[FOSS4G2016] sponsorship is out !!!

[Steven Feldman]

I would question the cost vs benefit of live streams. I am even a bit doubtful about costs of recording, would like to see some statistics on number of recordings that are viewed to the end rather than just started.
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Steven


> On 21 Nov 2015, at 12:34, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> personnally I am not a frined of live-streaming. But I am little afraid that this may keep people from joining the conference. Perhaps we can discuss this on monday's IRC?
> 
> I put it on the list.
> 
> Till
> 
> 
> 
> Am 2015-11-21 13:28, schrieb Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl:
>> Hi Astrid,
>> 
>> Perhaps a bold question:
>> do we really want live-stream for all tracks?
>> 
>> I do see the advantage of video recording, personally I don't care
>> that much about live streams.
>> They are only useful for the non-attendees (the attendees can only
>> watch them afterwards), but they are in the end paid for by the
>> attendees.
>> Just video recording of the track, and perhaps a "daily report" would
>> be enough for me.
>> I know PDX2014 did live streaming, I'm not aware that Seoul 2015 did so.
>> 
>> Just my 2 cents, not knowing how much live-streaming costs anyway ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> Grüsse aus Essen,
>> 
>> Gert-Jan
>> 
>> 
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: FOSS4G2016 [mailto:foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Namens
>> astrid at foss4g2016.org
>> Verzonden: zaterdag 21 november 2015 12:05
>> Aan: Foss4g2016
>> CC: peter at mazdermind.de; katja.haferkorn at fossgis.de; dominik.helle at fossgis.de
>> Onderwerp: [FOSS4G2016] Update on FOSS4G Video recording, live-stream
>> and publishing by CCC VOC
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I talked to Peter Körner from the CCC Video Operation Center (CCC
>> VOC) https://c3voc.de/. They recorded and published the FOSSGIS talkes
>> in the last years.
>> 
>> I asked the CCC VOC wether they could do the recording for FOSS4G 2016.
>> 
>> This mail gives an update about what is discussed till now.
>> 
>> Background - WCCB offers:
>> This is the overview about the offers we have from  WCCB
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/foss4g/2016/financial_stuff/offers/20151106%20Kosten-und%20Leistungs%C3%BCbersicht%20FOSS4G_WCCB.pdf
>> * it does not look like they offer active mixing, live-stream,
>> postprocessing and publishing
>> 
>> Background what we need
>> * we have 8 rooms with talks
>> * we want to offer live-steam and recording for all tracks during 3 days
>> * we need angels to help with the recording (when CCC VOC does the
>> recording)
>> 
>> 
>> CCC VOC would offer
>> * active mixing
>> * live-stream - every room, for differnt browser and audio devices
>> * postprocessing (with prefix (Vorspann) and credits (Abspann)
>> * publishing - publishing on https://vimeo.com/foss4g like all other
>> FOSS4Gs
>> * when the team leaves the conference all videos are published
>> * CCC VOC has no problem to provide equipement for 5 rooms. For the
>> rooms left we can think about a cooperation with the WCCB staff or rent
>> more equipement
>> * Plenarsaal: CCC VOC would work together with the WCCB team in the
>> Plenarsaal (WCCB team for the sound & presentation in the room and CCC
>> VOC for the recording/streaming - this team work worked fine on other
>> conferences)
>> * CCC VOC team whould come with 3-4 persons (1 postprocessing, 2 for the
>> rooms, 1 operator)
>> * CCC VOC would come to Bonn before the conference to have a look at the
>> rooms
>> 
>> 
>> CCC VOC what they need / costs
>> * 2 angels per room for the recording, mixing and to take care about the
>> speaker!!!!
>> * at least 1 person for the whole 3 days to help with the postprocessing
>> * persons to take care about the angel system, if angels fall out they
>> have to be replaced at once. CCC VOC relies on the angel system
>> * cost for the work. maybe higher than the costs offered by WCCB at the
>> moment. But we get high quality and everything is finished after the
>> conference
>> * 4 x accommodation (maybe bonnox)
>> * 4 x travel costs
>> * equipment transport from St. Augustin to Bonn (maybe with a sprinter)
>> * equipment transport from Bonn to Berlin (shipping company - Spedition)
>> * conference system frab is needed: frab offers xml file with all the
>> information about the talk and the speaker. this file is needed for the
>> prefix and credit
>> 
>> 
>> CCC VOC Open Issues
>> * CCC VOC is on Froscon in St. Augustin at the weekend before FOSS4G
>> * good: because the equipement is already close to Bonn
>> * not good: because it is not clear if the team has enough staff to come
>> to FOSS4G
>> 
>> Questions to FOSS4G team
>> * do wee need a bill or prefer to buy hardware
>> * what about the 3 rooms left - how shall the recording be done? Do we
>> rent the equipement
>> 
>> 
>> This mail is to inform you about the discussion with Peter Körner. Hope
>> I did not forget anything or described it in a wrong way.
>> 
>> Peter will now ask his team and find out wether they have enough stuff.
>> Would be great to have CCC VOC at FOSS4G!
>> 
>> I will keep you up to date
>> 
>> Astrid
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