[PLUG-AV] WAIA AGM Tue 20130924-1700 ..1830 ..2000?

[Richard WAIA]

Hi Nick
Thanks for your email.  And your assistance.  Great that you guys can come and help.  

Kellie, can you please add these 6 guys to the event attendance list.  

I'm not sure about insurance cover.  Kellie, can you check this please. Hyatt or waia's cover??

Nick, the Waia exec decided on tuesday to make a donation of $1,000 to plug as a contribution to help you be able to do this type of streaming of important events for Waia and other not for profits.  How PLUG chooses to spend it is up to you.  

I don't think we will have any PowerPoint stuff. But we may.  

Cheers
Richard


Richard Keeves
WAIA

Richard at waia.asn.au

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On 12/09/2013, at 9:23 AM, Nick Bannon <nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:42:17AM +0800, Luke wrote:
>> Hey AV Pluggers,
>> 
>> Richard from WAIA has asked if we could stream their AGM on the 24th
>> of September at the Hyatt Hotel.  That's the last Tuesday of the
>> month.
> [...]
> 
> Hi, Richard, all!
> 
> I saw the request for RSVP's went out this week for:
> https://www.waia.asn.au/node/61#overlay-context=node/3
> 
> I think we're keen:
> * Luke and I were planning to attend already;
> * Michael Van Delft and Harry McNally would like to join us;
> * Euan de Kock and Leon Wright should be able to make it as well;
> * Happy to let you guys help out or peer into it. We have an overview at:
>   http://www.plug.org.au/projects/video
> 
> The beauty of our video recording/streaming system is that it makes good
> use of cheap hardware and volunteer labour. Between us we should be able
> to have a person on each of two cameras, audio mixer, video mix/director,
> recording check and a microphone runner. We can directly capture slideshow
> presentations from a VGA laptop; and hopefully someone sitting at home
> can give us some live streaming checks as well.
> 
> PLUG, like WAIA, is a not-for-profit, but our video equipment is our
> major asset and we would like to work out a little compensation; and
> we'd like to give our volunteers a small stipend to help make sure they
> show up on time and don't mind buying expensive parking. We haven't
> worked out the details of that yet, but if you have something in mind,
> go ahead and tell us. We might use that to fund a Christmas dinner for
> the AV team or some such. <grin> (or our next upgrades!)
> 
> Meanwhile we can only offer our best effort - if we have logistics
> failures, no-shows or equipment failure we might not be able to provide
> a full service. (e.g. multiple cameras, live streaming) We're planning
> a trial run between now and the 24th.
> 
> It's not a deal killer, but it'd make us feel better if you could
> confirm WAIA's insurance status? As a WAIA event, are we covered if we
> or a member of the public trips over our power cables or some such?
> 
> To the rest of the team...
> 
> * Jason - when's a good time to pick up the AV gear at your place?
> 
> * Paul - I think I'll see you at Spacecubed tonight, could you bring
>   that QNAP?
> 
> * Leon - likewise, could you bring another Thinkpad or two?
> 
> I tried a couple of things out at our monthly meeting this Tuesday:
> 
> * Imaged one of the $395 Thinkpad T410's, made it an avmaster host;
> 
> * The internal firewire controller was recognised, but it didn't detect
>   the Canon HV40 - it's possible that the 4pin 1394 port is broken;
> 
> * We need some 6-6 cables and some lightweight 4-4 cables;
> 
> * Made hotswap PCI Expresscards work! and I was able to record with that;
> 
> * My Sony Singstar wireless microphones work surprisingly well. Won't
>   be as good as our "professional" ones, of course. They show up as a
>   single USB audio device. Red mike is the Right channel, blue the left;
> 
> * We could replicate that tonight if people have the time.
> 
> Nick.
> PLUG VP, WAIA founding member
> 0419 957 011
> 
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