Re: Questions after talks at DebConf (idea)
Jonathan Carter dijo [Sat, Sep 08, 2018 at 07:18:16PM +0200]:
> I think ultimately, this should be up to the individual speaker for
> every talk. At some sessions where I was talkmeister, I told the speaker
> that their allotted time includes their question time and some have told
> me that they won't be taking questions. They've also gone another step
> further and mentioned at the beginning of the talk that they have lots
> to go through and how to get in touch if anyone has feedback.
>
> As for the logic behind "No live Q&A after talks makes it a more
> friendly environment", I find that somewhat flawed. By that rationale we
> can also just stop having conferences because that will help reduce
> harassment. Questions can sometimes contribute largely to making a talk
> interesting, but they're by no means compulsory for speakers at DebConf
> and I believe that the status quo on this is just fine.
I completely support this statement. We can _explicitly allow_ people
to choose not to take questions; some people will feel that makes them
seem aggressive and still won't present in front of the audience
because they don't want to seem rude.
Many times, and even in talk sessions (not BoFs), some of the QA
interaction have been more enlightening than the talk itself.
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