RE: [Swarmfest2006] SwarmFest speakers, etc.

[North, Michael]

Steve:

Bill and I will be presenting the same tutorials for NAACSOS and
SwarmFest.  People should only attend one of the offerings, unless they
want a review.

Mike

PS: I'm not really disturbed by offering Repast and Swarm at the same
time.  It just seems to me that it might be nice to give people a chance
to learn as much as possible.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:swarmfest2006-
> address@hidden On Behalf Of Steve Railsback
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 6:46 PM
> To: SwarmFest 2006 Organizers list
> Subject: Re: [Swarmfest2006] SwarmFest speakers, etc.
> 
> North, Michael wrote:
> > Greg:
> >
> > Bill and I discussed the timing issue in quite a bit of depth.  We
> > concluded that (1) we need three hours each to be able to cover the
> > content and (2) we want to collaborate and allow people to attend
all of
> > the tutorials.  We are probably early enough in the registration
> > processes to include offer the new times.  Using Saturday evening
for
> > the Swarm tutorial seems fine to me.
> 
> Are other people as undisturbed by teaching Swarm and Repast
> concurrently as I am?
> 
> I don't think scheduling anything for Sunday evening is a good idea. I
> think people are going to heading back to OHare to get home by Sunday
> afternoon.
> 
> How about we let Paul J. decide when he wants to do Swarm, because his
> schedule is also a major factor?
> 
> Bill/Mike: Are you intending both your Weds. and Sunday sessions to
> cover the same material? Or will they be the beginners and then
advanced
> classes? (I.e., should we encourage or discourage people from
attending
> both days?)
> 
> Steve
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