I think this is a great fund-raising/support opportunity --not bad optics. You might be surprised at how many local people would take advantage of this. I have folks who work with me (here in NJ) that will still avoid any group activities due to health/Delta Variant concerns. I know that I'm not the main draw here, but I'd be happy to saddle up to a keyboard to do a virtual Q&A after my presentations. I may not be the only presenter to say that. It could be a value-added thing that lets those disinclined to attend still contribute and participate. Time is short, but maybe a "virtual ticket" to ALL talks via Zoom or another system may be easier. It would allow a resolution to this problem, and possibly create another level of attendance. PPV would be per-talk and only draw a small revenue in specific instances. On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:47 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:34 PM Bruce via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Okay, but why live? Why not some paid access to the recorded events? Time
Because people want to see it *now* and we can perhaps allow Q & A from the online people. The paid live option is for people that don't want to wait.
The recordings of the show will be released many weeks after the show for free on YouTube. We never really considered paying for access to those.
zones exist. Bruce NJ
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:20 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I'm thinking about making a pay-per-view option for VCF East 2021 which would stream the speakers live. There are many people who are overseas who can't come and others who can't attend in person in the US.
I have two recommendations so far, but does any one have any recommendations?
Thanks! ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President & Board Member Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity http://www.vcfed.org/ jeffrey@vcfed.org