[Foss4g2009] Videoing sessions at the conf

[Cameron Shorter]

While I on the organising committee couldn't condone it, I wouldn't be 
surprised if some enterprising attendees decided to use their mobile 
phones to record sessions.
(I saw a good recording from Chris Schmidt of Schyler's speech from 2008.)

Also note, I think I misquoted the videoing costs below ($85K) which I 
believe is just for using the AV equipment (projectors, mics etc).

Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> It does bring up the question of whether, for the next round of 
> FOSS4G, more "open" conference facilities should be sought after.  In 
> hindsight, what if we had it as a requirement that we were allowed to 
> video record the event?  Do you think they would have negotiated or 
> simply said no?  Just curious on your impressions.
>
> Tyler
>
> On 6-Oct-08, at 6:45 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
>> Videoing everything costs in the order of $85K.
>> During the bidding process I asked one of the SCEC people if we could 
>> do our own videoing and they said that SCEC doesn't allow it. SCEC 
>> need to control the quality of their conference package and don't 
>> want to have poor quality videos floating around.
>>
>> Tim Bowden wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 09:36 +1000, mapbutcher wrote:
>>>
>>>> Janelle,
>>>>
>>>> I would ask both questions:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Would it be possible to supply our own AV?
>>>> 2. If not would it be possible to record sessions using their AV - and
>>>> what costs would this incur?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Do we have an answer on this?  If we can pull a large sponsor at
>>> Platinum level, this may well come into play.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>> 2008/9/24 Janelle Driscoll <jdriscoll at tourhosts.com.au>
>>>>                         Just to make sure that I'm asking the right 
>>>> question, are you
>>>>         looking at
>>>>         bringing in your own equipment to recored sessions?
>>>>                 Janelle
>>>>                         On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 22:16 +1000, 
>>>> mapbutcher wrote:
>>>>         > Tim,
>>>>         >
>>>>         > Would you mind directing me to where the limitations are
>>>>         stated?
>>>>         >
>>>>         > Cheers
>>>>         >
>>>>         > Simon
>>>>         >
>>>>         >From memory it was something Marie-Claire said early on in a
>>>>         phone conf
>>>>         when we were at the bidding stage, though my memory is
>>>>         notoriously
>>>>         faulty.  Linux Australia offered use of their AV sets but
>>>>         there was some
>>>>         problem on the part of the convention centre with our using
>>>>         them.
>>>>                 Can TH please clear up what we are allowed to do here?
>>>>                 Given we have access to multiple sets of AV 
>>>> hardware (and
>>>>         assuming we
>>>>         can get sufficient suitably skilled volunteer bodies to run
>>>>         them) it
>>>>         would be a pity not to take advantage of it.
>>>>                 Also of note is that LA offered about 40 - 50 or so 
>>>> (iirc)
>>>>         wrt54g
>>>>         wireless access points.  We can't use them in the conf centre
>>>>         obviously
>>>>         but if we want any offsite ad-hoc wireless networks (labs or
>>>>         code
>>>>         sprint?) they may come in handy.
>>>>                 Regards,
>>>>         Tim
>>>>                 > 2008/9/20 Tim Bowden <tim.bowden at westnet.com.au>
>>>>         >         Will we be able to video sessions at the conf?  We
>>>>         will have
>>>>         >         access to
>>>>         >         the AV gear, but iirc there may be limitations here
>>>>         if we go
>>>>         >         with the
>>>>         >         convention centre?
>>>>         >
>>>>         >         Regards,
>>>>         >         Tim
>>>>         >         --
>>>>         >         Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you
>>>>         recognize
>>>>         >         a mistake
>>>>         >         when you make it again.
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