[PLUG-AV] [plug-ctte] Fwd: EotW streaming http://www.eotw.com.au/ 2015

Tue Mar 24 11:55:24 UTC 2015

Also just to confirm EotW will provide a donation of a couple of hundred
dollars to PLUG.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Paul Del <p at delfante.it> wrote:

> G'Day
>
> Thanks Andrew, definitely things for and against
>
> My feeling is we at least need to have more people on the committee and av
> committee say yes than no
>
> I agree, we probably do need a Member of the AV team to help with this
>
> PLUG does need a better way to handle these requests in future
>
> An inventory list is needed especially if the gear is borrowed for an
> event like EoTW
>
> Thanks Paul
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Andrew Cooks <acooks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> It's not 100% clear to me how the committee can resolve this. Are we
>> trying to do some kind of urgent vote? I can see merit in both sides of the
>> decision and I don't think I have enough information to support either side.
>>
>> Idealistically, it would be nice to enable people who want to do things
>> for the community to do those things. If Luke takes responsibility for the
>> practical issues for EotW and can convince one other AV member to help, I
>> certainly won't stand in his way.
>>
>> PLUG receives at least two requests for help with av streaming per year
>> (with various amounts of notice and from various sources), so it seems like
>> we do need to find a better way to handle these requests.
>>
>> Do we have an up-to-date inventory of equipment? Do we have insurance
>> (not saying we should or shouldn't)? Whomever makes decisions about AV gear
>> should at least know these things...
>>
>> a.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Paul Del <p at delfante.it> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Euan
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply Euan and we appreciate your comments
>>>
>>> Luke has been an active member of PLUG AV and LCA AV so that speaks for
>>> itself.
>>> PLUG and Luke has a good relationship with EoTW and Bret Treasure.
>>>
>>> The gear is everyone's gear and as long as there are benefits to PLUG
>>> like donation, development and exposure that is great and my vote is yes.
>>>
>>> Luke is aware of anything lost/stolen/broken will need to be replaced,
>>> I'm sure we could write up a little one page agreement so satisfy
>>>
>>> Thanks Paul
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Euan <euan at dekock.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm replying as a member of the av team. I don't think it would be fair
>>>> to not let Luke use the equipment at this late stage. Luke has been an
>>>> active contributor to the av team.
>>>>
>>>> While I agree that we shouldn't do too much without compensation in
>>>> some form, I think we do have a fairly special relationship with EoTW, and
>>>> as Luke has taken charge from an eotw perspective it's probably ok.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry Luke, but I'm not in a position to offer and assistance for this
>>>> event though.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Euan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 24 March 2015 4:57:25 pm AWST, Nick Bannon <nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 02:40:57PM +0800, Luke John wrote:
>>>>> [ http://www.eotw.com.au/timetable/ ]
>>>>>
>>>>>>  So I should clarify that I am the eotw team for streaming this time round.
>>>>>>  I'm confidant that I am across the equipment/software enough to have
>>>>>>  it setup and running.
>>>>>>  I'm happy to do 100% transport/pickup/packup/dropoff at end.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Luke and I have talked about this some more - he's still keen but no-one
>>>>> else from Committee or AV has replied with authorisation or as a helper
>>>>> and time is short. He will have some EOTW helpers on the day, but he
>>>>> and I have done this before and it's really not that easy.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think that it's against PLUG's interest to use its gear for a non-PLUG
>>>>> event with no benefit, only the risk that we'll do a
>>>>> half-arsed last
>>>>> minute job, as we've sometime pulled off and sometimes haven't. Clearly,
>>>>> we need to put together a second kit to make this possible, as the
>>>>> requests keep coming. If hardware gets lost or broken, EOTW will replace
>>>>> it, of course, though it's unlikely to be possible before the upcoming
>>>>> Eventstreamr presentation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are Committee members agreed that it's a bad idea to try to involve
>>>>> ourselves in EOTW2015 at this stage? Why/why not?
>>>>>
>>>>> Luke's hoping to do some software work on it tonight and that will be
>>>>> the benefit, he's available for the next couple of nights. Setup and
>>>>> documentation out of the box on the plugav1-2? station currently at
>>>>> Leon's, with a working live running stream. I should be able to help
>>>>> with that after 9pm tonight if you like, Luke - it's useful regardless.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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