hi,<div><br></div><div>That was meant to be humorous but I guess no one got the point :).</div><div><br></div><div>Nothing serious.</div><div><br></div><div>Pradeep<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 December 2010 22:56, sankarshan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foss.mailinglists@gmail.com">foss.mailinglists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Pradeep Mohandas<br>
<<a href="mailto:pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com">pradeep.mohandas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Thanks for the write-up. Why are these meetings happening in classrooms? The<br>
> Mumbai one also happened in a lecture hall complete with green board and<br>
> chalks! There was even a rickety unbalanced table up front that the speakers<br>
> unconsciously wanted to lean against!<br>
> I see that Pune has at least advanced to white boards and pens in the class<br>
> room selected. :)<br>
<br>
</div>If someone from SICSR is on the list they may be able to put a much<br>
definitive answer.<br>
<br>
My guess is that arranging for the auditorium or, even an informal<br>
gathering place at a reasonably quick notice is difficult to do. There<br>
aren't many places at Pune where you can get together, sit around and<br>
then break off into smaller circles of discussion. Especially at that<br>
hour of the day.<br>
<br>
That said, the "classroom" did encourage the students (the newbie<br>
contributors) to speak up in familiar surroundings. So, it actually<br>
worked out fairly well although Erik and Danese ended up doing a bit<br>
of back and forth on moderating and queue-ing up the questions.<br>
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</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">sankarshan mukhopadhyay<br>
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