Re: postgres conferences missing videos?

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:55:20PM +0100, Aljoša Mohorović wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:45 PM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
> > Who proposes, volunteers!  How are you going to help?
>
> being on a different continent and unable to attend doesn't actually
> enable me to do something.

Not so, by a long shot. If this is actually important to you, there
are plenty of ways you could help, not least by funding the effort.

Capable videographers are not cheap, and if you think we can get away
with having amateurs, try watching a 45-minute talk recorded by an
amateur, or better still, try coordinating the efforts of at least
three people per talk, as you'll need massive redundancy.

When professionals volunteer their time, they still have expenses like
travel, storage media, etc., and you can help defray those.

What you really, really need to stop doing is proposing that others do
an enormous amount of work for your benefit without offering to help.
You have two choices here that would be constructive: offer to help
(much better) or keep quiet (at least not whiny).

Cheers,
David.
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