[Coco] CoCoFest Online - For those that just simply could not go.

[Frank Pittel]

There has never been an objection to webcasts, photographing, video taping the
cocofest. I know that in the past Alan Huffman (hope I got the spelling right and
appologize if I didn't) has brought a camcorder and recorded the activities at the
fest.

The reason Glenside has never handled that part of the fest is that the members
of the local group don't have the equipment to do it.

I'd like to point out that the fest belongs to the entire community and is made
possible by the communities support. I hope that the webstream and live chat helps
motivate more people to join us at the next and future fests!!

As a local member of GCCC I'm able to go to most of the meetings and see first
hand the amount of time and work goes into planning the fest each year and would
like to thank everyone involved for all their time and very hard work!!

The Other Frank


On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 06:55:07AM -0400, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> Happy to help.  If you enjoyed live stream, please PLEASE try to make
> it next year.  Each CoCoFest is a wonderful and unique event that can
> only truly be appreciated in person.  I hope no one is upset about me
> providing the feed.  Based on what I saw in IRC chat, it promoted the
> fest and raised interest in attending, or maybe made it suck a little
> less for those who just couldn't make it this time, rather than giving
> anyone an excuse not to go.  Trust me, the live feed was no substitute
> for being there.
> 
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > After all the chat on the list about the difficulty in setting up IRC and
> > Webcam at the CoCoFest, we were let to believe that it was an impossible
> > task given the low bandwidth Wifi connection at the fest.
> >
> > In steps Aaron Wolfe and amazed us all !!
> >
> > Aaron had his laptop sending live video via the hotels Wifi via Ustream for
> > almost the full two days of the fest, kindly moving the laptop periodically
> > for the online viewers to experience some of the fun of the Fest.
> >
> > We were able to watch live video in one window via ustream while chatting to
> > other people online and at the fest via IRC in another.
> >
> > Curtis Boyle has recorded a lot of the ustream feed and I believe will have
> > 2.5 hours available from his ftp site.
> >
> > I read several comments from people saying they wish they were there which
> > confirms my belief that the web access can actually HELP the CoCoFest by
> > encouraging people to attend the next fest.
> >
> > On behalf of all the online folks I'd like to thank Aaron for his efforts
> > and his kind support to his fellow CoCoNuts. You made us proud to be part of
> > the CoCo community.
> >
> > Thank you also to Tony Podraza of the Glenside group for allowing this to
> > happen.
> >
> > Nick Marentes
> >
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