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

[Daniel Silk]

+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
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> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 11:28 AM Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> +1
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>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 10:56 David Dean <ddean at ieee.org> wrote:
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>>> +1
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>>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 10:53 Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
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>>>> +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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