[nfb-talk] Convention Recordings

Wed Jul 13 21:48:21 UTC 2011

hi,
that's subjective but that would have been better than giving up and getting 
nothing.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention Recordings

> 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>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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