2019 ACA proposal

[Krista Jamieson]

Hi all!

Some of you have likely seen the ACA conference call for papers that was sent out earlier this week, and if you haven't you can find it here: https://archivists.ca/content/archival-origins-aca-toronto-2019-call-papers. Proposals are due Oct 29.

Rachel and I wanted to ask the group if people are interested in submitting a proposal this year and if so, what ideas anyone has.

ACA 2019 is in Toronto and Rachel is on the local organizing committee (that's who plans the social events/evening activities, among other things). She has offered to conduct a tour of UToronto's Media Commons as an evening activity, but they don't have their first meeting until Oct 25, so we won't know until a few days before proposals are due. 

So: proposal for a panel? a workshop? stick with a tour (and/or other social activity in the evening)?

Please let us know my Monday Oct 1!

Best,

Krista

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[Krista Jamieson]

Caroline's response appears not to have gone to the google group for some reason, so it was as follows:

"Hello!

 

What about hosting the ACA’s inaugural archival screening night? It could be based on AMIA’s successful and longstanding activity of the same name. Yesterday, while on tour at the Canadian Museum of History, Jonathan Wise and I discussed such an idea.

 

Perhaps limiting the screening to less than ten films each with a two minute intro by an archivist, could keep the screening to under 1.5 hrs. Do you think that this may be too complicated to coordinate?

 

Any other suggestions?

 

Caroline

 

Caroline Forcier Holloway

Archiviste principale, Collection audio-visuelle, Direction générale des Archives
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Gouvernement du Canada 
caroline.for...@canada.ca / Tél. : 819-934-7260

Senior Archivist, Audiovisual Collection, Archives Branch
Library and Archives Canada / Government of Canada
caroline.for...@canada.ca / Tel: 819-934-7260"

[Rachel E. Beattie]

I love this idea!! I just spoke with Brock Silversides and he agreed it would be great to host it at the Media Commons.  That's away from the conference hotel (which I believe is the Sheraton - which is about 4 or 5 major blocks south of  UofT) but it would mean the technical stuff would be really easy because our techs could handle it.  What does everyone think of that?   For those that don't know Toronto, UofT is right on the subway line so it is really easy to get to.  And perhaps we could try to arrange the tour of the Media Commons vault (if the local arrangements committee agrees to have that tour) to be in the afternoon and then the archival screening night in the evening so people who go on the tour would already be at UofT  

best

r

[Krista Jamieson]

That would be amazing! Honestly getting venues who can accommodate our (lack of) budget is my biggest concern with having a screening night. 

K

[Shyla Seller]

This sounds like a really fun night, and great to have help with the tech stuff! I like the idea of pairing the tour and the screening for people. 

Shyla

[Rachel E. Beattie]

I just spoke to Julia Holland on the local arrangements committee and this is already on the agenda for our meeting on Oct. 25th as she was approached by someone else about this.  So she said we don't need to put in a proposal cuz it falls under social events.  So I will report back after that meeting. But fingers crossed this will happen!

best

r

[Krista Jamieson]

Thanks for the update! Fingers crossed. 

[Jonathan Wise]

Great idea! Let’s hope we can make this happen!

 

Jonathan Wise

Spécialiste en information des collections, archives

Musée canadien de l’histoire

Collections Information Specialist, Archives

Canadian Museum of History

100, rue Laurier Street, Gatineau, QC  K1A 0M8

Tél: 819 776-8466

[Christina Stewart]

This is a great idea! I know we've talked about trying this in the past and looked into making it happen, so being able to have it here at Media Commons plus a tour, is just a win-win! Fingers crossed!

