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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I live in <st1:place w:st="on">Silicon
Valley</st1:place>. I attend a ham radio club meeting every couple of
months.<br>
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We usually try to stream the video and audio of our meetings onto the Internet,
since some of our members live as much as 200 miles from the meeting locations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Nevertheless – our live
streaming is a hit or miss affair. I estimate that we are successful at
getting the video and audio streamed effectively maybe 2/3 of the time.
But - as you can imagine from where I live, we probably have an even
higher percentage of IT experts at our meetings than the LP has at LNC
Meetings. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>In other words: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I understand the motivation to
make sure that Republican and Democrat National Committee members can be
thoroughly briefed with the future plans of the Libertarian Party – in real
time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Nevertheless, at this point in the
evolution of streaming video technology, our members should not be surprised if
it takes a year or more to get to the point where we will almost always be
successful at broadcasting the audio and video of LNC meetings to our
competitors.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Wes Benedict<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 28, 2014
8:21 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> lnc-business@hq.lp.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Lnc-business] record
& stream next LNC meeting</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Chairman Sarwark has
asked me to make sure the next LNC meeting is recorded and streamed live (sound
and video). Staff can make this happen. However, if there is someone on the LNC
who can take responsibility for this, that would be nice, and might save on
expenses at future meetings that aren't in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:place></st1:City>. <br>
<br>
Quite often I've seen situations where people have offered to video tape or
stream something, and then they have been unable to follow through for various
reasons, technical and otherwise. Additionally, I've seen good quality, and
terrible quality results. For this reason, I'd like to see duplicate
streaming of this next meeting in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:place></st1:City>
so we can compare results and see if one arrangement works significantly better
than the other. <br>
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I'll make sure staff has at least one broadcast running. I'd like to see a
member of the LNC streaming a second broadcast. If you're willing to do this,
please provide your own camera, software, choose your own broadcast service,
etc. We'll make sure an internet connection from the hotel is promised, but if
you bring your own 3G/4G service or whatever and it works, that's bonus points
to you. Hotel wifi seems to be promised, but tends not to work so well so
often. If you give us a link to where you are broadcasting the meeting, we'll
embed it or link to it on a blog entry on LP.org.<br>
<br>
The following are things that I'll be looking for to gauge our success:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>video quality<br>
sound quality<br>
How well do the video and sound capture all meeting participants?<br>
How often does the broadcast stop working?<br>
Was the setup ready and working at the start of the meeting and did it cover
the entire meeting?<br>
How simple is the setup? We might be doing these at every meeting.<br>
Do you blame the hotel for poor quality results, or can you get a quality
broadcast out in spite of a hotel?<br>
<br>
Anybody want to step and take this one?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-- <br>
Wes Benedict, Executive Director<br>
</span></font><font size=1><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Libertarian National
Committee, Inc.”</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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