[Bumblebee]

Originally Posted by Seggy

I really really really think we should avoid dividing it up into smaller groups period.

Say someone hears something that they want to talk more about from a presenter during the big meeting. Why force them to be torn on making a choice between two of the smaller sessions?

Honestly, people are just going to need to ask questions. I understand group settings can be extremely intimidating, but we have all had intimidating situations in this career. It is part of it! We can have an anonymous question drop box or something like that. Have to who the question is for and have that person answer the question if one wants to remain anonymous.

I don't want smaller groups furthermore to make sure everyone out there understands everyone has important things to say, and if no one will be criticized in what they say in person, it can hopefully make one feel at ease with what they want to write their thoughts online.

I understand your concerns about folks feeling intimidated by larger groups, and I'm sure we can alleviate that with the tone we set. My feeling about having some smaller groups is that we can cover certain topics in more detail with the appropriate group. We should have a large session, but not let that preclude us from having a couple, to a few, smaller sessions that could really get deep into just one of the subjects matter.