15th Annual CSVA Conference Recap

As the 2009 CSVA Conference closes out, there are many people to thank for such an outstanding convention. First the members for making it the second largest attended! Second to the sponsors/vendors. Without their dedication and commitment, this conference wouldn't have been so successful. The hotel staff, especially Theresa Harsh. . . without her professional expertise and diligent support staff this conference wouldn't have run so smoothly. Thank you to the Hyatt Regency and everyone that was involved. Here is a recap of the events: The 15th Annual CSVA Conference tipped-off with a general session and Platinium Sponsor presentations. President Luke Goldstein kicked off the meeting with an overview of the conference and the winners of the "Billy V. Scholarship" winners. Darby Dunnagan from the University of Memphis and Hank Wilson from UCLA were presented with this years honor. The MediaRight "Billy V Weary Traveler" distinction went to Chris Plaster (N.Alabama), Chris Buttgen (Arkansas St) and John Riley (Arkansas St). Congratulations to all the Billy V winners. Two tickets for the 2010 NFL Super Bowl were given to the CSVA membership to raffle off at the end of the conference. LRS Sports' Chris Allen, led off the sponsors with a description of their new software, introductions of their team and the new direction that LRS Sports is heading towards. XOS Technologies and Matt Bairos had the next slot and presented their Thunder platform. Panasonic had the final slot for the Platinum Sponsors. P2 work flow as well as product descriptions were presented. Panasonic was also presented with the "Billy V Vendor Appreciation Award". Dominic Cicchetti accepted the award and said " It's an honor to be a part of a conference that truly believes in the growth of technology and a group that looks to better themselves." During a 1994 Panasonic users conference in Las Vegas NV, several Collegiate Video Coordinators from around the country attended. During this time, a plan was formulated to meet the next year in South Bend, IN where other College Video Coordinators could meet and discuss new technologies and job related issues. Several companies attended and wanted to sponsor the event. From those 3 days in South Bend, the Collegiate Sports Video Association was formed. By-Laws, a governing body and a conference format were developed. From then on, 15 years later, the non for profit organization has grown by membership and vendors each year. This thanks to Panasonic. Day 2: Vice President Chris Luke faced off with a general session meeting where nominations for Vice President and Secretary were on the docket. Matt Schlling nominated Chris Luke for Vice President and was seconded by Jason Sanders. Chris Luke accepted the nomination and will be in term for 2 years. On the Secretary side, Chad Bunn nominated Erik Kunttu and was seconded by Matt Schilling. Erik Kunttu accepted the nomination and will be in term for another two years. Members then broke into workshops concerning video for Photoshop, Apple Motion and Adobe After Effects with presenters by GeniusDV. After a break for lunch, the panel discussion about managing your storage capacity took place. Panel members included Grant Carroll (EditShare), Al Fong (ESPN), Dave Dukes (PGA Tournament Productions), Chris Allen (LRS Sports), Mitch Wilkins (DVSport) and Michael Cronan (Panasonic). Panel discussion two dealt with facilities, design and integration for video production rooms. Panel members involved Jeff Volk (Alpha Video), Tim Asher (University of Kentucky), Stuart Reynolds (Acoustic Dimentions), Al Fong (ESPN), John Kvatek (University of Central Florida), Andy Wagner (University of Arkansas) and Brian Bedford (XOS Technologies) The day ended with a social sponsored by the Sports Video Group. Day 3 (Final Day): Day 3 started with President Luke Goldstein bringing the general session to order. Within this meeting the talk of college football game film exchange with the NFL was brought up. Mike Perkins the Video Director from the Jacksonville Jaguars was the guest speaker and explained that the NFL decided to use the Signiant Media Exchange platform. Here, college video coordinators will use a web based login screen to send their game film to the NFL dub center for distribution of the college film to all 32 NFL teams. Check back to the CSVA website for the rules and regulations for this agreement. After a coffee break, panel discussion three started. Ray Thompson explained the Interop Group (.org) and where this group was going. Plenty discussions where involved here and the main focus was whether the Collegiate Sports Video Association will take part in this group. A formal discussion will follow concerning this idea. Follow the link below to see the official Interop invitation. Panel discussion four was an open forum with the membership. Questions were brought up concerning how video was taken off of recruiting websites as well as other video department issues. A group of 55 members had the opportunity to tour the Jacksonville Jaguars football facility. Video Director Mike Perkins led the tour with opening remarks by General Manager Gene Smith. Smith thanked everyone for coming and explained that the college Video Coordinators play an important role in the success of the NFL teams. Within his remarks, Smith donated $500 to the Billy V Scholarship and stated " What you have done here, to honor one one of your own, with a scholarship in the name of Billy Vizzini, who was a class person and with what his has done for the organization it is only fitting that this goes toward the scholarship." An arousing round of applause filled the Jaguars auditorium. The tour took members to the practice field, locker room, meeting rooms and the video room. A lunch was also provided by the Jaguars. A special thank you goes out to Mike Perkins and Gene Smith for opening their facility. The banquet started with some thank you awards. Chris Hooley for helping with the golf tournament, Brad Helton and Myriah Hisam for snapping pictures of the whole conference. Next up was the SAVVY videos. This was voted on by the membership for what they considered the best motivational video. Chris Luke (North Carolina) received third place, Brett Kelly (West Virginia) received second and the first place award went to Scott Eilert (Kansas State). Two large prizes were raffled off. . . the XBox 360 which included Rock Band was won by James Duncan (Texas A&M) and the the two NFL Super Bowl tickets were won by Craig Campanozzi (Florida State). The Conference Video Coordinators of the Year were recognized and the Bob Matey National Video Coordinator of the Year was presented to Shawn Coin from Youngstown State. Shawn passed away during a break in double sessions in August of 2008 and was voted the Big 10 Conference Coordinator of the Year. The award was presented to Mark Smith (Ohio State) and Joel Baron (Indiana) representing the Big 10. The conference concluded with a thank you from President Luke Goldstein to all the members and vendors that attended