<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>I was still thinking about this, as I did speak in public several times (TTM updates long time ago, chairing NLUUG sessions) and I think the thing that got me off balance was hearing myself through the PA system. I also have a bad time with bad phone connections in where I can hear myself talking.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Maybe it could be a part of the mentoring program / newcomers introduction to live test the mic in a more relaxed environment, so one gets comfortable with the acoustics.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 28 May 2019, at 10:12, Amanda Gowland <<a href="mailto:agowland@ripe.net" class="">agowland@ripe.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">* The piloting of slido for getting more questions than the speakers, than just besides the mic. I tried the mic once and I had eh, startup problems. No worries though<br class=""></blockquote><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Thank you for this feedback! I think it's important to acknowledge that we have a lot of different thinkers in our community, not all are confident queuing up at the mic but that doesn't mean their contribution is less worthy. I hope that the PC/WG Chair collective keep using it.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><div class="">Best Regards,</div><div class=""> Ruben</div></body></html>