Please all take this as my consent. :-) I have my own camcorder, tripod, and three or four tapes with me, and plan to do some myself. re YouTube, to put up more than a short video you need a Director account. Other than that it's a good medium. Karen G. Schneider On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:40:38 -0500, "Edward Corrado" <[log in to unmask]> said: > I like the idea, as long as it is in an opt-in basis - which, of course, > is what is being proposed. I do, however, think that having a formal > piece of paper for speakers to read/sign would be a very good plan. Does > anyone have a draft of such a disclaimer that we can use? Personally, I > would submit to this for my lightning talk as long as the end product is > being released under an "open access" license. Personally, I'd be happy > with just about an open licenses, but would prefer the "Creative Commons > Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License" > (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). Of course, if I > have to read off the license name before my lightning talk, my talk will > be 20% shorter (which might be a good thing for audience members). > > Edward > > > LaJeunesse, Brad said the following on 2/25/2007 4:05 PM: > > Personally, I think it's a great idea. I agree on not wishing to > > pressure speakers and it being completely opt-in. As for storage, I > > would be happy to host the videos on a GPLS web server, if needed. > > > > Also, for the record, I am planning on attending the conference for as > > long as circumstances allow (no baby yet!). :) > > > > --Brad > > > > Dan Scott wrote: > >> Based on an appeal from Rob on IRC, who won't be able to attend > >> code4libcon, I've got about 12 hours worth of MiniDV tapes and will > >> bring my camcorder along. > >> > >> It would help, though, to know if the scheduled presenters are okay > >> with appearing on video. I don't want to pressure anyone into being > >> videotaped if they're not comfortable with it, so I only plan on > >> taping a session if the presenter opts in ahead of time. I haven't > >> figured out anything along the lines of subsequent storage and > >> distribution of this content post-conference, either... it's just a > >> last-minute idea that might make sense for those who were unable to > >> attend this year (Brad, Peter, and undoubtedly many others). For the > >> presenters, it might be useful for CV / whuffie credits, too. > >> > >> Any thoughts? Is this a horrible idea? > >> > >> Dan Scott > >> -- > >> > >> Systems Librarian, > >> Bibliothèque J.N. Desmarais Library > >> Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne > >> > >> Phone: 705-675-1151 x3315 > >> > > -- > Edward M. Corrado > http://www.tcnj.edu/~corrado/ > Systems Librarian > The College of New Jersey > 403E TCNJ Library > PO Box 7718 Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 > Tel: 609.771.3337 Fax: 609.637.5177 > Email: [log in to unmask]