Roger Patterson
New Bee
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2016
- Messages
- 5
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- West Sussex
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 25
As I am the one who put the programme together perhaps I can come in here.
I had many people at the show who were pleased at what they heard. Since coming home I have had lots of emails and a few phone calls. They have all been positive. The only complaint I had was from someone who sat in a seat on the end of the front row, then said the lectern partly covered his view of the screen.
The main hall was set out with 250 chairs that was based on previous years. It soon became apparent they weren't enough, so I asked for another 50, then another 50, finally another 100. There were 455 seats, yet at one lecture there were still people standing.
It soon became obvious that one or two people felt they had to ask a question at every lecture and it was probably these who are referred to in the earlier posts. The microphones were handled by the stewards and they weren't to know who had asked previous questions.
I accept that some questions were basic or didn't show much understanding of what was said, but it's difficult once someone has asked a question to deal with it. There have been several comments that after Tom Seeley and myself did back to back lectures on the same topic, but from different angles. that some questioners hadn't taken in what I had said, as they were asking questions about varroa, not wild colonies.
I wasn't aware I had the ability to shut people up!
Roger Patterson
I had many people at the show who were pleased at what they heard. Since coming home I have had lots of emails and a few phone calls. They have all been positive. The only complaint I had was from someone who sat in a seat on the end of the front row, then said the lectern partly covered his view of the screen.
The main hall was set out with 250 chairs that was based on previous years. It soon became apparent they weren't enough, so I asked for another 50, then another 50, finally another 100. There were 455 seats, yet at one lecture there were still people standing.
It soon became obvious that one or two people felt they had to ask a question at every lecture and it was probably these who are referred to in the earlier posts. The microphones were handled by the stewards and they weren't to know who had asked previous questions.
I accept that some questions were basic or didn't show much understanding of what was said, but it's difficult once someone has asked a question to deal with it. There have been several comments that after Tom Seeley and myself did back to back lectures on the same topic, but from different angles. that some questioners hadn't taken in what I had said, as they were asking questions about varroa, not wild colonies.
I wasn't aware I had the ability to shut people up!
Roger Patterson
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