[FOSS4G-Oceania] Motion: budget adjustment for video capture

[Alex Leith]

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On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 10:56 David Dean <ddean at ieee.org> wrote:

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> On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 10:53 Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
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>> *From: *FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on
>> behalf of Jonah Sullivan <jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com>
>> *Date: *Monday, 24 September 2018 at 10:32 am
>> *To: *John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *"foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] Motion: budget adjustment for video
>> capture
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>> +1
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>> On Mon, 24 Sep. 2018, 10:30 John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi all, I want to put forward a motion to allocate funding to the video
>> recording of presentations on the conference days.
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>> Our first priorities are around delivering a successful conference for
>> those that attend, and doing so in a financially responsible manner, and
>> I'm feeling comfortable that we're clearly on track to achieve this.
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>> But why do we do this? In a larger sense, this is all about building a
>> regional community, and connecting to the global community. We've put a lot
>> of effort into diversity initiatives, community outreach, and have worked
>> hard as a committee to build consensus on difficult issues, with this in
>> mind.
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>> We've had a few people ask if we're doing video capture. I think video
>> recording presents a wonderful opportunity to strongly enhance our efforts
>> at community building:
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>>    - we can reach a wider audience, multiplying our impact
>>    - those who are unable to attend due to time, cost, and distance can
>>    do so virtually, and learn about the topics, event, and community
>>    (diversity)
>>    - provides extended reach for our event, and the people giving
>>    presentations
>>    - can be used to promote future events (sustainability)
>>    - potentially gives partners and sponsors more value for their
>>    investment
>>    - creates a long-term record of proceedings
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>> I've obtained 4 quotes from professional suppliers, and it looks like we
>> can get full service (recording & editing into separate presentations,
>> suitable for upload to YouTube or similar) for approximately $5000. A
>> benefit of this approach is that it requires little volunteer work on our
>> behalf to make it happen.
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>> There have been a couple of other options raised, including:
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>>    - asking that someone in each presentation record the session on
>>    their mobile phone, then upload
>>    - taking up Guido Stein (FOSS4G 2017 co-chair, Boston USA) on his
>>    offer to either send equipment, or fly to Melbourne and record sessions
>>    (our cost)
>>
>> These are great ideas but will involve considerable volunteer work. I
>> asked a few weeks ago if there was any interest in volunteering to organise
>> a videorecording option, and had no takers, so I'm reading that as 'we have
>> enough on our volunteer plates'. That said, happy to consider other options
>> if someone wishes to step up.
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>> Regarding budget, I'm confident that spending $5000 is well within our
>> means.
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>> So I propose:
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>> *Motion: we adjust our budget with a $5000 increase to be spent on video
>> recording & editing.*
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