In the event that the primary problem is selling the videos, I will (shudder) make this offer. Although I will be unable to attend the conference, I would be willing to either transcribe or develop an article from a video should one be made available to me. I don't know that I would do this really fast, but I should think I could get through a few hours of presentation over the winter with no problem. Steve Olson --- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Susi Barber wrote: > > > I certainly would love it if videos were > available, as it won't be possible > > for me to make it in person, this year or for the > next 3, due to a heavy > > study and travel schedule already. Another > alternative might be to have it > > as a printed paper/printout of a Powerpoint > presentation, if the video > > version is too expensive/hard to do. Finding out > what Amano has to say will > > certainly be worth while, whatever the format, and > I would also have loved > > to hear Tom Barr. Maybe one day, in person! > > Hi Susi, > > Again, the issue is not of technical or monetary > problems, but of > appeasing those who simply are afraid of making > media available. It is > very good to hear these postings from you and the > others; I would like to > someday collect them all and present them back to > the AGA management. > > Meanwhile, back to the present...your message gets > me thinking... perhaps > a couple "redux articles" might be just the ticket > here! Though I'm > normally scuttling around with camcorder and mics, > there were two > presentations I attended last year at which I > couldn't do this: Claus > Christensen's talk at the NEC (convention rules > prohibited any taping), > and the big Panel Discussion at the AGA Convention > (impossible to mic). > So by necessity, I spent the entire time taking > furious old-fashioned > notes instead... with a little editing, these later > turned into "articles" > (I use the term loosely) for TAG (Volume 13 #2 page > 48, and Vol 13 #3 page > 126, respectively). Perhaps a similar "summary", > including some photos > and drawings would at least give those not in > attendence some of the feel > of what was said, while whetting the apitite for > those who are considering > going in the future. I'm not volunteering to do > this myself; perhaps > someone energetic and planning on being at the > convention would like to > take on this task... > > - Erik > > -- > Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > > ------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to > majordomo@thekrib.com > with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the > message. Archives of > this list can be found at > http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/