Best,

Christina

Christina Stewart

Assistant Media Archivist

Media Commons Archives

University of Toronto Libraries

130 St. George Street

Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
416-978-4601

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Hi all,

 

Apologies for not getting to this sooner but as a reminder, we are doing an archival screening night for the ACA Conference.  I was thinking we should come up with an email for the ACA listserv to get people to submit films - maybe we should get this out in early February so we have lots of time to get the responses and decide on films?  So to get the ball rolling, I just came up with a really really rough draft for the email.  There are a few things we need to sort out – like should we create a form for submissions? Should we just ask them to describe their clip?   Do people have thoughts on this?  I can make a Google form for people to fill out? We can ask things like length of clip, sound or silent, colour or b&w, what it’s about.   Or does anyone have a better suggestion for submissions? Also, I’m not sure I described the whole concept that well – I know what it is so I am having trouble finding the words to explain to someone who’s never been to one.   Anyway, here’s the draft, please make any or all changes that will make it better:

 

Archival Screening Night at ACA 2019

Hello archival colleagues with audio visual documents!  The Sound and Moving Image Special Interest Section in association with the Local Arrangements Committee is organizing an archival screening night for the 2019 ACA conference In Toronto. The screening will take place on the evening of Thursday, June ?  at the Media Commons Theatre, Robarts Library, University of Toronto.  We will present a program of short clips (no longer than 5 minutes) from archives across Canada.  We need your help! If you have a digitized film you’d like to contribute please get in touch using this form (insert form link here). Please tell us about your clip and why it should be included in our program.  Depending on how many entries we get, we may not be able to screen all of the films, but we will try to screen as many as we can.  And so we can screen as many films as possible there will be a time limit of 5 minutes (including your introduction).  If your submission is chosen, we would like a digital copy (via file sharing) of it in advance so we can make sure it works on our system. We hope to hear from you! If you have any questions about the screening night please email (I am fine with putting my email – does anyone else want to put theirs?)  

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best

Rachel E. Beattie

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[Krista Jamieson]

Thanks for this Rachel! I agree, we should try to get a call out early so we have time to pull together a program.

Here is my suggested edit for such a call:

Archival Screening Night at ACA 2019

Hello archival colleagues with audio visual documents!  

The Sound and Moving Image Special Interest Section in association with the Local Arrangements Committee is organizing an archival screening night for the 2019 ACA conference In Toronto. The screening will take place on the evening of Thursday, June ?  at the Media Commons Theatre, Robarts Library, University of Toronto.  We will be presenting a program of short video and film clips (no longer than 5 minutes) from archives across Canada.  We need your help! If you have a digitized film you’d like to see screened as part of this program please submit an application by [submission deadline] via this form (insert form link here). Please tell us about your clip and why it should be included in our program. If your submission is chosen, we will require a high quality digital copy (via file sharing) of it to be screened. 

We hope to hear from you! If you have any questions about the screening night please email (I am fine with putting my email – does anyone else want to put theirs?)  

I'm happy to have my email listed as a contact or have both of us listed if you want. 

For the form, I think we should ask:

what archive the submission is from

clip title

clip length

topic

colour/B&W

silent or sound

digital file format

resolution of digitized copy

aspect ratio (if known)

copyright status / owner

why you want your film included in the screening / why you think your film is a good fit for an archives night screening at ACA.

Best,

Krista

amiskwaciwâskahikan / ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᕀᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ / Edmonton

[Jonathan Wise]

Thanks Rachel and Krista!

 

This is great! I’ve been in touch with Becca Hall from the Chicago Film Society who organized last year’s AMIA’s screening night. She has kindly shared these docs with us to help get things rolling:

• Screening night submission form (draft): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVM75yF71IKgU8u1A6kLzTPLtkpOg80iGRghA4HOH6C1j_oA/viewform
• Screening night organizer’s guide: : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g8J_2GIlTWwQT194qgppCRMMeQ-tMpPcdnfZl9j7NCE/edit?usp=sharing
• Submission spreadsheet (2018): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b5H3HZALBnXEoIZ0zyFRBl_p61HI8imkgdLikGsJktM/edit?usp=sharing
• Emails and announcements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m-7nuHZrpYjHcjL9HylD61BxgasDrALldpECOfEl8xw/edit?usp=sharing
• "How To Make DCP’s": https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kd_bhOKF0L5GKpGRHhVRL_mxrtd-aJNpYIwlvjPn4yE/edit?usp=sharing

Cheers,

jonathan

[Christina Stewart]

Hi Everyone!

All of this sounds great and I'm so pleased we get to put on this fun event! So much good stuff has already been said and thanks Jonathan for all the links - so helpful.

