[Eg-oversight-board] Revised draft photography policy

[Kathy Lussier]

Thanks Galen! You are correct. It's something Tony asked me to add to an 
e-mail that went out prior to this year's conference.

I'll add your suggested wording.

Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
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On 6/6/2014 4:42 PM, Galen Charlton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:
>> Attached is a revised conference photography policy that incorporates a
>> paragraph on repercussions as was discussed at the last EOB meeting. I'll
>> send this draft along to the SFC, but please let me know if you have any
>> further feedback.
> Thanks.  I have a question about this part, where I think the wording
> is a little unclear:
>
> "If the Software Freedom Conservancy, the Evergreen Executive
> O[v]ersight Board, or the Evergreen Conference Planning Committee
> chooses to publish those photographs and recordings, we will publish
> them under a Creative Commons license.  Conservancy and Evergreen
> further reserve the right to use those photographs and recordings in
> promotional materials to promote the Evergreen project and/or the use
> of free and open source software."
>
> I assume that this refers to photos and video taken by event staff? As
> opposed to, say, the event somehow asserting that it has a blanket
> republication license for all photos taken by attendees?
>
> If so, I suggest that the following sentences or something like them
> be inserted:
>
> [1] At the beginning of the policy:
>
> This policy applies to attendees of Evergreen events, including event
> staff who are designated as official photographers and audio and video
> recorders.
>
> [2] Before the "If the Software Freedom Conservancy...":
>
> "The event may have one or more staff taking photographs and/or audio
> or video recordings during the event.  These staff will respect
> attendees' preferences regarding photography and recordings."
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen