Re: NEC convention and video of AGA's speaker

[Karen Randall <krandall@world.std.com>]

At 02:27 AM 2/15/2000 -0800, you wrote:

>In so far as organizing a large convention in the north west, I don't
>see it happening soon. I can't speak for GSAS but in Vancouver we simply
>don't have the funds nor volunteers for such an event nor can we afford
>thousands of dollars to fly someone here to Vancouver. At some point,
>the local killie club might sponsor a convention like the AKA which is
>widely attended however that is hypothetical. (I'm also a member of that
>club) At that point, we could talk about getting a speaker of some sort.

Remember, it doesn't have to cost you thousands.  You just need to stay in
close touch with Erik and/or Dave Gomberg, and piggy-back on them.  Dave
did that when I was invited out to seattle.  Vancouver could have too, but
didn't get organized in time for me to make the travel arrangements.  If
you have the speaker stay at someone's house, and only have to fly them
from another west coast location, you should be able to do it for a few
hundred at most.  If you watch the rates, you can basically fly someone
from any point in the U.S. to any other point in the U.S. for under $400.
It might be a little more for Vancouver, but I can't imagine it's a HUGE
jump.  That amount split between 20 people is $20 a head.  Certainly not
that much to see a good quality speaker.  That's what Dave did for the
first meeting of the SF group.  

>Thank you for offering to bring this up to the AGA MC and to the NEC
>folks. That was really my hope. With all acting in good faith, I feel
>sure that something or other can be worked out. If NEC could arrange to
>make tapes and allow us to get a copy for use at club meetings only, I
>think our local club would be happy with that and willing to cover the
>expenses of a copy. I'll bring it up at our meeting this Sunday.

Janine Banks called me last night, and they will not change their position
on taping during lectures.  She brought up even more (valid) points that I
didn't think of.  I don't know if she has responded directly to you or not.  

Whether there would be time to do something outside the meeting is still up
in the air.  As I said, I don't even have a camcorder, let alone wireless
mikes and the like.  There is a big question of "who" could do something
like this, even if Claus agreed.

>Hey, maybe someday I can send y'all a tape of myself doing a
>presentation! ;-)

There you go.  You can be the first item in an AGA lending library!

Well, you've already heard me speak, but if your small group wants to
borrow the one Erik made, you have my permission.  There is also a tape of
my AMazon slide show in Minnesota, and I would also give you permission to
use that, but with Olga as a member of the club, I suspect you've seen much
of the same stuff already.

Karen
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