[MR] Off the wall Idea

[Aaron Chusid]

So the best way to achieve it would be have someone take it on as a personal
project, rather than try to get it going as a baronial, kingdom, or
society-level endeavor?

Aaron Chusid
aaron.chusid at gmail.com


On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:59 PM, William Faleston <faleston at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pardon my pessimism, but this is another great idea doomed from the start
> by
> excessive caution and institutional bureaucracy.
>
> This would be laughably easy to do. I could do it next week and broadcast
> it
> live to the world over the web. You need  the following.
> -a decent camera
> -a tripod
> -a laptop
> -an broadband Internet connection at the event site
> -a free account on uStream
>
> If you want to get fancy, get two mics, a soundboard and two Dukes who like
> to talk and can crack the occasional joke.
> You could even work in A&S and other activities by having an interview
> corner where people are ready to show off their art during breaks in the
> tourney.
>
> But this won't happen, and it ties in to the discussions we've been having
> on recruting/retaining new members. It won't happen because people will
> demand excessive control over the final product, everyone will demand that
> their own favorite sacred cow be included with equal time, and non-lawyers
> will invent new objections that real lawyers would never bother with.
>
> 21st century media is fast, diverse, sometimes messy and defies easy
> control. If we want to reach young people, we should embrace it. I don't
> see
> that happening.
>
> Just my 2 cents
> William de Faleston