[clug] July tech talks

[George at Clug]

+1  on "some things in the world that are above my [current] level of understanding" AND "politely ask the speaker afterwards at Pizza", it is best not to interrupt speakers except when one fully understands the topic and simply wants a quick clarification on a point. 

Due to challenges of getting slides prepared before the talk, I would suggest/request a short list of material that will be covered. For example, For this talk we recommend a proficiency in "xyz networking protocols", "xyz programming language/s", "xyz technologies" ...  

Also if the speaker had any web sites or youtube videos on the area of topic that would they would consider reasonable background knowledge, this would might be a good way for the CLUG audience to evaluate the material being presented.



On Wednesday, 17-07-2019 at 16:47 Steve Walsh via linux wrote:
> Hello George
> 
> On 17/7/19 3:25 pm, George at Clug via linux wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > Hoping to pre-read the presenter's material before the CLUG meeting, I did attempt to use the CLUG web site and google as you suggested, however I was not able to located the presenters material/slide show.
> >
> > I guess it is a bit early for the presenters to have posted their talks to the Internet, but if you know of a link to such material, please enlighten us. 
> 
> 
> I've been asking for people to let me know if they're interested in
> giving short talks on various topics at next week's meeting. A few
> people have replied with some basic information on what they want to
> talk about.
> 
> Sadly, this would mean that (at best) people on the mailing list have as
> much information on the suggested topics as I do, but with the meeting
> still a week away, the chances are quite low that slide decks, etc,
> would be loaded on the website already.
> 
> I think you might be confusing the suggestion to google the talk topics
> with a different email...?
> 
> 
> > Reading the material before the talk can help in two ways; 
> > 1) it can either lets me know I do not have the background knowledge to understand the talk, 
> > or 
> > 2) it allows me to better prepared for the actual presentation.
> 
> 
> I feel the same way. If the talk is on a topic I'm not familiar with, I
> tend to read some articles, watch some videos and then write down some
> questions I might like to politely ask the speaker beforehand, or
> afterwards at Pizza.
> 
> Sometimes, those questions are answered in the talk itself. Sometimes
> they're not.
> 
> I don't get upset, sigh heavily, throw my hands in the air, or disrupt
> the speaker or the meeting when that happens, I accept that there are
> some things in the world that are above my level of understanding, and
> take that as an opportunity to fill in the gaps I've now identified in
> my knowledge.
> 
> regards
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
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