UPD Mail Archive: Re: UPD> Proposed plan for the first Universal Print Driver

Re: UPD> Proposed plan for the first Universal Print Driver

Robert Herriot (Robert.Herriot@Eng.Sun.COM)
Fri, 2 May 1997 12:53:29 -0700

I agree with Scott. Perhaps we could get Chinese Take out. It might be
more interesting than Pizza.

Bob Herriot

> From SISAACSON@novell.com Fri May 2 12:48:30 1997
>
> Thanks for making this happen. I like your suggested approach.
> Since I'm not into the "alcohol motivating devices" I will be looking
> forward to the "good discussion motivating devices".
>
> Scott
>
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> >>> JK Martin <jkm@underscore.com> 05/02 1:24 PM >>>
> Greetings,
>
> To date, 15 people have told me they're interested in attending a
> "discussion dinner" to kick-off the new "Universal Print Driver"
> concept.
>
> By the looks of it, this discussion could get pretty involved,
> so it's probably not appropriate to limit this discussion to,
> say, an hour or so. This discussion could be viewed as a sort
> of "Birds of a Feather" session, and those kinds of sessions
> can be really great for brainstorming and the setting of issues.
>
> Since the slate of scheduled times for the PWG meetings is already
> pretty tight, it appears that an after-hours dinner-oriented
> approach is indeed the best way to go.
>
> In discussing various alternatives with folks, Harry Lewis came
> up with what I believe is the best possible plan:
>
> Retain use of an appropriate hotel conference room already
> scheduled by the PWG, then order out for pizza or whatever.
>
> The big win with this approach:
>
> - Considerably reduced organizational and traveling time (ie, none
> of the usual "Where do we want to eat? Where is the place? Can
> someone give me a ride?)
>
> - Suitable discussion environment (no clammering from other patrons,
> or scattered, disjoint seating arrangements, etc.)
>
> - Probably results in far less cost (particularly if we eat pizza ;-)
>
> - Far less hassle in getting the bill paid
>
> If alcohol is a concern (ie, the *lack* of alcohol), I doubt we'd have
> a problem serving it in a hotel conference room. If alcohol is a driving
> force in this decision process, then I'm sure some of us can coordinate
> in advance the acquisition of such motivating devices. ;-)
>
> The only organizational problem with this approach is figuring out how
> to get the participants to pay for their share of the cost for using
> the conference room. This should not be any big deal, though. And
> besides, if the hotel is not catering any food/beverages, the per-person
> cost should be pretty low.
>
> I realize that having the UPD discussion during the dinner hours does
> not meeting with everyone's approval. (Although the *vast* majority
> stated they prefer such an approach.) However, I really believe this
> is the best way to go for us at this point.
>
> Comments?
>
> ...jay
>
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