On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 5:38 PM Lars Eggert <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2018-11-13, at 4:49, Ted Lemon <mellon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yup. The announcements in general are pretty distracting. > > Fully agreed. Basically, they kill over an hour of otherwise productive time. Same. I appreciate that it is necessary to thank sponsors and the like, but these overheads could be greatly reduced or eliminated. Why can't they all be like the Cisco host talk at the plenary?