[Foss4g2009] Videoing sessions at the conf

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

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
>>>         >         --
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