Comments on: RPV Convention Embraces New Media http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/ Blog-Fu for Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park politics. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:06:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Lulu U. Parsnips http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84996 Lulu U. Parsnips Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:12:31 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84996 You can't help but run into Ben Tribbett. He's really porked out! What happened, did he get into a Twinkie eating contest with Joey? You can’t help but run into Ben Tribbett. He’s really porked out! What happened, did he get into a Twinkie eating contest with Joey?

]]> By: zuzu http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84953 zuzu Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:50:39 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84953 I was at that convention (great vibes all around) and the most inspiring speaker I heard was the young cadet commander from VA Tech, Adnan Barqawi, who came here from Kuwait to attend college. WOW, what a speech and what a story!!! He has a message everyone needs to hear and he had us up on our feet through most of his speech. He reminds us of so many things we have forgotten about or taken for granted in this great country. What is really interesting is to hear his perspective on what it is to be a “new citizen” and how diversity really means “embracing your new culture, rather than expecting your new culture to embrace YOU”. “I have learned the meaning of individual respionsibility, that no one is in charge of my welfare except myself”. He was dynamic, to say the least. His speech is on youtube in 2 parts, both of which I’ve included. Take a few minutes, listen to him and (regardless of your party), be inspired by what he has to say. Enjoy Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_0L2ZJAvQ&feature=related Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejvNWt65VI&feature=related I was at that convention (great vibes all around) and the most inspiring speaker I heard was the young cadet commander from VA Tech, Adnan Barqawi, who came here from Kuwait to attend college.
WOW, what a speech and what a story!!! He has a message everyone needs to hear and he had us up on our feet through most of his speech. He reminds us of so many things we have forgotten about or taken for granted in this great country. What is really interesting is to hear his perspective on what it is to be a “new citizen” and how diversity really means “embracing your new culture, rather than expecting your new culture to embrace YOU”. “I have learned the meaning of individual respionsibility, that no one is in charge of my welfare except myself”. He was dynamic, to say the least.
His speech is on youtube in 2 parts, both of which I’ve included.
Take a few minutes, listen to him and (regardless of your party), be inspired by what he has to say.
Enjoy

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_0L2ZJAvQ&feature=related

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejvNWt65VI&feature=related

]]> By: Tom White http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84944 Tom White Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:15:51 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84944 Rusty McGuire sent out an email today with the link to the interview. He and his campaign manager were blown away by the professional product. Rusty sends his thanks for a job well done, Greg! I am looking forward to doing more of this type of thing and have offered Tom Whitmore a hand at the next event. You guys did a lot of hard work and I feel it is my duty to help out if I can. Many thanks to all involved! Rusty McGuire sent out an email today with the link to the interview. He and his campaign manager were blown away by the professional product. Rusty sends his thanks for a job well done, Greg!

I am looking forward to doing more of this type of thing and have offered Tom Whitmore a hand at the next event. You guys did a lot of hard work and I feel it is my duty to help out if I can.

Many thanks to all involved!

]]> By: Loudoun Insider http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84940 Loudoun Insider Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:17:23 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84940 Awesome job, Greg! Sorry I missed you there. Awesome job, Greg! Sorry I missed you there.

]]> By: Greg L http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84938 Greg L Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:00:55 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84938 Charles, you are more right than you probably realize. All this happened because Jeff Frederick got the ball rolling, and the New Media Committee members were dedicated enough to keep it going and demonstrate to the new leadership the original vision at work here. Charles, you are more right than you probably realize. All this happened because Jeff Frederick got the ball rolling, and the New Media Committee members were dedicated enough to keep it going and demonstrate to the new leadership the original vision at work here.

]]> By: Greg L http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84937 Greg L Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:57:05 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84937 Brian, I didn't have a video matrix switcher to both take the feed from the cameras for recording as well as the video feed going out over ustream. About ten minutes before the convention on Saturday I got the word that we wouldn't be doing a live "half-time" show and had to reconfigure all the A/V systems to run parallel production systems -- one for the studio and one for ustream. We separated the video streams before the convention started, and finally managed to cobble together all the parts we needed to separate the audio streams about an hour or so into the convention with only a minor interruption in the audio for ustream. The short answer is that no, I couldn't capture the floor production feed. Too bad. There are lots of folks out there clamoring for bits and pieces of that, and in hindsight I wish I had pushed to make that happen. Oh, well. Lesson learned for next time. I'm still trying to see if the company that managed the big screens and floor production has something. On the positive side, one of the very few speeches I was able to get was Sean Hannity's speech. I was on extreme zoom (20x) with one of my cameras, and it was still a rather too-wide shot but the audio is good and the video has cutaways to audience reaction during the speech. We had some downtime with the studio when Sean was speaking, waiting for parts to separate the audio streams, so I took that opportunity to do what I could with the equipment at hand. Wish I could have done more, but I spent way too much as it was putting together all the equipment we absolutely needed. I really could have used about $20K more of equipment, but I just wasn't in a position to even go out and rent the full suite I wish I could have had at my disposal. We had some generous funding from the House Republican Caucus and put it to good use, but I suppose there's always the idea that with more, you can do more. The Hannity speech should be up sometime this evening. Brian, I didn’t have a video matrix switcher to both take the feed from the cameras for recording as well as the video feed going out over ustream. About ten minutes before the convention on Saturday I got the word that we wouldn’t be doing a live “half-time” show and had to reconfigure all the A/V systems to run parallel production systems — one for the studio and one for ustream. We separated the video streams before the convention started, and finally managed to cobble together all the parts we needed to separate the audio streams about an hour or so into the convention with only a minor interruption in the audio for ustream.