I think we should use the AMIA form as our guide, as we'll be asking for the same information. I'm glad we already have the Media Commons Theatre already booked. It's a 50-seater and we can add about 10 or so more chairs. I'm going to check to see what the availability of Innis Town Hall is. I know we don't have a budget for it, but I'll ask. Depending on the Theatre we use, will also mean we have different booth capabilities in terms of what formats we can use. For instance, if we stay in the MC's Theatre, we can't run DCP's, but they can at Innis.

I'd also like to pitch the idea of having a program for the event listing all the films shown and with blurb descriptions. Blurbs provided by the submitting institution on the submission form.

For the fields on the submission form:

Submission Title: To also go in program

Submitted By:    To also go in program

Organization:   To also go in program

Who will be presenting:   To also go in program

Email address:

Phone:

Digital File Format:   To also go in program

Original Video/Film Format:   To also go in program

Silent or Sound:   To also go in program

Duration (5:00 minutes or less):   To also go in program

Aspect Ratio: To go in program

Description of Submission (50 words or less):   To also go in program

Preservation History of Submission (20 words or less):   To also go in program

My edits:

"Archival Screening Night at ACA 2019

Hello Archival Colleagues with Audio Visual Documents!  

The Sound and Moving Image Special Interest Section in association with the Local Arrangements Committee is organizing an archival screening night for the 2019 ACA conference in Toronto. For our inaugural screening event,  we are presenting a program of preserved short video and/or film clips (5 minutes or less) from archives across Canada. We are calling on fellow archivists to submit a recent discovery or preservation effort. The screening will take place on the evening of Thursday, June 6th at the Media Commons Theatre, Robarts Library, University of Toronto. We want to hear from you! "If you have a digitized film you’d like to see screened as part of this program please submit an application by [submission deadline] via this form (insert form link here). Please tell us about your clip and why it should be included in our program. If your submission is chosen, we will require a high quality digital copy (via file sharing) of it to be screened. 

We hope to hear from you! If you have any questions about the screening night please email ( You can also include my email: christin...@utoronto.ca )"

Thoughts?

Christina 

 

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 4:42 PM Forcier-Holloway, Caroline (BAC/LAC) <caroline.for...@canada.ca> wrote:

Rachel and Krista,

Thanks for kicking off the discussion about our proposed archival screening night. The following are a few suggestions/comments/questions I’d like to share with the group.

1.      Just as those presenting a paper or other, I think that we should encourage participants of this activity to consider how their film/video might suit this year’s conference theme: Archival Origins.  I suppose that participants could speak to the “origins of the records” (see explanation below) by providing content about their film and perhaps context around why it was created (to mark a particular occasion, etc.), by whom, etc.

“LET’S START AT THE BEGINNING: ARCHIVAL ORIGINS  - ACA Toronto 2019, June 6th to June 8^th. In June 2019, let’s talk about origins:  origins of the profession, origins of the theories and practices we follow, but also the origins of records themselves.  Bringing a new record into the world creates a manifestation that encodes responsibility – on the part of the creator as well as the archivist/records manager.  We need to ensure that at the moments they are created and shared, records are endowed with the qualities essential to their survival.” 

2.      How long should the activity run – 2 hrs max? And for how long can the room be booked?

3.      Fees or expenses – will the ACA have to incur any costs? We should indicate that there is no fee to participate in the screening and that entrance to the screening is free of charge for any ACA conference-goers.

4.      No Power Points allowed. The speaker can prepare speaking notes to introduce the film they will be screening. Speaking over a silent film is permitted.

5.      Should we allow a montage of clips from the same film that total 5 mins or just run a clip from the film? I think AMIA is strict about this, so as to be respectful of the film’s (and filmmaker’s) integrity.

I added three fields to the form info below. Otherwise, I think it’s fairly complete.

I don’t mind being a contact.

