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

[Harry McNally]

Hi Nick, Luke

Just a heads-up that an invoice probably doesn't describe a donation. A 
receipt will if that is what Kellie needs; thanking WAIA for the donation of 
course.

All the best
Harry

On 12/09/13 12:45, Kellie Ireland wrote:
> Hi Nick and Luke,
>
> I have made inquiries about the insurance coverage and will get back to you
> asap with a response.
>
> Regarding our donation to PLUG - are you able to send through an invoice for
> the donation, including bank details so that we can progress our contribution
> to your team? If you could email through to me that would be great.
>
> I would like to circulate information to our interstate members regarding our
> web streaming of the AGM. Are you able to send through some details that I can
> share with our members? Such as where the streaming will take place, do they
> require any details to access it? If you need us to set anything up on our
> website to direct members to the web stream please let me know and I can
> action for you.
> Warm regards, Kellie
>
> Also my apologies for the typo previously PLUG (not PLUS!)
>
>
> *Kellie Ireland*
> Executive Officer
> Western Australian Internet Association
> PO Box 8700, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
> Phone: 08 9322 3022
> Mobile: 0417 913 059
>
> On 12/09/2013, at 11:36 AM, Kellie Ireland wrote:
>
>> Hu Guys,
>>
>> I have added the PLUS team to the RSVP list - look forward to seeing you all
>> there.
>>
>> I will confirm insurance details with the Hyatt / check WAIA's coverage and
>> advise.
>>
>> Please let me know if you need any further assistance - I am happy to help.
>>
>> Warm regards, Kellie
>>
>>
>> *Kellie Ireland*
>> Executive Officer
>> Western Australian Internet Association
>> PO Box 8700, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
>> Phone: 08 9322 3022
>> Mobile: 0417 913 059
>>
>> On 12/09/2013, at 9:46 AM, Richard WAIA wrote:
>>
>>> 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 <mailto:Richard at waia.asn.au>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 12/09/2013, at 9:23 AM, Nick Bannon <nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
>>> <mailto: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
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Nick Bannon | "I made this letter longer than usual because
>>>> nick-sig at rcpt.to <mailto:nick-sig at rcpt.to> | I lack the time to make it
>>>> shorter." - Pascal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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