Hi Peggy, I hope this email finds you well and contented in a world with so many different challenges. I want to share some joy that I felt when I lost - then just last week found - all of my video files of the OsonOSinOZ conrference in Marysville in 2002.
In preparation for our move to the beach [Yay! It's fantastic and we'll NEVER go back to the Big Smoke], I set about digitising all of my hundreds of miniDV videotapes. Once digitised I then disposed of the actual tapes, saving heaps of space, which was great, if a little scary. The tapes I got rid of included all of those taken at OsonOSinOZ at Marysville back in 2002. I had checked and found a folder called "All Open Space Captures" in one of my hard drives, so all was safe, or so I thought! Two years later I opened that folder and IT WAS EMPTY! I had posted all of my video interviews from Marysville on YouTube, so they were safe, but I was shattered to think I'd lost my only copies of the entire conference. Devastated? Sad? All of that and more, until last week. I was going through more of my hard drives in detail and, Lo and Behold, tucked away in a sub-folder were all of the captured tapes. They were not lost after all!! And this is especially good because so many of the videos feature the Marylands Conference Centre which, along with the town of Marysville, was totally destroyed by the massive bushfires in 2009. My videos also included the aerials shots of the guest house and the whole Marysville valley which I filmed from Nev Kennard's helicopter. Also included is the Closing Circle, which finishes with you striding towards me to present the Talking Stick and the invitation to speak. I put the camera on the carpet while I spoke and the shot shows you seated beside Brian Bainbridge, both reacting to my words. It was an incredible, energising experience and I am so grateful that the videos are safe. Having found all 9 hours of these video clips, I would like to offer them to Open Space, so they can be archived for posterity. And if anyone can come up with a little money I would gladly edit up a full version of the conference as well. The video files take up 160GB of space, so they can easily be downloaded via DropBox if you think this is worthwhile. So a New Year begins on a surprisingly upbeat note. And speaking of notes, I have recently become part of a little group of singers here at the beach, so I have brought out my guitars and am thoroughly enjoying singing for the sheer joy of it, with people who just love singing together for fun - a bit like that amazing sing-along we all had at Marysville. My most recent work involves filming glass artists as they prepare their masterpieces and explain why they are addicted to working with this amazing medium. You can see many of my videos on my current website at www.imaginaction.net.au <http://www.imaginaction.net.au> With fond thoughts and many great memories, Peggy, David Dr David Smith BSc(Hons) PhD FRSA Trading as imaginACTION 16 Narawi Avenue Clifton Springs Victoria 3222 AUSTRALIA m 0411 444 048 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.imaginaction.net.au <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.imaginaction.net.au _&d=DwMFAg&c=8AeiiN1T4UEbtmj4a5r9gg&r=RgBRzwHXqv3k0VBt3C3o7wYdXeaLwfMHXNnXhk 2EfmY&m=dXOZIoqmSsKOfOudnCqqmVy6fJymapkESs5t3H7g1hE&s=baxFXUTHVEYJORfIGoKyxi _qZriM_fyAtaOJrOScbpQ&e=> iA imaginACTION Winner 2016 Victorian Community History Award for Historical Interpretation Duldig Studio Documentaries DVD Outright Winner Best e-Learning Resource International e-Learning Association National Student Wellbeing Hub Winner, Best Animation & Video in Multimedia ATOM International Awards Waypoint 1 dual-CD set (Multimedia Victoria) Overall Winner, Australian Achiever Awards Victorian TV, Film, Audio and Video
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