Digital Media Committee Meeting 9/13/2015

Natasha Cooks is stepping down as Digital Media chair. Jay Johnson will be committee chair of Digital Media pending board approval.

Open house

First impression is important with new iteration of committee
Short term goals:
- Get initial courses on calendar
- Get some introductory media

New 'Workhorse' machine immediate priority
Alex bought high speed SD card for video. Card is in Sony RX10 camera now.
Camera with firmware update can do higher speed video.
No deep freeze desired on pc at this time
Do we have server available currently for network rendering?
- Chuck to call Robert to see if we can have servers for this
- Jay would like 5 servers for rendering.
Chuck says Sony RX10 is not allowed to leave space under current rules
Lights needed. Only lighting is currently 2 softboxes on loan from Ken Purcell.

Idea kicked around of overtaking conference room as control room. This would be a big request. No action at this time.
Lighting for DM studio room:
- Chuck can handle moving drop ceiling lights, adding switch, etc
- Tom suggests florescent lighting diffusion from Costco to soften for editing purposes
Chuck recommends getting small core of people together to cover events/make videos for the makerspace
Should we reach out to PR?
- YouTube is a marketing/PR opportunity
Should we have YouTube manager?
Jay suggests having other committees film their events and we provide editing services
- Man power (volunteer) required for editing event vids

Jay wants to put teaching priority on editing
Mitch suggests filming existing DMS classes
Class suggestions:
- How to contribute to YouTube class
- How to shoot video with your dslr
- How to use camera class - Mitch has experience