All the best,

Caroline

Caroline Forcier Holloway

Archiviste principale, Collection audio-visuelle, Direction générale des Archives
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
caroline.for...@canada.ca / Tél. : 819-934-7260

Senior Archivist, Audiovisual Collection, Archives Branch
Library and Archives Canada / Government of Canada
caroline.for...@canada.ca / Tel: 819-934-7260

 

From: aca-sound-and-m...@googlegroups.com <aca-sound-and-m...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Krista Jamieson
Sent: January-22-19 1:54 PM
To: Rachel E. Beattie <rebea...@gmail.com>
Cc: Christina Stewart <cstewa...@gmail.com>; Jonathan Wise <jonath...@museedelhistoire.ca>; Shyla Seller <shyla...@gmail.com>; ACA's Sound and Moving Image SIS <aca-sound-and-m...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: 2019 ACA archival screening night

 

Thanks for this Rachel! I agree, we should try to get a call out early so we have time to pull together a program.

 

Here is my suggested edit for such a call:

 

Archival Screening Night at ACA 2019

Hello archival colleagues with audio visual documents!  

The Sound and Moving Image Special Interest Section in association with the Local Arrangements Committee is organizing an archival screening night for the 2019 ACA conference In Toronto. The screening will take place on the evening of Thursday, June ?  at the Media Commons Theatre, Robarts Library, University of Toronto.  We will be presenting a program of short video and film clips (no longer than 5 minutes) from archives across Canada.  We need your help! If you have a digitized film you’d like to see screened as part of this program please submit an application by [submission deadline] via this form (insert form link here). Please tell us about your clip and why it should be included in our program. If your submission is chosen, we will require a high quality digital copy (via file sharing) of it to be screened. 

We hope to hear from you! If you have any questions about the screening night please email (I am fine with putting my email – does anyone else want to put theirs?)  

 

I'm happy to have my email listed as a contact or have both of us listed if you want. 

 

For the form, I think we should ask:

Name

Institution and work title

Contact information

[Krista Jamieson]

That looks really great Christina! This came together really well and in a surprisingly timely manner, haha. 

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Hi all,

Thanks so much for all the awesome suggestions!! I've mocked up a little submission form - please make changes as you see fit (I think you can make changes on it, if not, let me know and I'll try to change the permissions).  I was thinking March 1st (a friday) for the deadline?  Then we can inform the successful submittees in like the the first week of April - what do you think about that timeline? It might be confusing to have multiple emails on the form so I was thinking of making a SMI SIS gmail address that we can all check - would that work?  

Here's the form, let me know what you think: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgXtt3WAxCHLSK8gLQl2sCUaBNEYPWHU5ElqrveqTeVMNHyw/viewform?usp=sf_link 

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Meant to say in the last email - made the form based on Christina's  great suggestions for the form.

r

[Christina Stewart]

Thanks so much Rachel for putting the form together, it looks great! On second thought, I think we don't need so say the person submitting the form will be listed in the program - as it could be the same person submitting and/or someone else. I think we can drop the part about it going in the program, because after all I don't think it should. Should we also denote which file formats we can accept on this form? I'm worried we might get a lot of emails from people asking and it might be better to have this sorted before we make the form live. Innis Town hall is out, so we can list the digital formats that the MC's Theatre can handle. Thoughts on this?

I really like the idea of one central SMI email. Great idea Rachel! I forgot to mention this yesterday, but I also like Caroline's idea of encouraging presenters to talk about how their submission fits with the conference theme. The March 1st deadline sounds good to me, however I'd like to let people know if they've been accepted by the end of March, possibly by the 22nd. My thinking is that we will need to set a deadline date for us to get the files before the start of the conference.. If we set this date as May 17th, then at would allow us here at Media Commons two weeks to ingest and set the program up. Thoughts?

Best,

Christina

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Thanks for all the awesome thoughts, Christina!!  I agree about the person submitting.  Also, I wonder about having the person presenting listing in the program - sometimes with these things one person plans to present but have to get another to do it at the last minute.  I think we can ask for this info but I just wonder about putting it in the program - thoughts?  

I will change the format question to multiple choice and email our tech Mark to confirm which formats we can take.  I also agree about Caroline's idea!  All those dates sound good to me.

I will make some changes to the form tonight.

best

r

[Leslie Thomas-Smith]

I agree with everything you’ve all said. I would add a space for notes or something so that the submitter can tell you something extra. They may want to give more details about one of the other entries like about the presenter or a special thing about the clip.

