[Chicago] jan video

[Brian Ray]

We spend a disproportionate amount on beer. It may help to look at how much we have available for all meeting expenses. Say we have $100.00 per meeting. We want to spend that so it satisfies each person who attends. If there are 10 people and important to them is having good drink, food, venue, a/v, and video. If equal $2 could be allocated for each.

With that said, video does serve a greater purpose. It satisfies archival and external viewing. That is why I have donated my own money and found sponsors in the past. No worries, if we have a need plenty of people are willing to cover reasonable expenses.

Finally, there is an element to ChiPy that simply is priceless. There is no dollar amount that can be placed on the community, expertise, and sharing. 

When worse comes to worse we can always drink cheaper beer.

Brian Ray