Meeting videos

Steve Harvey sgh-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org
Sun Apr 17 23:38:36 UTC 2005


On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 01:33:39AM -0400, psema4 wrote:
> > I know it's too late in the game to mess with presentation videos for
> > the upcoming show, but I'm curious to know who (if anybody) wrangles
> > this sort of thing. As a filmmaker, I know that what makes this sort of
> > thing watchable is editing ! (with a bit of graphics packaging)  Maybe,
> > down the road, we can establish a workflow to process presentations into
> > a high quality video package. It might even be a good excuse to get
> > familiar with some of the open source post-production tools, and dvd
> > authoring software. my $0.02,
> > djp
> 
> Taking this a little further off topic...  (I'm stuck with gmail at
> the moment and can't adjust the subject line)
> 
> I'm not terribly into video production, but this appears to be a good
> spot to drop something I've been thinking of since the introduction of
> linuxcaffe.  (And something I desperately wanted to do for the
> original Avalon Project launch)
> 
> Again, not really /directly/ related to the expo, but maybe something
> to consider anyway...
> 
> Webcasts and/or recordings of TLUG meets for distribution over the
> internet might be a really good idea.
> 
> To be completely honest, there are lots and lots of folks who don't
> know anything about linux, open source, floss, or related subjects -
> but are hearing more and more of these terms being used in plenty of
> places - including newspapers (most recently+locally, the T.O. Star)
> and such.
> 
> With the possibility of more federal elections coming soon, and given
> the "floss jolt" that the political parties were subjected too during
> the 2004 elections*...
> 
> There might be a fair number of potential members that (quite
> possibly) also don't come to (L)UG meetings simply because they do not
> know what to expect.
> 
> Video might be a great way to "ease" these folks into it?

  It might also help for the (albeit small) number of us with other 
commitments during evening hours.

> 
> -- 
> - SGE
> 
> 
> * Due to a pair of serious recent h/w failures I do not have the
> original files, but Google has some remnants of my involvement; 
> search:  http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22Does+your+government+FLOSS%22&btnG=Search&meta=
> 
> For what it's worth, I'll be working on an "upgrade" to the original
> for the next election.  :-)
> --
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