[ale] Meetup renewal time

[DJ-Pfulio]

There are tax implications for Jim using paypaypaypal and if meetup
_contributions_ are used.

As far as how/where any funds are used, provided it is openly known, I
be happy.

What do do with more money?

I suggest hidef video recording for presentations and hosting to make
those recordings available about a month after the presentation (or
delayed as long as the speaker requires, but not more than 6 months).

                      Forget live streaming.

Live streaming is very easy for low-quality streams, but that usually is
NOT sufficient to actually be useful. Other groups have been struggling
with this issue - ask Scott. Assuming no computers are purchased, I have
a working solution for this stuff
* HDMI recorder - $80 (needs a 32G+ USB2 storage device - NTFS)
* webcam (talking head) - $50-$120
* lapel mic w/ long cord - $30
$230 - total.
All video and audio software is F/LOSS to produce the output. OBS,
audacity, handbrake, ... I have a slide listing all the tools. ;)

Recorded Phil's talk on OpenVPN VLANs a few months ago. Don't have
anywhere to post it. Because I missed the beginning audio, not sure how
useful the video is.  Need a place to host the 960p, 850MB, 30min video.
 That is the resolution needed to read the screen. Without that
resolution, it isn't useful, IMHO.  I still need to add a lead-in and
trailer before posting.  I simply don't have the bandwidth to host
videos and will NOT use google/youtube.

I'm happy to present on the setup and post-processing, if there is
interest. More "show-and-tell" style than I'm-a-Video-Expert.

If we want to make a learning center for Linux like Linux Camp, then the
sky is the limit. Training for non-beginner Linux Admins:
https://gitlab.com/sofreeus/linux_camp


On 05/10/16 09:34, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Left out the need for the SSN or EIN for the wepay account holder.
> Probably no big deal but that puts me as a defacto 'in charge person'.
> That decision requires more input than just from me.
> 
> Maybe we should have that organization discussion sooner rather than later.
> 
> On May 10, 2016 9:11 AM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com
> <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     4.5% + $0.20 per transaction for meetup plus 3% + $0.30 per
>     transaction for the payment processor.
> 
>     On May 9, 2016 1:31 PM, "Lightner, Jeffrey"
>     <JLightner at dsservices.com <mailto:JLightner at dsservices.com>> wrote:
> 
>         Before you changed the meetup to merge with others a few months
>         ago the original had a button or something for contributing.  I
>         had actually tried to use that button but it said it had been
>         disabled (presumably because you wanted people to use the new
>         group).   You might want to check the admin settings for Meetup
>         to see if it has place for donations or funding as I suspect it
>         is just a setting.   Turning it on might be helpful as people
>         might use it when they have a spare moment and are thinking
>         about it rather than you having to do a fund raising every few
>         months.____
>