Re: COMMON -Thoughts

Vincent,

In a message dated 97-04-22 04:40:56 EDT, you write:

> > Dean wrote:
> >Let me get this straight.  The same group of people that griped about
COMMON
>  >raising their rates a year or so ago is now wanting everything
VIDEOTAPED?
>  > Can you imagine the effort, personnel, money, and equipment involved in
>  >taping 20-30 presentations every hour for five days?!?  I know that there
are
>  >several repeat sessions and some that run for more than an hour, but come
on
>  >folks!
>  > <etc., etc.>
>  
>  now, now Dean.  I'm very willing to PAY for the tapes (I do this with
other
>  conferences) and certainly would not want attendees subsidizing the same.
>  
>  A lot of trade shows do sell audio tapes of sessions, at approx $12 @.
 I'm
>  sure this more than covers the costs and provides them a handsome profit
as
>  well.  The tapes are usually un-edited.  Making them is just a matter of
>  feeding the microphone audio into a recorder - not much more work than is
>  already done in the session.

Usually true BUT in many US cities you'll need a union video technician, who
in turn will require a union sound man, both of whom will require at least
two union lackeys apiece to stand around and drink coffee while they "work"
and who may require lackeys of their own to stand around and drink coffee
while they "work" (and so on and so on) -- especially in the large forums
that COMMON requires.  I would pay $12 myself for a tape, but somehow doubt
that this would be the end price!  Feel free to have it done, I just don't
want to subsidize it...

>  Even for this price, I find these tapes well worth it.  I do sometimes
have
>  to drive long distances to customer sites (2-3 hours to San Diego) & given
>  a choice of Howard Stern or an audio tape of some technical talk, I'm
>  afraid Howard Stern often loses.

I agree (although I may have to reconsider if John Boy & Billy are in the
area.  It's a Southern thing).  Right now, I guess I'll have to stick with my
foreign language tapes.

>  Sorry Howard.  I didn't see your movie either.

Neither did I.

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." --
Sir Winston Churchill
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