Dear All,

I'm strongly in favour of having fewer speakers to give them longer to 
speak and to allow for a longer time for questions. Given that we are 
an interdisciplinary group, I think speakers will want some time to 
explain things to people who may be unfamiliar with their approach. 
Also, it seems that we should be promoting discussion amongst 
ourselves. The chance to give and receive feedback, suggestions and 
criticism to and from people in different disciplines seems to me to be 
the most valuable thing that could come out of the group.

I'd also be strongly in favour of having the drinks and social time 
after the talks. Then people can talk about the issues in the meeting. 
At the last meeting it seemed that people were shy before the meeting 
but lots of people wanted to talk afterwards.

Best wishes,
Fiona

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On Jun 22, 2007, at 2:01 pm, Jean Anderson wrote:

> Hi Allan,
> Yes, I agree that 3 speakers with "15 mins per talk with 15 mins 
> discussion
> " was a good idea. But I had to leave last week before the discussion 
> was
> underway as the meeting had lasted 2 hours and I had another 
> engagement.
> Maybe we should insist on speakers keeping to the 15 minute slots next 
> time
> - but  what I heard was very interesting and I can't see what the 
> speakers
> could have cut without losing key information. In fact, as two of the 
> topics
> were completely new to me, I would have welcomed more!
> Jean
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Hall [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 22 June 2007 13:13
> To: Jean Anderson
> Subject: RE: Last meeting
>
> Hi Jean - I think 3 speakers is good.  I am not sure how long last 
> week's
> meeting lasted.   About 15 mins per talk with 15 mins discussion per 
> person
> seems a suitable timescale to me.
>
> Allan
>
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> Department of Archaeology
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Jean Anderson
> Sent: 22 June 2007 12:04
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> Subject: Last meeting
>
> Dear All,
> I very much enjoyed the talks at last week's meeting. I would like to
> suggest that we have fewer speakers in future as there was not enough 
> time
> for discussion. Or we could decide to make the meetings longer.
> What do people think?
> Best wishes,
> Jean
>
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