[FOSS4G-Oceania] Motion: budget adjustment for video capture
John Bryant
johnwbryant at gmail.com
Mon Sep 24 16:21:50 PDT 2018
Thanks everyone for supporting this initiative, I think it'll be an
exciting addition :)
On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 20:10, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:
> +1 Cameron. I suggest that whoever is doing the recording thinks about how
> to cross reference our website back to the videos. This is a manageable
> task if set up before hand, but very time consuming to implement in
> retrospect. (I've experienced the pain of the retrospective option).
>
> On 24/9/18 2:55 pm, adam steer wrote:
>
> +1
>
> thanks!
>
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 14:53, Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> Thank you for putting the effort into getting the quotes and proposing
>> this motion.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 1:58 PM Greg Lauer <gregory.lauer at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 11:28 AM Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 10:56 David Dean <ddean at ieee.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> +1
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 10:53 Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> +1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 24 Sep. 2018, 10:30 John Bryant, <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all, I want to put forward a motion to allocate funding to the
>>>>>> video recording of presentations on the conference days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There have been a couple of other options raised, including:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regarding budget, I'm confident that spending $5000 is well within
>>>>>> our means.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I propose:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Motion: we adjust our budget with a $5000 increase to be spent on
>>>>>> video recording & editing.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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