I'm talking, but I don't know when/where yet; at the beginning of the day there's a big signup sheet, and people take rooms and time slots and sign up for presentations, and can add or change things as the day goes on. It's an "Unconference" model, which has a couple of issues but in a bunch of ways is really cool. I'm proooobably talking about how to keep sexuality-focused groups inclusive? I have most of a presentation done on that now? I could talk about whatever and it probably wouldn't be terrible but having prepped notecards makes me way more comfortable. If there are a ton of open slots I might do a second off the cuff talk on something silly. You could do a talk, actually! I'd go to it :)
I don't think you'd feel that awkward, at least not knowing me and a couple of the people I'll be bringing, but feel free to drag along whoever --- it's open to the public. I've considered inviting all of the family but I'm sort of worried the name will scare them off :/
The last one I went to, there were one or two talks where I was like "Actually I do not want to know anything about that really, thank you!" --- but there was always something else going on at the same time, so I didn't have to :) And the talks are only 20 minutes, so if a talk isn't great or isn't what you thought it would be, it's not "oh god I am stuck in this room full of professors I have to impress for two hours," it's just fifteen minutes and you're done.
Even if you decide you're not super interested, if you want to join up with our mob for dinner, I'll definitely let you know. If it's actually going to be a big group I might make a reservation at Julian's or something? Especially if I can convince Cassandra she wants to do the driving home. ;)
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Date: 2010-02-04 05:05 pm (UTC)I don't think you'd feel that awkward, at least not knowing me and a couple of the people I'll be bringing, but feel free to drag along whoever --- it's open to the public. I've considered inviting all of the family but I'm sort of worried the name will scare them off :/
The last one I went to, there were one or two talks where I was like "Actually I do not want to know anything about that really, thank you!" --- but there was always something else going on at the same time, so I didn't have to :) And the talks are only 20 minutes, so if a talk isn't great or isn't what you thought it would be, it's not "oh god I am stuck in this room full of professors I have to impress for two hours," it's just fifteen minutes and you're done.
Even if you decide you're not super interested, if you want to join up with our mob for dinner, I'll definitely let you know. If it's actually going to be a big group I might make a reservation at Julian's or something? Especially if I can convince Cassandra she wants to do the driving home. ;)