On Mar 13, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Steve Feldman <feld...@twincreeks.net> wrote: > On Mar 13, 2017, at 2:52 PM, Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: >> >> Another organization I'm in has a hard policy of no recordings of any >> sessions at their conferences. They think that recordings of content (even >> vendor-sponsored, vendor-specific sessions with vendor consent) would have a >> catastrophic effect on conference attendance. >> >> NANOG doesn't seem to have that issue. Any background on the process to get >> there? Any regrets? >> > > Many attendees also find value in the parts of the conference that aren't > recorded, like hallway conversations, informal meetings, and even social > events. > > Keeping and maintaining the archive of slides and video recordings is an > essential part of NANOG's educational mission, which was key to obtaining and > maintaining the IRS 401(c)(3) nonprofit status. > > So at least for the time I was on the Board, not only were there no regrets, > but we worked hard to maintain and enhance the video experience.
<speaking only for myself> Speakers are informed they are going to be recorded. If they have sensitive information, they can choose a track and ask it not be recorded. NANOG has done this in the past, but you should talk to the Program Committee if you are interested in this. -- TTFN, patrick
