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

[adam steer]

+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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