[NFBMO] Convention Follow-up

Mon Apr 9 21:20:01 UTC 2018

Hi,

Knowing what happened now, I applaud for having a stream at all.
I know what a chore it is to make things work as you want.
The bullets you needed in your gun are still sitting in my basement and
nobody wants them.
The hotel would probably have said no, you can't use them but you could have
had more mics, cable, wireless mics, and spare mixer at the ready.
Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Randy C via NFBMO
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2018 1:45 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Randy C <randycarmack at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBMO] Convention Follow-up

 Bryan,

Thanks for your feedback.  Yes I was having audio issues.  The main problem
was the sound that was supposed to be coming from the mixer was not working
and during Saturday morning session I was doing everything in my power to
get it to work.  During the time that I was trying to get it to work, I was
trying to use several different external microphones which were not great.
When I determined that I was not going to get the output from the mixer, I
then decided that I had to use the best possible external microphone which I
was not very happy with.  By Saturday afternoon while the sound quality was
not great it was stable.  These issues are on the What Needs to be Done
Better Next Year List.

For the live streaming server I used, it was Youtube Live which has never
been a problem.  On the other hand the hotels internet service was not the
best.  While my tests indicated that I had a significant amount of packet
loss, I was still happy to have a semi-stable internet connection.

The stream on the website did stream for most browsers & devices.  Though, I
did notice that on iphone it would not stream directly from the website.
Apple does force you to go to the youtube page but it did provide you with a
direct link to it.

I am sorry about the quality of the audio and I am planning to take every
step possible to ensure that it is much better next year.

Thanks,
Randy Carmack
NFBMO.org Website Administrator
randycarmack at gmail.com

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 6:34 PM, Bryan Schulz via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I couldn't spare the dollars or time this year.
> The stream was a bust again.
> The website said the stream would come straight from nfbmo.org but the 
> only way to listen was from youtube.com.
> There were constant periods of 1-5 minutes of audio then varying 5 to 
> 30+ seconds of silence.
> That is no way to impress new perspective members.
> Bryan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Gene Coulter via 
> NFBMO
> Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2018 4:34 PM
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List' <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: escoulter at centurytel.net
> Subject: [NFBMO] Convention Follow-up
>
> Greetings
>
> Another convention is behind us except for paying the bill. I am 
> writing seeking comments on the convention arrangements.
>
> First, for those of you who could not go we really missed you and hope 
> to see you in Columbia March21-24, 2019. If you tuned-in via of the 
> stream we would like to know how it went so your comments would be
appreciated.
>
> For those of you who attended any comments about the program should be 
> directed elsewhere I am interested in learning about your experiences 
> with the hotel, restaurant, Guest rooms,  and meals.  Any constructive 
> comments would be appreciated but also I would like answers to  some
questions.
> Email
> your comments to me at MizzouFan1979 at GMail.Com 
> <mailto:MizzouFan1979 at GMail.Com>  or share them here. If you don't reply
> I   won't know what to work on.
>
>
>
> Was the hospitality room adequate?
>
> Was the exhibit area acceptable or should we move to get the exhibits 
> and registration in a room?
>
> Do you like the box lunch idea for one of the lunches?
>
> If so, which lunch Friday or Saturday?
>
> An idea was brought up to have a farewell lunch on Sunday what do you 
> think?
>
> Should we continue to have exhibits on Saturday lunch hour?
>
> If we  do not have Saturday exhibits  should we extend the hours on 
> Friday thereby maybe getting more outside exhibitors, example 2 pm to
> 10 pm?
>
> Overall rate the quality of the planned meal food from 1 to 5 with 5 
> being excellent?
>
> On the same scale rate your hotel room?
>
> And lastly rate the hotel staff?
>
> What problems did you have, if any?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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