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Chris Corrigan wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Anybody done an OS without laptops? How did
you handle the
<br>proceedings? Handwritten or what?</blockquote>
Hi Chris-- I have done several OS meetings without laptops, each with around
50 participants. Topic discussion convenors were asked to make sure a report
was made on newsprint charts and included:
<ul>
<li>
Topic...</li>
<li>
Names of Convenor, Facilitator, Scribe, Reporter, Participants...</li>
<li>
Ideas about what it will look like when…</li>
<li>
How will they benefit...</li>
<li>
What the group finds exciting and hopeful about this possibility...</li>
<li>
Conclusions and recommendations...</li>
</ul>
Reports are presented to the total group. Often there is additional input,
discussion, etc. The newsprint charts are transcribed by the client
after the meeting, and computer generated reports distributed to all participants.
It works just fine - does take more time, however.
<p>In harmony --BJ</html>