Toronto User Group a success

[Pure]

With great pleasure I'm pleased to announce that the 1st Toronto DVX User Group meeting was a success. We had 30 people attend the meeting on a warm January night. We had Kevin McCay, National Account Manager, Broadcast and Security Systems from Panasonic Canada attend the meeting. He said Panasonic will be pleased to sponsor future meetings.

It was a great reward for me to have so many people out having a good time. Doug McCauly and Colin from Kingsway came out and gave us a great demo on the P&S 35mm adapter, as well as giving us a great demo on the Steady Cam unit (can't remember which model) for the DVX (and other Mini DV) camera. Members were given the opportunity to try out the Steady Cam themselves. Gloria from Creative Post/Tapeworks offered great discounts on Panasonic Mini DV tapes, if you need a great price contact her at 416-979-7678.
The Cinetactics Matteblox caught the interest of many attendees.

Thanks to all who came out. Thanks to those who helped. I'm working on our next meeting already.

Don't be shy, let me know what you think!

Sincerely
Peter Hordylan
Senior Editor
Creative Post Inc.

[Mike_Donis]

It was definitely a success!

It was nice to get to finally meet all the people we converse with on a regular basis. The demonstrations were informative and overall it was fun!

And VERY good sandwiches...

[bgundu]

Yes it was nice to put faces to the names. BTW, it was the Flyer model from Steadicam that was demoed. Wicked product.

[mastermind]

couldn't make it and this was a last minute thing. An hour before I was to leave the on call guy at work had some huge dillema of his and I had to take over. AAAAAAAAAAAARGGH!!!!

[DavidP]

What a great meeting! Thanks again Peter for setting it up.

[blazingoat]

Had a blast @ the meeting. Thanks again to Peter for setting the whole thing up.

[Peabody]

Thanks Stan for suggesting the idea of a DVX Users' group in Toronto.
Thanks Peter for all the work in pulling it together. If you bought the sandwiches well all owe you.
Thanks also to Creative Post for the providing the venue.
You could hear the creative sparks crackle as Doug and Colin made their magic for the assembled slack-jawed, saucer-eyed squeeze of cinematic talent.
Encountered snow on the journey back to Waterloo. Slippery driving.
But managed to skid my Honda to a halt just before falling from the end of the earth,---a short walk from my front door.
That is the area beyond line-of-sight from the top of the CN tower.
People not from Toronto will understand. Others will puzzle with furrowed brow and wonder;...what can he mean? ??? ;)

[Amahp]

I have a question? Will there ever be a national DVX user meeting? Or will this be too much of a hassle to operate? I don't live in Canada and I would to meet other DVX users. Thanks people.

[bcheong]

The meeting was fantastic. Informative and it was awesome seeing the cross section of different people and experiences. Thanks again to all those who organized and coordinated the event.

[Peabody]

Amahp.
National meeting? As in Canada or the United States?
Which nation did you have in mind?

[Zoomforce]

This year we will have a national meeting, we will have it during NAB in Vegas, that should work for alot of people :)

Thanks to Peter for bringing DVXuser to the streets :) Too bad I missed toronto by a few days.

[Amahp]

This year we will have a national meeting, we will have it during NAB in Vegas,


Hi Jarred, Will you keep us posted about DVXmeeting at NAB? When, where? This will be excellent.
Thanks Jarred..

[Zoomforce]

yeah.. I will try we just gotta find who has the biggest hotel room ha ha.

[raneparish]

It's been said before but...thanks again Peter for putting together a great meeting!
Rane

[Peabody]

I don't want to belabour the poiint.
But that would be an international DVX meeting. ;)

[stan_the_man]

Great Meeting & Great Sandwiches, Thanks Peter for the super effort you put forward to make the meeting a success. Thanks to Gloria for the MQ Tape pricing ($7.20 per) what a deal. Maybe we can start a list of subjects of interest and see if we can get these to materialize at future meetings. Hi again to everyone I did get a chance to speak with and am looking forward to more meets! Stan the musicman
www.summitstudios.info

[Unix]

cool
I'm glad it turned out alright
;D ;D ;D

[MDKfilms]

Well that settles that, i'm moving to Toronto. Sounds like thats were the action is, wish I could make it all the way to Van, i've got a lot of friends there.