Friday 03/28/2025
Took a somewhat shorter walk in the morning. Because I had an idea and limited time to work it out. Today at 2pm the AV group would meet, and in the middle of the night I conceived something I wanted to share with them. I wanted to impress them, especially the newer members, that the auditorium with all its gear, cameras, projector, sound and computers, all that was ours to play with. Everybody in the group could come into the auditorium when they had time free and no events were in progress (which is most of the time) and just turn things on and play around.
That was the general message but I wanted to make it explicit. So in the wee hours of the morning I composed a little self-study course in how to use our three cameras and the video switcher and the box for controlling them.
On the way out to my walk I stopped and took a few pictures with my phone. After my walk I spent three hours fixing up the pictures and dropping them into a document with what I think are very clear directions on how to explore the features of the cameras. If a person sits at the AV desk and goes through this line by line, doing all the things it says, they will understand our camera setup. And should have fun doing it.
So at the meeting I gave that message and handed out 4 copies of the document (all I felt like printing with my ink) but later sent out a PDF to everyone.
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