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casestudy government council member and two for the clerk, says Ledford. “We display numerous feeds to these monitors so the council members can see what the public sees. We also installed two 60-inch LG plasma monitors. These allow the gallery to see what’s being transmitted over the cable channel. There’s a multimedia presentation lectern, which has full laptop connectivity, DVD/VCR, microphone, and digital document camera. We can pipe everything from the lectern to the council monitors and to the cable channel. We also installed a loudspeaker system that runs through a Symetrix Symnet digital audio processor.” All audio runs through the Symnet processor, which along with five Canon 3 CCD pan-tilt-zoom cameras controlled by a Vaddio ProductionView FX production switcher, and the Audience TV delivery system from Capital Networks gives the public a complete audiovisual experience. Council meetings are also captured and streamed live to tribal members across the country using an Accordent Capture Station. “The icing on the cake is that this system is ‘fully’ Crestron controlled,” says Ledford, “right down to dimming the lights to low, medium, or high, and raising the window treatments.” CHALLENGES Ledford describes some technical issues that came into play. “One of the main issues concerning the Taiden system was mixing of the sound to avoid feedback through the PA system, he says. “Another was getting the sound mix right for the cablecast, the streaming webcast, the videoconferencing system, and the room mix. We also had to have Taiden make a custom name page. In order for some of our elders to see the voting results that were displayed, we needed the name/voting result page larger.” And that’s where Media Vision, the exclusive distributor of Taiden conference system in the United States and Canada, comes in. Fardad Zabetian, president and founder of San Francisco-based Media Vision, says the EBCI vote weighting provided an interesting challenge. “EBCI asked for a special feature on the voting system so they can set various voting weight for council members, depending on the tribe they represent,” says Zabetian. “It took us about three working days to add this [voting] feature to our system so when we created the list of participants we could change the voting weight from 1 to 99,” explains Zabetian. “We provided onsite training as well as training over the web for software.” Simple operation, ease of setup, multiple screen management for agenda, vote result, speaker list, speech timer, and affordability are all components Zabetian credits the Taiden system with providing clients like the EBCI. And Ledford concurs. “We are very satisfied with the results of the installation,” he says. “It addressed our needs to fully move into the 21st century. It allows us to prepare for the future as well as enables us to be at the forefront of other municipalities and governments when it comes to technology integration.” ACCORDENT: www.accordent.com CANON: www.usa.canon.com CAPITOL NETWORKS: www.capitalnetworks.com CRESTRON: www.crestron.com LG ELECTRONICS: http://us.lge.com SYMETRIX: www.symetrixaudio.com TAIDEN: www.taiden.com VADDIO: www.vaddio.com From technology suppliers to content providers, NXTcomm08 is where all of the global players in the communications ecosystem converge. Network with decision makers. Explore new products and services. Gain invaluable insight. With more than 20,000 attendees and 500 exhibitors, you’ll see how the ecosystem will evolve and breathe new life into your own success. PAB2 JUNE 16-19, 2008 | LAS VEGAS, NV, USA EXHIBITS: JUNE 17-19, 2008 LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER NXTcommShow.com SPONSORED BY CO-LOCATING WITH INCORPORATING Freelance writer Matt Wunsch is a studio musician who lives in Wakefield, RI. He can be reached at mattywunsch@yahoo.com. 56 | AV TECHNOLOGY | may 2008 INFO http://NXTcommshow.com http://NXTcommShow.com http://www.accordent.com http://www.usa.canon.com http://www.capitalnetworks.com http://NXTcommShow.com http://www.crestron.com http://us.lge.com http://www.symetrixaudio.com http://www.taiden.com http://www.vaddio.com

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