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Hi AV/ctte,<br>
<br>
Here's my first draft - but feel free to rip it up and start again!
Have a look at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linux.org.au/projects/grants">http://www.linux.org.au/projects/grants</a>. Please
suggest corrections.<br>
<br>
Main point is we're asking for $5k, and they say the maximum per
month is $2k. Lets make it sounds good. But if they give us this
money, we need a few more people on list to stop lurking and start
talking! Even better, come along and help out! :)<br>
<br>
May give these guys a call tomorrow too:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au/grants/faqs/grant-steps">http://www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au/grants/faqs/grant-steps</a><br>
<br>
James<br>
PS: Nick, pack your case. You don't have time for this right now.<br>
<br>
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</font>Date:</b> April 2011<br>
<br>
<b>Project Name:</b> PLUG A/V Single Room Video Streaming<br>
<br>
<b>Aim of Project: </b><br>
To make available a live video and audio stream of the proceedings
of PLUG technical talks to help enable remote members to benefit
from and participate in the proceedings.<br>
<br>
<b>Person Responsible for Request:</b> James Bromberger, PLUG
President 2011<br>
<br>
<b>Request:<br>
</b>Funds to facilitate the purchase of equipment to enable the
streaming project:<br>
<ul>
<li>Permit remote viewing of the proceedings of the PLUG technical
presentations, making it available to members and non-members
alike, especially for those who live quite some distance from
Perth.</li>
<li>To give the PLUG community the opportunity to participate in
various potential off-shoot projects, such as:</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li> Improvements and feed back to the DVswitch suite, or
another suite should that be selected</li>
<li> Branding and promotion of PLUG</li>
<li> Provide a platform for the distribution of relevant
content.</li>
<li>Custom modifications for camera equipment - dollies, booms,
etc.<br>
</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>To enthuse the local PLUG community, and demonstrate that the
association is achieving its objects and goals</li>
<li>To create a check list for doing similar streaming "at scale"
for any future potential conference requirements</li>
<li>To develop a skill set within the PLUG community for producing
video streams, again for any future potential conference
requirements</li>
<li>To give the speakers/presenters at PLUG meetings the
famiiarity with performing public presentations and being
recorded</li>
</ul>
<br>
To meet these goals we intend to:<br>
Use open source/free software in as many aspects of the production
as possible (eg, mumble for crew communication)<br>
Adopt <br>
<br>
Thus far PLUG has spent AU$1,000 on obtaining one wireless mic, a
Twinpact scan/capture device, several headsets (for mumble
communication between AV team members), several firewire capture
cards. In addition, for a proof of concept, several donated (old)
PCs were obtained; PLUG has successfully demonstrated a live stream
of the PLUG meeting on 12 April 2011 (streamed, not recorded), which
was warmly recieved by participants as far away as Katanning (WA),
and Queensland.<br>
<br>
However, PLUG does not yet have a host capable of encoding, nor its
own DV cameras and associated equipment (borrowed from random
members), and the donated PCs while functional, are impracticable
to transport to various venues.<br>
<br>
This grant is to cover the purchase of:<br>
<ul>
<li>2nd hand Mac Books, with firewire, to act as capture terminals
(x 3)</li>
<li>DV cameras (x 2)</li>
<li>Tripods for cameras (x 2)</li>
<li>4 channel audio mixer (x 1)</li>
<li>Additional wireless mic (x 1)</li>
<li>Encoding box (x 1)</li>
<li>Small gigabit Ethernet switch (x 1)</li>
</ul>
<br>
PLUG anticipates this equipment to come to<b> AU$5,000</b>. As
mentioned, PLUG has already committed $1,000 from its membership
income to help facilitate this project.<br>
<br>
We see the distribution of LUG presentations as live video streams a
key enabling technology to continue to reach out to the community of
users and developers. If each LUG had a similar one-stream set up,
the national community could "virtually attend" all LUG events.<br>
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James<br>
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