[Bumblebee]

Originally Posted by BobDDuck

Here's my thought (and this has been communicated via PM to some already).

One round table session. Doesn't matter how many people we have, as long as they can fit in the room.

Have a list of about 15 topics with knowledgeable people prepared to speak for about 5 minutes about a certain topic.

Person talks for 5 minutes. Moderator asks a question about it to the group. Somebody responds. Conversation gets going.

Move on to the next topic if it starts to drag, goes a certain amount of time, or gets off topic.

If we get through all 15 topics, great. If not, oh well.

The original intent of this (last year) was to provide a forum where people could ask questions of people who are currently in positions the questioners want to be in. Or think they may want to be in. By a moderated group format with everybody in one place, I think we can best achieve this goal.

Also, I think keeping the group as one follows the format of the web forum but puts it in real time. Which is sort of cool.

What do ya'll think about that?

I love having the large roundtable session, my only concern is that if we limit it to the one session, we will not be able to cover any issues in depth.