[AGA-sc] A/V and hotel contracts

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, S. Hieber wrote:

> Good news on the the A/V. It looked to me like Michael was getting some 
> very good shots during IA.

Will see.  One extra thing I need to add to my "remember to do next time" 
is have tighter control on the house lights.  Someone dimmed them down too 
far during Dorothy's talk (maybe so they could see the screen), and the 
camera Michael used didn't have enough light to look good.  Mine was 
barely passable because I dialed the shutter speed down to 1/30 second. 
Likewise, Gomberg took it upon himself to completely turn off the lights 
during the awards banquet, so the judge footage is unusable.  I think the 
IA stuff is good because the house lights are on.  Will see.



> I don't know how Larry got the settlement. It would be one thing to 
> negotiate something substantial on the front end (like the sliding scale, 
> etc.), but to get such a sizeable amount on the back end, well, it 
> impresses the hell out of me.

David did something like that in 2002, with the Houston hotel.  If I 
remember, they did something annoying like closing the vendor room half a 
day early or something to that effect.  He refused to pay the bill, and 
the convention got $2000 refunded, ultimately causing the event to break 
even.

   - Erik

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