Minutes of Meeting 05-31-05

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CCTV News Group, 5/31/05

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In attendance: Ken, Jonah, Buz, Jennifer, Angel, Jim, Matt.

6:30-7:30: Producers check in.

   Matt: Matt and Birget have been editing their Cambridge arts piece. 
   Jim: Logged & captured Cambridge bike tour and Commuter Appreciation
       Breakfast.
   Angel: Exploring new segment possibilities
   Jonah: Shot a time-lapse day walking streets of Cambridge. We discussed
       audio possibilities and choice of total length of piece. 
   Ken showed his "spider pod" for supporting camera on shoulder. We discussed
       options for keeping shots steady. Ken brought some video of software-
       stabilized video (shown after meeting).
       

7:30: Discussed "Branding"

   We discussed the possibility of designing a "bug." We may not need one.
   We discussed tweaking the closing credits. We came up with everal ideas 
       for mixing small boxed video with text on a black background.
   Jim likes people on street introducing segments.
   Jennifer notices Jim taking notes, Jim agrees to take typed minutes at
   future meetings.

~7:50: Set date and time for next meeting, set adgenda.

   Next meeting will be next Tuesday at 6:30.
   We may start with "Reflection" and then continue with production meeting.
       Jennifer will send out an adgenda.

~8:00: Reflection

   Jennifer's role as facilitator / liaison will be ending soon. We need to fill
       her shoes.  We discussed how we might be able to do this. Jennifer 
       distributed a list of her responsibilities. We decided to assemble 
       list of responsibilities of Executive Producer (EP) and of facilitator /
       liaison and discuss how these tasks might be re-distributed after Jennifer
       leaves.
   Jennifer expresses concern about making decisions with few members in attendance.
   Jonah proposes that we post notice of impending votes/decisions over email 
       one week in advance.
   Angel summarizes from last weeks meeting: Proposal that Ken continues as
       Executive Producer, possibly joined by Steve for 3rd show.
   Ken expresses concern over diffusion of responsibility. We discuss  
       formalizing responsibilities as part of the "reflection" process.
   Ken proposes more classes, possibly a Cambridge Adult Education class to 
       promote interest in news group.
   There is some disagreement about whether facilitator and EP
       should be same/different people. This will be discussed when we break
       down roles next week.
   Jennifer points out that Edie played strong role as "shadow EP." Agrees to bring 
       list of Edie's responsibilities/contributions to next meeting.
   Proposal: all responsibilities enumerated, all vote on which are most
       important, all decide how to re-distribute those roles. 
   Meeting is over time, so much of reflection will be postponed until next
       week.

~8:45 Meeting ends.

Action items for next meeting:

Jim: Bring rough cut of bike week segment for comments at end of next meeting

All: Bring ideas for branding changes: closing credits mock-ups, opening credits remixes, etc.

Angel, Steve, Jonah: Come up with ideas for a promo for You Are Here.

Buz: Shoot some video from roof of Cambridge from above. Garage? Pru Sheraton?

Matt: Bring cut of Cambridge Arts piece

Jonah: Bring revisions to Walk Through Cambridge piece

Jennifer: Adgenda for reflection, Elaboration on Edie's role.

Ken: Elaboration of EP role for reflection

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