-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 As I was watching the conversations in the microphone lines during some of the WG sessions, I thought that we could make a small improvement in the organization that could result in a better meeting. My first observation was that there is two different type of interactions at the microphones: The first one is between a participant and the presenter or the chairs. The second one is participants responding to the first participant, e.g: 1. The presenter proposes some alternatives. 2. Someone at the mic explains her preferences 3. Someone else explains to (2) why she is wrong Generally this triggers a back and forth between (2) and (3) which very often is not fully captured by one of the microphones, because people start talking to each other directly. My second observation was that there is generally 2 microphones, or a multiple of two microphones in each meeting room. So the idea would be to dedicate one microphone for the primary interactions (2) and a different microphone for the secondary interactions (3). We could have the microphone farther from the presenter being the primary microphone and oriented toward the presenter. People line up behind it to interact with the presenter/chairs. The second microphone (which is between the presenter and the primary microphone) is oriented in the opposite direction, i.e. in direction of the primary microphone. People line up behind it to respond to the participant at the primary microphone. I see two potential advantages: - - There is only one line to interact with the presenter, so the chairs do not have to manage two lines. The secondary microphone line stays empty if nobody wants to respond to someone at the primary microphone. and empties each time a new participant reaches the primary microphone. - - Discussions are more natural because participants in a discussion face each other (primary faces presenters, secondary faces primary). With some quick explanations from the chairs at the beginning of a session, the direction of each microphone could be all that is needed to find the role of each microphone. - -- Marc Petit-Huguenin Email: marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://blog.marc.petit-huguenin.org Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/petithug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJSAW1WAAoJECnERZXWan7Es/MQAOfGkIzQtCkLMbBRgOVoLUVw sR99BcyQ87b/Gkzcn8JKJFCVt85CC/0GpJVhJ9IATnBkKesJTX4ctmT95/UhFF5U UonOtkdVADq0d1rIHjVVAEwNanuyeyb7JgVUDT4is0gRi3CtkPwzl7hZ+brY3B+p N3/BTCHm9M3iLOtr9SHYEcmogH4IePOlk1p1f4cH4+Gh0dxuSPs4xHthWTsq2pva K2TAQzaORGxBXlaq9BVYiL7UbfnWXcIpVFoe0c9DT2q33XgWStHoTB6Uakt5XkBS L1uSSQGSx0Yk5HXjwQoGo0oqPOnn16kCDYzBH4L3C1F7ZZwX3/LhfsiFNhHjTMDh zR4kOS4DVDKqxaeKdlebGh1c+P5/W4GqlGAgLa7QxQfZu7gBAOs+MG+qw7iZNyU5 8lFi2wivgs292OlPwW1LHID5KwbtIW9dXYtNYlDs5KL1zczHmv1fLHbNcwmdAnA6 ablmVfO3nwnfkZrLExebKBMkEggazipgP4qyDzEhY9zb9RD0sBjmmZyfTUG30GEV z/K79pB7HjdQxyOiksmeq5pVfCfFN/oZmqlnhhStla/QaYQ/67gnopdhX30sEiMm 25XcHBZCkaG5itPWeI8HjuXmqdd4PjhWEenvWN+Ryn3FNAxzZS7D+o3L7Z7lkag1 7pmiTveYpqL5lOpczirq =Ds9N -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----