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

[Greg Lauer]

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On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 11:28 AM Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

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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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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