[Foss4g2009] Videoing sessions at the conf

[Tim Bowden]

On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 10:40 -0700, 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
> 

I asked Marie-Claire (scvb: Govt conf bidding agency) about that before
we bid and iirc the answer was not a chance for the conf centre.  Maybe
if we were pulling 10k punters and had an expert AV team we may have had
some sway, but we're small bickies for them.  We had/have no leverage.

It would be nice for the future, but will depend very much on what
resources are available to the loc.

Regards,
Tim

> 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  
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> >>>         recognize
> >>>         >         a mistake
> >>>         >         when you make it again.
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