Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Convention

["Trent McNelly" <trent@ktuu.com>]

Hello everyone,
I'm new to the group and really looking forward to attending the convention.
As it happens, I work for a television station and can make mass VHS copies
for cost.  I can duplicate tapes in lots of up to100 for the cost of the
blank tapes.  My cost for a blank 2 hour VHS tape is about $2.20 and shorter
tapes (30s, 60s or 90s) are even cheaper.  I can make DVD's in real time,
but only one at a time.  Let me know if this is something that would be
helpful.  I can also provide some production equipment if needed, but I'm
coming from Alaska and am trying to keep my baggage under control.

Trent McNelly
Operations Manager
KTUU-2, Anchorage
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Keefer" <Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Convention


> Hi,
>
> Out of the 7 lectures only 6 produced usable material. Of those I only
> have written permission to reproduce 3.
>
> I can easily produce a viewable VHS copy for viewing at the
> convention but as yet have not gone out to get dupicates made. The
> numbers I got were:
>
> $50 for every two hour segment onto a master DVD
>          $30 for every copy
>
> You guys really want to pay $30 plus postage plus prorated production
> fee for for three lectures?
>
> Regards,
> Ray
>
> Alec Smyth wrote:
> > Just to clarify this... I'll be happy to tape and edit. The work should
> > take me about 2 weeks to complete, based on my experience last year (and
> > hopefully I've learned something since then!) The media will cost about
> > $100, which PSUBS can consider a donation. However, what I cannot do is
> > mass produce DVDs, because my burner takes a huge amount of time to do
> > each one. I remember leaving it working overnight last year. It was so
> > time-consuming that I couldn't face producing a second set for myself,
> > and sent Ray the originals.
> >
> > If anyone has the capacity to make lots of copies, whether on DVD or
> > VHS, I'm sure Ray would like to hear from you. The "raw material" for
> > such a copying operation could be either DVDs or DV tapes, in NTSC
> > format, but I have no VHS equipment.
> >
> > I was just afraid that reading the preceding message, folks might get
> > the impression they could "order" DVDs from me, when I just don't have
> > the ability to produce them.
> >
> > It would be *really* nice if last year's talks were available at this
> > year's convention, after all the work the presenters put into their
> > talks and the effort Ray put into organizing it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alec
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Wallace [mailto:jon@psubs.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 2:40 PM
> > To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Convention
> >
> >
> >>Is Carsten coming to the convention!!!  For those of us not able to
> >>attend will there be any type of Q&A  with and internet hook up?
> >
> >
> > Just to confirm what Ray said.  Carsten has already said that he will
> > not be attending the conference this year.  The conference will not be
> > webcast and I don't believe we have an Internet connection available
> > in the conference room.  However, Alec Smyth has offered to tape the
> > event and create CD's or DVD's for distribution after the fact.  It
> > will be up to Alec to determine what the cost of the disks will be
> > but I'm sure we'll have more info in late August.
> >
> > This is probably a good reminder however.  We are exactly one month
> > away from the convention.  There are still some people who have not
> > submitted payment yet, so please send it in or use PayPal asap so we
> > can cover expenses.  Also, if you are a presenter, please forward me
> > your presentation in .doc, .ppt, or .pdf format so people can follow
> > along in their binders.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jon
>
>