Re: [Debian-NYC] video at workshop/BSP ?
I don't think I'm illustrating my point very well. I will give two
examples of videos produced by different communities for the same
product. The first example is made by NYC Resistor. It is for their
"Maker Bot" rapid prototyping machine. I like what they do very much
but this is my example of a video I do not wish to produce. It does
little to educate and takes on a more "she blinded me with science"
attitude which is purely topical[1]. See for yourself:
http://www.nycresistor.com/2009/03/16/makerbot-industries-full-speed-ahead/
The second is from the Reprap project[2]. They are also developing an
open source rapid prototyping machine. Though their goals are more
humanitarian and speak to a wider community. They also focus on the
Free Software movement right off the bat. See for yourself:
http://vimeo.com/5202148
I'm more interested in making produced videos about the Debian NYC
community which point to Debian as a global project. A bug squashing
party is an excellent grassroots example of why Debian is cool.
Documenting that process with an educational and entertaining video
can only increase awareness of Debian and clarify the identity of the
operating system and it's democratic goals.
-lee
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V83JR2IoI8k
[2] http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/RepRapVids
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta@brandorr.com> wrote:
> I would say following a policy similar to IRC logging policies *might*
> make sense. In such, a recording can be made for private use, IE: to
> augment someone's note taking ability, but that recording MUST NOT be
> shared or published.
>
> Another alternative is to have one person who is a designated note
> taker be allowed to make a recording for use in helping to publish a
> summary howto/technical document.
>
> If these workshops were more preso style, I might feel that recording
> for public use is more of a non-brainer, but as it is such a
> participatory forum, it's going to be hard to get approval to do
> public recordings.
>
> One final thought. We do have multiple sessions that cover the same
> topic. Maybe we may want to designate one of those sessions as a "will
> be publicly recorded" session. (With the majority not being recorded).
> That way we can have one recording of each topic, for those who can't
> attend, to catch up on.
>
> -Brian
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Jameson Rollins
> <jrollins@finestructure.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:54:10 -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
>>> Another way of asking this: what do we gain from filming/recording?
>>> what do we lose? Is the tradeoff worthwhile? Are there other ways to
>>> get similar gains without suffering the losses?
>>
>> I personally don't see what we gain by filming the event. I think these
>> videos are of limited utility, and I don't think they're worth the
>> burden that it puts on people that choose not to be filmed. These
>> events are not a "public has a right to know" kind of scenario. I
>> personally value direct contribution at the events more than a video of
>> an event that did not include someones direct contribution because they
>> decided not to participate because they did not want to be filmed.
>>
>> jamie.
>>
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