[QuadList] Details Quad Videotape Group at AMIA Dinner, Tuesday, Nov. 3, St. Louis--

[Ted Langdell]

Greetings from St. Louis.

We'll gather at 6:30 p.m at the Millennium Hotel, Suite 2301 (23rd  
floor, across from elevators).

After taking in a view like this...


we'll head for food that we anticipate will be as striking.

Carmine's Steakhouse
Menu
20 S 4th St, St Louis, MO 63102 Get directions
Cross Streets: Between Market St. and Walnut St., just up 4th St.  
from the Millennium.

If you're unavoidably detained, please call my cell phone to ensure  
your spot at the table is held.
(530) 301-2931.

If you haven't already RSVP'ed you can click here:  I'M COMING TO  
DINNER and include your name and the names of any people are coming  
with you.

In addition to socializing, this dinner marks the first opportunity  
to reward, recognize and encourage the continued restoration of  
equipment, sharing of knowledge, and dedication to keeping Quad  
tapes' content from being lost to time.

Since Quaddy™ recipient Park Seward cannot attend, he and recipient  
Ted Langdell will be presented with their awards at the annual NAB  
lunch on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 in Las Vegas. Mark your calendars.

At tonight's dinner, two other group members will be honored for  
their contributions to—as Park put it—"keeping the flame alive."

One won't have to travel far.  The other is driving in from Southern  
California, but may not be in St. Louis in time for dinner.  Each has  
contributed to the recovery of content but through different paths.  
One has been working with Quad for more than 30 years. The other is a  
relative newcomer to Quad care and operation.

Both are dedicated to the cause of keeping what's on Quad tape  
available. Both are AMIA members and may have some of their work on- 
screen at the AMIA Screening Night.

Klara Foeller is being recognized with the "Determination" Award for  
her persistence in bringing the ability to transfer Quad tapes to the  
Missouri History Museum's media collection and her willingness to  
learn how to do so.

Through the help of a local engineer with extensive Quad history on  
his resume, a VR-1200 was obtained and made serviceable. Klara has  
learned how to to triage tapes into "likely to be difficult" and  
others, to operate the VR-1200 and transfer material with success,  
and to perform basic operational maintenance.

KMOX-TV transmitter engineer John Muench's help in this endeavor was  
indispensable, Klara says. His contributions will also be  
memorialized with the "0 to 59.97" Award for taking things from zero  
to operational and keeping them there.

David Crosthwait is being recognized with the "Finding the Flux"  
Award for continuing to use his 30+ years of Quad skills in the daily  
preservation of Quad content and development of in-house practices  
that enable recovery from difficult tapes.

This is a beginning, the first of what I hope are many opportunities  
to recognize the contributions of people who are currently working to  
make visible the programs still housed on Quadruplex Videotape.

As 2009 turns into 2010, please watch for people whose ongoing and  
whose past contributions to the art and science of Quadruplex video  
should be highlighted and honored, especially through the Quaddy™.

If you're at all within easy travel of St. Louis, we invite you to  
join us for dinner and awards

Please RSVP by clicking here:  I'M COMING TO DINNER and include your  
name and the names of any people are coming with you.

Last year, we had a good time on Tuesday AND Wednesday with slightly  
different groups, so a fun time will be had at AMIA.


Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary



Ted Langdell
Secretary

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