[nfb-talk] Convention Recordings

Peter Donahue pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
Wed Jul 13 21:24:04 UTC 2011


Hello Bryan and everyone,

    By whose standard? Not mine.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention Recordings


hi,

having the device 2 feet from the person speaking would still be high
quality.
in that pinch of course audience questions would be a problem and the person
speaking should repeat the question so the entire room can hear it as well
as the answer.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention Recordings


> Hello Bryan and everyone,
>
>    There is a diminished sound quality and only the podium speaker will be
> picked up. There's an audience whose comments and questions need to be
> captured as well.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention Recordings
>
>
> olympus recorders work well placed on the podium.
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:30 PM
> Subject: [nfb-talk] Convention Recordings
>
>
>> Hello Bryan and everyone,
>>
>>    A digital recorder and a recording made from the audience would not
>> produce the same high-quality as would be a blead of the P.A. system. The
>> Back-to-Basics Seminar was held in one of the Panzicola Rooms. Those
>> Rooms
>> were very large. My sound system would not have been up to the job
>> without
>> being able to patch in to the sound system in those rooms.
>>
>>    Many of the smaller rooms in the Shingle Creek did not have sound
>> systems at all. It's a good thing that I was able to finance the purchass
>> of
>> a pare of small speakers before coming to the convention as they allowed
>> me
>> to provide a sound system in those rooms as well as being able to record
>> the
>> events held there.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>>
>> that doesn't sound right.
>> why didn't you or someone use olympus recorders at least as a backup?
>>
>> Bryan Schulz
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>>
>>> Hello Joseph and everyone,
>>>
>>>    Add to that wish list negotiating a special rate with the audio-video
>>> company to permit affiliates to connect to in-room sound systems without
>>> the
>>> need to visit the mortgage company first. This issue caused the
>>> recording
>>> of
>>> this year's Back-to-Basics Seminar to be aborted. I'm sorry to have to
>>> give
>>> everyone this news but if you wonder why this activity was not recorded
>>> you
>>> now know the answer.
>>>
>>> Peter Donahue
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:34 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>>
>>>
>>> More frustrating was that there was no wifi at any price anywhere in
>>> the area of the meeting rooms.  Were I to make one request of the
>>> national office when we return, it would be to obtain internet access
>>> for the meeting rooms and set up a few wifi routers at selected
>>> locations for basic access.
>>>
>>> Joseph
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 04:01:59PM -0400, Marsha Drenth wrote:
>>>>Just my two cents on this convention. The hotel was nice, very clean,
>>>>nice
>>>>rooms, and the staff was great. It was huge, people thought we walked a
>>>>lot
>>>>in Dallas, folks that is NOTHING! The food in the hotel was very very
>>>>expensive, way way more than any of the restaurants in Dallas. It did
>>>>help
>>>>greatly to have the Publics across the street. If and when I go back, I
>>>>must
>>>>remember to take good walking shoes. In regards to the WiFi, yes it
>>>>totally
>>>>sucked there was no free access any where in the hotel. And yet again I
>>>>am
>>>>too cheap to buy it. As far as the cell coverage, I have Verizon and had
>>>>converage every where in the hotel and rooms. So I think that really
>>>>depends
>>>>on your carrier.
>>>>
>>>>Marsha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>On
>>>>Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>>>Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:43 AM
>>>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>>>
>>>>Yes, Mr. Rosen was REALLY impressed with the NFB, and Dr. Maurer was
>>>>really impressed with the facility.  Hopefully the two of them can
>>>>work something out to reduce the nickel-and-dime effects somewhat.  I
>>>>certainly have no objection to the hotel making money-but the
>>>>incidental fees are both too high and too frequent to be comfortable.
>>>>There isn't even lobby wifi access without a fee, and the hotel is
>>>>full of cellular dead zones.
>>>>
>>>>Joseph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 11:43:17PM -0400, Brian Miller wrote:
>>>>>Did they say if it was to be at the same hotel all those years?
>>>>>
>>>>>Brian M
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>On
>>>>>Behalf Of Sherri
>>>>>Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:00 PM
>>>>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>>>>Subject: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>>>>
>>>>>It was announced at the convention that conventions from 2013 through
>>>>>2017
>>>>>will be held in Orlando. I wish we could extend the length of the
>>>>convention
>>>>>back to how it was and NFB would organize tours for Wednesday
>>>>>afternoon.
>>>>>That way, people could get excited about Orlando and have time to go
>>>>places.
>>>>>I liked the old schedule much better. If we are going to keep people
>>>>>here
>>>>>for five years in a row, we need to give them ample opportunity to take
>>>>>advantage of all there is to do in Orlando. Besides, I like the banquet
>>>>>the
>>>>>night before the last day of convention.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Sherri Brun
>>>>>"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
>>>>>John
>>>>>Lennon
>>>>>
>>>>>Check out http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun
>>>>>
>>>>>E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
>>>>> NFBF NewslineR chair
>>>>>www.nfbnewsline.org
>>>>>Vice-president NFB Greater Orlando Chapter http://nfbfgoc.org Secretary
>>>>FDCP
>>>>>INC www.fdcp.org Chair Orange County Disability Advisory Committee
>>>>>
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