Regards,

Leslie

 

From: aca-sound-and-m...@googlegroups.com <aca-sound-and-m...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Rachel E. Beattie
Sent: January 24, 2019 9:11 AM
To: Christina Stewart <cstewa...@gmail.com>
Cc: Krista Jamieson <kjam...@ualberta.ca>; Forcier-Holloway, Caroline (BAC/LAC) <caroline.for...@canada.ca>; Jonathan Wise <jonath...@museedelhistoire.ca>; Shyla Seller <shyla...@gmail.com>; ACA's Sound and Moving Image SIS <aca-sound-and-m...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: 2019 ACA archival screening night

 

Thanks for all the awesome thoughts, Christina!!  I agree about the person submitting.  Also, I wonder about having the person presenting listing in the program - sometimes with these things one person plans to present but have to get another to do it at the last minute.  I think we can ask for this info but I just wonder about putting it in the program - thoughts?  

 

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Hi all,

Okay, I have made changes based on everyone's awesome suggestions.  Please let me know if there is anything else that should be changed:  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rmALeEJ_1YQZGzVhUqWHux5aD2VDK0HlPNjTYKUpvYM/edit

As well, I set up a Gmail for us:  aca.s...@gmail.com  - I don't want to send passwords over this thread because it includes the entire listserv but if you would like the password, please message me and I will send it to you.  

I know that a bunch of you don't check your email over the weekend so let's say let me know by Wednesday (January 30th) if you have any changes or suggestions and I will aim for Wednesday night or Thursday morning to send a draft of it to the local arrangements committee for their approval.  

best

r

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Done! Thanks Caroline! 

On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 10:41 AM Forcier-Holloway, Caroline (BAC/LAC) <caroline.for...@canada.ca> wrote:

Rachel,

 

The form looks awesome! Just two suggestions on my part – perhaps mentioning “inaugural” in the title and including a link to the ACA’s “Archival Origins” blurb, to make it easier for those filling out the form.

 

Best,

c

 

Caroline Forcier Holloway

Archiviste principale, Collection audio-visuelle, Direction générale des Archives
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
caroline.for...@canada.ca / Tél. : 819-934-7260

Senior Archivist, Audiovisual Collection, Archives Branch
Library and Archives Canada / Government of Canada
caroline.for...@canada.ca / Tel: 819-934-7260

 

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Caroline - I'm assuming this was meant for all and hit 'reply' instead of 'reply-all' by accident.  In any case, I think we should talk about it.  I have no idea how many submissions we will get.  We could be swamped and we could be desperate for stuff.  I would encourage all of you to submit something - we should probably talk about how we deal with the ethical implications (maybe the person who submitted is not allowed to weigh in on whether to program their clip?)  I think we can wait and see how many entries we get, if we get a tonne of entries from geographically diverse archives (it would look bad if all our films were from one area especially if that area is Toronto) than perhaps we should step aside and let people who aren't organizing the night to present.  My concern is that we might not get enough entries and in that case I would be very grateful if you all submitted something.  Sorry this is a bit rambling but hopefully it makes a bit of sense.  Do others have thoughts on this? 

Caroline's message: 

Actually, while I think of it, I hope to submit and present a short film at the screening night but I wonder if we should give priority to the conference-goers? I may not be attending the ACA conference but I am interested in helping out with the inaugural screening night, as well as presenting at our event. Don’t know if anyone else was thinking of submitting an entry? I think that specialists working in the field, who are mostly SMISIS members, should submit to incite others to participate however, if this is problematic, I’m ready to just help our with the screening night.

 

Thoughts?

c

 

Caroline Forcier Holloway

Archiviste principale, Collection audio-visuelle, Direction générale des Archives
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Gouvernement du Canada 
caroline.for...@canada.ca / Tél. : 819-934-7260

Senior Archivist, Audiovisual Collection, Archives Branch
Library and Archives Canada / Government of Canada
caroline.for...@canada.ca / Tel: 819-934-7260

[Krista Jamieson]

I agree Rachel, we can see how many submissions we get and if were a little thin we can use ours and if not give others priority.

