Originally Posted By: psabados This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
No matter how well you plan, plan on having a glitch or two.
There's been a change to the Saturday session programs. We could not negoitate satisfactory terms with Jon Drake on the 8 hr heating session. So the "Plan B" went into effect. On Saturday the block reserved for Heating will be altered slightly. Kenny Hart has agreed to put on his session which is approximately 4 hrs in length. Gerry Beaumont has also agreed to put on another session, this one will deal with manufactured housing.
None of the particulars of these courses are in our hands as of today. So as soon as we have all of the bio's and session descriptions we will get them posted on the website. Hopefully this should be the last of the changes as far as the education is concerned
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, phone, IM or email. Hope to see you all there
Originally Posted By: cmccann This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Paul,
On the registration site, the length of times for many of the classes are not given. Am I missing something? Hard to register if we don't know how long the classes are. Thanks,
Take page 9 Session Topic Preferences and write in your selections from pages 10 and 11. Pages 9 & 10 Have the day, the start time and the room location. If a class is longer than 2 hrs you can see how its blocked out.
After you make your selections and write them in on Page 9, take that finished page and go to the registration page. Go down the list and enter your selections. Also make note that on Sunday there are no sessions scheduled for 8:00 am. Plan on attending the Opening Session.
Originally Posted By: psabados This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Ben, Roy and others
Yes we thought about it. Several problems and difficulties come to mind. Number one, have you ever watched a poorly shot training program? I have, and its not fun and in most cases difficult to follow. Filming is very important and a single fixed camera in most cases will not cut it. Two; miking the instructor is fine but remarks or questions from the students is difficult to pick up. Three; even more difficult would be sessions that are hands on or mockups are involved. Four; it would probably take 3-4 camera's with mutliple mikes involved to get the angles and images including classroom response. Fifth; editing of all of the video shot to make one presentable video or dvd. One simple two hour session would probably take about 40 to prepare. Sixth; multiply the fact that at any given time during the session period that 5 other sessions are being held.
Logistics, very difficult. 18-24 camera's and operators required times three or four sessions per day. It's a task that we're just not ready to attempt yet, from a manpower or equipment standpoint.
Oh yeah, forgot about another point. Some of the instructors will be presenting copyrighted materials and when that happens, usually a high cost is involved for distribution purposes.
I hope this answers your question and if you have any suggestions we would be willing to listen and possibly take them into consideration for future events.