[194062] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Conference Videos
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Feldman)
Mon Mar 13 18:06:40 2017
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From: Steve Feldman <feldman@twincreeks.net>
In-Reply-To: <508985852.1533.1489441920414.JavaMail.mhammett@ThunderFuck>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:06:28 -0700
To: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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> On Mar 13, 2017, at 2:52 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
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> Another organization I'm in has a hard policy of no recordings of any =
sessions at their conferences. They think that recordings of content =
(even vendor-sponsored, vendor-specific sessions with vendor consent) =
would have a catastrophic effect on conference attendance.=20
>=20
> NANOG doesn't seem to have that issue. Any background on the process =
to get there? Any regrets?=20
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Many attendees also find value in the parts of the conference that =
aren't recorded, like hallway conversations, informal meetings, and even =
social events.
Keeping and maintaining the archive of slides and video recordings is an =
essential part of NANOG's educational mission, which was key to =
obtaining and maintaining the IRS 401(c)(3) nonprofit status.
So at least for the time I was on the Board, not only were there no =
regrets, but we worked hard to maintain and enhance the video =
experience.
Steve
