Wed, 17 May 2006
DebConf 6 - the first days
DebConf6 has now officially started! So far I sadly haven't seen any talks, since I've been busy with orga stuff (making signs, collecting reimbursement forms, receipts, passport copies etc, speaker training, chasing people for information/keys/cables/...). I hope I'll have more time once things get going.
I've also given two speaker training sessions already, one on Saturday and another one on Sunday evening. They've both been pretty well attended (six to eight people, which is the almost ideal size to have a decent number of opinions but still don't have it take too long for everybody to have a go.) The Sunday evening session was a bit shorter since it was scheduled pretty late (21:30) and most participants (including me) felt tired after a while. I also noticed that I started being rather unconcentrated, so I only did a few more active exercises and skipped the rather dreary pronunciation stuff. I haven't yet received much feedback on the sessions but all attendees seemed to have fun, and there definitely was noticeable improvement in people's speaking skills over the time of the workshop.
It is now Wednesday morning and everyone is getting ready for the day trip. I am really looking forward to it, even though my ankle is still acting up a bit (sprained it last week). I will also take my camera along and hope to finally take a few pictures.
Posted at: 16:47 in /english/debian/events/debconf6
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