[194064] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Conference Videos
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Mon Mar 13 18:13:00 2017
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From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <ADDD014E-2644-44A1-A209-9E56CFB22BDD@twincreeks.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 18:10:34 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Mar 13, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Steve Feldman <feldman@twincreeks.net> =
wrote:
> 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
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
<speaking only for myself>
Speakers are informed they are going to be recorded. If they have =
sensitive information, they can choose a track and ask it not be =
recorded. NANOG has done this in the past, but you should talk to the =
Program Committee if you are interested in this.
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TTFN,
patrick
