Hi all,
I want to chime in with an explanation for the delay in posting these, and the fact that some of them are without an accompanying recording. The Oregon Convention Center's A/V team failed to record several presentations. We were extremely disappointed to hear about this failure shortly after the conference concluded, and it has been an arduous task to get the seminars that they succeeded in recording from them.
Here is a brief re-cap, as summed up by the Oregon Convention Center's A/V director:
It was a combination of things – equipment and human failure. A perfect storm as they say.
We subcontracted the recording piece as we were tapped for people and inventory by that point- 2 weeks out. So, that put our vendor under pressure to find six capable people. They’re a great partner and we’ve never had any issues with them in the past.
One of the techs was obviously out of his depth and messed up all but one of his records out of three days worth of sessions. This despite my checking in everyday, at least twice and having one of our staff on hand if he needed anything.
A hard drive failed on one day losing three sessions.
One of my techs mysteriously missed a session.
I missed that they had two sessions from 2pm - 4pm on the last day when all the rest of the rooms were turning.
I can think of things I would do differently and some of this was just bad luck too. Very frustrating.
I appreciate everyone's patience, and I know that it was difficult to wait this long without an explanation. We hope that you all enjoy the seminars now that they have been posted. If you have any issues with a particular seminar, please email me and I will be happy to help: matt@brewersassociation.org
Thanks, all! Happy brewing!