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[Paul Hildebrandt]

I'm in!

laidler at stsci.edu wrote:
>> -> Uh, can I cast a vote for doing things in the opposite order? 
>> -> 
>> -> How about starting with the lightning talks -- then those who want
>> -> to carry on the conversation over dinner and/or drinks can do so? 
>> -> 
>> -> Also, that way there is more of a chance of attracting people who might
>> -> be only casually interested in testing at the moment, but whose 
>> -> interest and enthusiasm might be piqued by what they hear. There's
>> -> not much chance of collecting those people if the answer to "When are
>> -> the lightning talks on testing?" is "Oh, whenever we get
>> -> back from the pizzeria, we'll find a room someplace..."
>>     
>
> Hi Titus,
>
>   
>> I don't think that works well within the time constraints...  the talks
>> end at 6:10pm, and getting organized etc. for a dinner generally seems
>> to take an hour, so I doubt that we'd be able to start dinner before
>> 7:30 even without anything inbetween.  I personally get grouchy if I
>> don't eat by 8!
>>     
>
> Right, that would be a problem!
>
> Looking at the schedule, some of the daytime sessions are set aside for lightning talks, 
> though, including that last 5:10 to 6:10 hour. I thought you were
> originally proposing organizing a testing-dedicated
> session during one of those times. No?
>
>   
>> I take your point, though.  We can certainly plan to be back from dinner
>> at a specific time -- say, 9:30pm? -- and a specific place, followed by
>> informality at the hotel bar.
>>     
>
> That would work too.
>
> Vicki
>
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