
> Amano will probably pay Nozomi's way himself, as he did the first time.
> Also, it hasn't been mentioned, but I'm SURE that Amano will want a little
> time to promote the ADA contest, and it's probably better to plan for it
> ahead of time.
> 
> Karen
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 12:13 PM
> Subject: comments on hotels and 2nd proposal from GWAPA
> 
> 
> > Hi Scott,
> >
> > Just read over the GWAPA proposal with answers to our questions & three
> > hotels.
> >
> > Very nice job on their part answering the questions.  I think they'll do a
> > great job!  Here's a few areas that caught my eye...
> >
> > Translators: Rick indicated that they would like to have Amano choose his
> > own translator.  If amano chooses his own translator, he'd probably go
> > with Hayakawa, who is his "only" translator.  But we know that Hayakawa
> > isn't nearly as good as Tomoko.  Perhaps I can send them a tape of the
> > 2001 convention so they can hear the difference between talks (Hayakawa is
> > briefly featured doing the presentation on the Layout Contest winners).
> >
> > Talk schedule: Seems a little bit packed in the morning at only 45 minutes
> > per speaker.  Should allow at least an hour for talks.  I understand that
> > the Q&A time could theoretically extend into the 1/2 hour break between
> > talks, but many speakers take the whole hour for just the talk.
> > Questions were pretty short this year, but in previous years they have
> > been most interesting.
> >
> > By moving the Bay talk to one of the workshops, this might create the
> > perfect amount of breathing room.  Remember that in previous years we had
> > four or five speakers but NO workshops.  DFW was just a tad bit overpacked
> > in my opinion.  One less talk on Saturday might make all the difference.
> >
> > Rates: Still are a little uneasily high.  That's going to reduce the draw
> > a little.  Just a little, I hope.
> >
> > PA: If they get an agreement to use the "house" system for amplification,
> > then we're set.
> >
> > -- 
> > Erik Olson
> > erik at thekrib dot com
> >
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