On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Michael Davies <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@the-davies.net" target="_blank">michael@the-davies.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:03 PM, James Bromberger <<a href="mailto:james@rcpt.to">james@rcpt.to</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Michael,<br>
><br>
> Do we have any solid evidence of this? Clearly as conference organisers we<br>
> worry may impact the economics of running the conference, but perhaps it<br>
> servs more for the very remote (overseas) audience? I know fromt he January<br>
> streaming of TBL w ehad most viewers outside of Australia.<br>
<br>
</div>I do have some knowledge of this anecdotally.<br>
<br>
I have heard it discussed over the years that some people chose not to<br>
come to LCA on the hope that streaming would be available so they<br>
could watch it from their desk at work (how can you work and watch<br>
video all day?!?, but I digress). The same people also vented<br>
frustration that since streaming wasn't a certainty that they would<br>
have to come to the conference instead.<br></blockquote><div><br>I think that's just rambling and complaining - I wouldn't trust these to be actually true, or only limited to a handful of people.<br><br><br></div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I don't understand that mentality because the conference is much more<br>
than just the presentations,</blockquote><div><br>Agreed.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> but I do think streaming potentially<br>
impacts conference attendance.</blockquote><div><br>It might avoid some people coming, but we've never had a problem selling out LCA, or have we?<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Fortunately we do generally sell out,<br>
so while some people might not come due to streaming availability,<br>
others come instead.<br></blockquote><div><br>Agreed.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
My personal thought, as someone who hasn't got the bandwidth to be<br>
involved with this subcommittee and hence should be ignored, is that<br>
we should ensure we capture 100% of the sessions on video and make<br>
that available post-conference,</blockquote><div><br>Agreed, that should be the top goal.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> but not do streaming.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I don't see that as a logical consequence. But it is in fact something that the conference organisers need to embrace (or not), because it will impact on the conference. Either it's just a local event, or it's also an internet event, for which the conference has to make allowances, such as having a backchannel (twitter or irc or such), and managing local viewership (e.g. CoC needs to state that ppl can't watch other rooms while in one room; may want to leave a separate room as an extension room to any rooms that fill up and are then streamed live there; may want to prepare a video viewing area with headphones where people can go that don't want to be in just one room, but maybe watch 2 at the same time etc).<br>
<br>Silvia.<br></div></div>