<div dir="ltr">Hi Tim<div><br></div><div>That's a fantastic and generous offer! Let me talk to the other organisers and see what they think of the proposal.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Wil.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 December 2016 at 15:37, Jonathan Woithe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwoithe@just42.net" target="_blank">jwoithe@just42.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 02:59:12PM +1100, Tim Ansell wrote:<br>
> I would personally recommend that LA **not** fund this grant request at<br>
<span class="">> this moment. I would recommend funding such a grant request only after the<br>
> Wordcamp people have reliably produced videos for their user groups for 6<br>
> events in a row.<br>
><br>
> This however would leave Wordcamp with a "chicken and egg" problem -- they<br>
> can't get equipment until they have videos and they can't get videos until<br>
> they have equipement. As this group is in Sydney, I have a proposal to<br>
> solve this problem.<br>
><br>
</span>> I'm willing to *lend* the Wordcamp group the following equipment (on a<br>
<span class="">> permanent basis) to allow them to produce high quality recordings;<br>
</span>> :<br>
<br>
Given the information we now have (thanks Wil) I think this proposal is a<br>
very good idea. It provides the wordcamp people with the equipment they<br>
need to produce high quality video recordings and allows them to gauge<br>
whether doing so works for them in the long run. It also provides a way for<br>
the group to gain experience in the AV recording game (there's *much* more<br>
to it than meets the eye). If it turns out that making these videos works<br>
and appears sustainable over the longer term, a grant could then be applied<br>
for. Otherwise the idea can be dropped without any money being lost. All<br>
this comes as a result of the very generous offer from Tim.<br>
<br>
I can see no obvious downsides to this proposal.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> As the setup is almost identical to that which will be used at LCA2017, I<br>
> would highly recommend that someone from the Wordcamp group attend LCA2017<br>
> and volunteer to be part of the A/V team to get a better understanding of<br>
> how this equipment can be used and some hands on experience.<br>
<br>
</span>I second this recommendation.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"> jonathan<br>
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