The short answer is that no, I couldn’t capture the floor production feed. Too bad. There are lots of folks out there clamoring for bits and pieces of that, and in hindsight I wish I had pushed to make that happen. Oh, well. Lesson learned for next time. I’m still trying to see if the company that managed the big screens and floor production has something.

On the positive side, one of the very few speeches I was able to get was Sean Hannity’s speech. I was on extreme zoom (20x) with one of my cameras, and it was still a rather too-wide shot but the audio is good and the video has cutaways to audience reaction during the speech. We had some downtime with the studio when Sean was speaking, waiting for parts to separate the audio streams, so I took that opportunity to do what I could with the equipment at hand.

Wish I could have done more, but I spent way too much as it was putting together all the equipment we absolutely needed. I really could have used about $20K more of equipment, but I just wasn’t in a position to even go out and rent the full suite I wish I could have had at my disposal. We had some generous funding from the House Republican Caucus and put it to good use, but I suppose there’s always the idea that with more, you can do more.

The Hannity speech should be up sometime this evening.

]]> By: charles http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84936 charles Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:53:15 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84936 Well, it seems this year's convention, the end result of a year of re-forming the party apparatus by Jeff Frederick, was MUCH BETTER than the convention last year run by the old guard. Jeff may have been polarizing, but he promised to bring the party into the 21st century, and it sounds like that worked well. Well, it seems this year’s convention, the end result of a year of re-forming the party apparatus by Jeff Frederick, was MUCH BETTER than the convention last year run by the old guard. Jeff may have been polarizing, but he promised to bring the party into the 21st century, and it sounds like that worked well.

]]> By: Crystal Clear Conservative http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84935 Crystal Clear Conservative Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:29:38 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84935 Thank you Greg! You did a great job on both Friday and Saturday. Thank you Greg! You did a great job on both Friday and Saturday.

]]> By: Brian Leeper http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84934 Brian Leeper Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:55:53 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84934 Did anyone record the feed that was going to the video projectors? Did anyone record the feed that was going to the video projectors?

]]> By: J.R. Hoeft http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84933 J.R. Hoeft Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:29:33 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84933 As well as a big ol' thank you to you, Greg. You did a fantastic job on Saturday. Truly yeoman's work. Kudos! As well as a big ol’ thank you to you, Greg. You did a fantastic job on Saturday. Truly yeoman’s work.

Kudos!

]]> By: Greg L http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84932 Greg L Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:15:27 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84932 Brian, the studio was quiet at that point and I may have a significant portion of it that I shot at extreme zoom with one of the cameras I was using. Probably not the greatest quality, but I'll take a look. YankeePhil, the RPV New Media Committee came up with this -- Steve Albertson, Cort Pubrese and Tom Whitmore were the prime movers on this. There are a lot of other folks to thank as well, including the McDonnell campaign, Chairman Mullins, The House Republican Caucus and more. The list gets so large, you almost have to simply thank the Republican Party of Virginia as a whole. Brian, the studio was quiet at that point and I may have a significant portion of it that I shot at extreme zoom with one of the cameras I was using. Probably not the greatest quality, but I’ll take a look.

YankeePhil, the RPV New Media Committee came up with this — Steve Albertson, Cort Pubrese and Tom Whitmore were the prime movers on this. There are a lot of other folks to thank as well, including the McDonnell campaign, Chairman Mullins, The House Republican Caucus and more. The list gets so large, you almost have to simply thank the Republican Party of Virginia as a whole.

]]> By: yankeePhil http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84930 yankeePhil Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:23:41 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84930 Good Job Greg. Iwonder whois responsible for this leap into new media? Good Job Greg. Iwonder whois responsible for this leap into new media?

]]> By: Brian Leeper http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84928 Brian Leeper Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:39:34 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2009/06/02/rpv-convention-embraces-new-media/#comment-84928 Anyone know a link to the complete Hannity video? Anyone know a link to the complete Hannity video?

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