Sent from my iPhone

[Jonathan Wise]

Hi all,

 

Sorry for chiming in a little late here. Things are coming together wonderfully! I think Caroline’s suggestion to have a thematic connection is a good one, but perhaps we should wait to see how many submissions we get first. It may be preferable not to restrict ourselves (or others) too much at this stage. Besides, one of things I enjoy about AMIA’s screening night is how random content appears to be. I also agree with Christina to give ourselves plenty of time to receive, organize, and test the files. This will be a technically challenging event so we should be prepared if/when things don’t quite go according to plan...

 

Thanks everyone! A+

Jonathan

 

Jonathan Wise

Spécialiste en information des collections, archives

Musée canadien de l’histoire

Collections Information Specialist, Archives

Canadian Museum of History

100, rue Laurier Street, Gatineau, QC  K1A 0M8

Tél: 819 776-8466

 

 

[Christina Stewart]

Hi Everyone,

The form looks great, as does the email - thank you so much Rachel! I'm guessing that once it's approved by the ACA local committee, then we can go ahead with the finer details of timeline lines. Rachel is it possible to find out, unless you already know, roughly when the last sessions are over on June 6th? This way we can better gauge a start time for the event - allowing for a dinner break and travel time to Media Commons.

Best,

Christina

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Hi all,

I don't know off the top of my head when the sessions end on the 6th but I have a local arrangements committee meeting this coming Monday so I will ask. I think the sessions end pretty early, that's usually the way with the ACA (as opposed to AMIA).  

 But also I am pretty sure I mentioned but it may have gotten lost in the shuffle, the plan was to do a tour of the MC/vault and then the screening night.  Those who come to the tour are guaranteed admission to the screening night, the rest is first come first serve.  Does that work for everyone?  

best

r

[Krista Jamieson]

Sessions usually end around 5:30 I believe, so maybe tour at 7 and screening at 8? or 7:30 and 8:30?

[Rachel E. Beattie]

So the one issue we're working with is that we absolutely have to get everyone out of the theatre by 9:30 which is when we close, so I think we should only schedule the evening till 9:15, it isn't fair to the student working to try and hustle a group of archivists out when a thing ends right at 9:30.  Last year the Thursday thing ended at 5. 

r

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Hi all,

The chair of the local arrangements committee just sent me a draft conference at a glance schedule.  They have scheduled the Archival Screening Night from 6 to 8.  Programming goes till 5:30. That's not a lot of time for dinner but because of the MC's hours that's what we have to work with.  The Archival Screening Night at AMIA always goes late so I am hesitant to advertise a start time later than 6 cuz I think we'll need all the time we can get.  I will have more to update on this after the meeting tonight.

best

r

[Krista Jamieson]

Thanks for the update! 

To be honest, I don't usually go to a lot of the social activities at ACA because there isn't enough time for dinner and after a full day of programming I'm exhausted and need to just sit and have something to eat for an hour before I am good to go again. So my 2 cents is that we maybe try for at least 6:30? Also its on Thursday June 5, right? Or did it get pushed to the 6th?

[Rachel E. Beattie]

Hi all,

We talked at the Local Arrangements meeting last night about the start time for the Archival Screening Night.  I passed the concerns along about rushing from the busy conference day to the screening.  So we're going to advertise that the doors open at 6 and the program starts promptly at 6:30.  I think we should currate a 90 min. program because though we have 2 hours, these things often go longer than planned (at least that's what always happens at AMIA).  How does that sound to everyone?   

Additionally, we had talked about a tour of the Media Commons beforehand but the timing on that doesn't really work, so we decided to scrap that.  I hope that's ok.  

So the Archival Screening Night will be on Thursday, June 6th at 6:30 to 8:30 (or there abouts).  We can have some very quick remarks (welcome;  state the rules about time like 5 mins including intro, you can talk over your clip if it is silent, presenters please sit near an aisle, etc; and start.  

Please let me know your thoughts on all of this.

best

r

[Cook, Sarah (BAC/LAC)]

Rachel, I'm chiming in late but it sounds like the best scenario to me. It looks like we've got a great night ahead of us. And thanks to you and everyone else who assisted  for pulling all this together!

Best,

Sarah