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From: "LBoswell" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] APG PMC (Little Rock) Syllabus?
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:21:49 -0400
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With respect, I didn't miss Elissa's point. To my mind a summary is better
than nothing. It depends on who is writing the syllabus. I've read some
that are very informative. And others that aren't. If a speaker agreed to
a wider distribution then the summary prepared would probably be adjusted to
take that into account. Note that I said "future".

That said, if I was one of the spakers giving a presentation there I would
gladly allow wider distribution of a summary, one that could stand on its
own. Not only would it benefit others who could not attend, a wider
exposure to a summary of the topic being presented would also benefit me.

But that's just my take on it. Surely this isn't a controversial view

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew Smith" <>
To: "APG list" <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [APG] APG PMC (Little Rock) Syllabus?


> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:36 AM, LBoswell<> wrote:
>> Maybe in the future, given the expressed wider interest in the
>> syllabuses,
>> the speaker contracts could be enhanced to include the option of online
>> access for non-attending APG members.
>
> Larry, I think that still misses the point that Elissa made, when she
> said "The syllabus material is meant to enhance the experience of
> lecture attendees so that they don't have to copy notes and have URLs
> already listed."
>
> As a speaker, I design my handouts for a syllabus with only the
> attending person in mind. I intend my presentation to be an
> integrated package: what I say, what I display on a PowerPoint slide,
> and what I include in the handout. Each of those pieces, by itself,
> is a poor substitute for the entire package. A handout, taken out of
> context from what the speaker may have said during the presentation,
> might be cryptic or misleading.
>
> As a speaker, I would not sign a contract (or agree to an option) that
> produced more copies of my handouts than would be needed to meet the
> needs of potential attendees. In my mind, that would be violating the
> entire purpose of why I was creating the handout.
>
> Drew Smith
>
>
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