The Vancouver Hyatt is very nice. This may as well be a photo of my room. I guess they all look the same, like they were dropped directly out of Robert Palmer tour video.
Communications
With that said, they charge the usual appendage ($15/24hrs) for high speed access. I'm coasting on whatever nearby networks I can, occasionally coffee shops when I'm not on duty, and my posting will be spotty, as in Beam Me Up, spotty. Also my Canadian roaming on Verizon is the magical .69 cents a minute, so my phone is disabled and spotty communication all 'round.
BMC UserWorld 20071030-1102
at Vancouver Convention and Exhibit Centre or see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Convention_&_Exhibition_Centre
Conference Recording Service cohort:
Abraham Haviv, arriving October 30 and departing Nov. 2nd.
Julia Harrell, arriving October 28th and departing November 2nd.
Lou Judson and Coleen Burrows, arriving October 30th and departing Nov. 3rd.
We took over the "Servery" on the 2nd level (floor plan here, if you are interested), a service kitchen in the midst of one block of rooms. We are running:
I may write more here later about our joys and concerns during this gig. The BMC A/V crew has one less member than 2006 at the SF Hilton and are suffering from one internal relational issue having to do with a boss feeling profoundly ill informed by a direct report and spending a bunch of time increasing everyone's tension and being crotchety. They are ill prepared, especially compared to last year which was SMOOTH, and didn't know how they were going to mic the rooms until long after we were ready to start laying recording XLR cable. More later, maybe.
Almost always, my Conference Recording Service gigs double as research into the development of the Process Arts (thereby justifying the inclusion of this work in Association Building Community's "Saving Sounds" budget line) because the forward edge thinkers who speak are on the wave that doesn't know it reflects an entire discipline yet. Most luminaries in "progressive" work are calling for a process shift from what we make to working with how we make it, thereby indicating this "new" field. CRS' annual work for BMC might seem incongruous because it is right up next to Big Business' income-yoked Bottom Line. But it too is a part of the Process Arts and doesn't know it. BMC's primary products track work flow and how just about everything gets done, thereby drawing everyone's attention to the Process by way of their profit motive. Fascinating windows onto the doorway to the Normal business world and also the potential shadow of the Process Arts as a whole.
Friday and Saturday evenings I had the pleasure of listening to Kristian Alexandrov (keys), Leslie Mounteney (vocals), and John Nolan (drums) perform live jazz at the Hyatt. It was indeed a pleasure.
The Unit
I can't help but reflect on teamwork, etc. when I am engaged in any group activity. One of my favorite playwrite/writer/directors is David Mamet. I'll list his achievements another time but I read or see anything he creates and have included him in my dissertation. Recently I've been watching his TV series (never thought it was possible he would shift this far into TV) called The Unit, a counter-terrorism drama based on Eric Haney's book Inside Delta Force. The word I would use to describe Mamet, not because it is True but because it is apparently characteristic, is "uncompromising" and he works with people who also carry the mystique that accompanies that word related to character, integrity, and honor with a major dose of post-modern realpolitik and con. Fascinating to watch myself watching it and listen to my thoughts as I wonder into the choices made. It draws me into feelings of power and fantasies of purpose even as I sit, physically inert, participating in the video medium.
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Communications
With that said, they charge the usual appendage ($15/24hrs) for high speed access. I'm coasting on whatever nearby networks I can, occasionally coffee shops when I'm not on duty, and my posting will be spotty, as in Beam Me Up, spotty. Also my Canadian roaming on Verizon is the magical .69 cents a minute, so my phone is disabled and spotty communication all 'round.
BMC UserWorld 20071030-1102
at Vancouver Convention and Exhibit Centre or see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Convention_&_Exhibition_Centre
Conference Recording Service cohort:
Abraham Haviv, arriving October 30 and departing Nov. 2nd.
Julia Harrell, arriving October 28th and departing November 2nd.
Lou Judson and Coleen Burrows, arriving October 30th and departing Nov. 3rd.
We took over the "Servery" on the 2nd level (floor plan here, if you are interested), a service kitchen in the midst of one block of rooms. We are running:
- two wireless receiver racks belonging to BMC
- one block of rooms (17-20) wireless in the rooms but hardwired to our recording station
- two rooms into Zoom H4 mp3 recorders
- three ballrooms into Marantz mp3 recorders and
- running backup analog cassettes to the all rooms on the 2nd level except those going to the Zooms
I may write more here later about our joys and concerns during this gig. The BMC A/V crew has one less member than 2006 at the SF Hilton and are suffering from one internal relational issue having to do with a boss feeling profoundly ill informed by a direct report and spending a bunch of time increasing everyone's tension and being crotchety. They are ill prepared, especially compared to last year which was SMOOTH, and didn't know how they were going to mic the rooms until long after we were ready to start laying recording XLR cable. More later, maybe.
Almost always, my Conference Recording Service gigs double as research into the development of the Process Arts (thereby justifying the inclusion of this work in Association Building Community's "Saving Sounds" budget line) because the forward edge thinkers who speak are on the wave that doesn't know it reflects an entire discipline yet. Most luminaries in "progressive" work are calling for a process shift from what we make to working with how we make it, thereby indicating this "new" field. CRS' annual work for BMC might seem incongruous because it is right up next to Big Business' income-yoked Bottom Line. But it too is a part of the Process Arts and doesn't know it. BMC's primary products track work flow and how just about everything gets done, thereby drawing everyone's attention to the Process by way of their profit motive. Fascinating windows onto the doorway to the Normal business world and also the potential shadow of the Process Arts as a whole.
Friday and Saturday evenings I had the pleasure of listening to Kristian Alexandrov (keys), Leslie Mounteney (vocals), and John Nolan (drums) perform live jazz at the Hyatt. It was indeed a pleasure.
The Unit
I can't help but reflect on teamwork, etc. when I am engaged in any group activity. One of my favorite playwrite/writer/directors is David Mamet. I'll list his achievements another time but I read or see anything he creates and have included him in my dissertation. Recently I've been watching his TV series (never thought it was possible he would shift this far into TV) called The Unit, a counter-terrorism drama based on Eric Haney's book Inside Delta Force. The word I would use to describe Mamet, not because it is True but because it is apparently characteristic, is "uncompromising" and he works with people who also carry the mystique that accompanies that word related to character, integrity, and honor with a major dose of post-modern realpolitik and con. Fascinating to watch myself watching it and listen to my thoughts as I wonder into the choices made. It draws me into feelings of power and fantasies of purpose even as I sit, physically inert, participating in the video medium.
Labels: Canada, conference, daily, travel
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