[nabs-l] Webcasting the NFB national convention career seminar. Who wants to help?

[Jim Reed]

Hello all,
Several things need to happen to make the NFB national convention career seminar available to all on the web. To begin with, you need to vollenter to help. I may be going to the convention (pending a job interview tomarrow), if I go, I will be willing to do my part. But for now, I can get the ball rolling. If you are interested in helping out with some or all of the following task, please email me OFF LIST (I get the NABS list in digest format, so its better to meail be directly) 

First, we need to find the equipment. 
   1  Does anybody have, or have access to,  high-end A/V recording equipment?
   2.  If not, then the NFB/NABS needs to rent, or otherwize provide the equipment.    
          1. NABS board members, what needs to happen to make those funda avaliable?
          2. The easiest thing would be to rent it in Detroit. We need to find out where.
          3. And we need to arainge for someone to pick-up and drop-off the gear.
          4. Perhaps the local college or high school A/V clubs would be willing to allow us   
             to borrow their gear, or maybe even take on recording/production as a project.  
          5. It may be worth while to contact the MI affiliate, or the Detroit chapter to find local 
             resources. Any Michigan students on the list?
   3.  Due to compatability issues, we need to know the specs of the P.A. system that  
        will be used in Detroit. Can anyone find that info? 

Next we need to focus on personell
    1. Depending on the lenght of the seminar, we may need several people willing to take  
        turn running the camera. Who wants to take on recording duties?
     2. Depending on the equipment, we may need people running sound boards or what  
        not. 
     3. Post-convention, we need someone to edit the raw footage
     4. Then we need to get it on the web. (Joe?)

Lastly, we need to contact the speaker
     1. It would be nice to find out her presentation plans so we can plan accordingly.
      2. It would be nice to post her slide shows or other A/V material along with the video.
      3. We need copies of any handouts, so that they can be scanned and upoaded. 
      4. To protect all of us, we need to secure written (signed, and dated) permission from 
          the speaker to record and post her presentation and materials on the web. I know  
         Joe mentioned that she already gave permission, but I wont take further action until I  
         see a signed document. As President Ronald Regan said, "trust, but verify."

I hope to hear from you guys,
Jim

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