[sac-board] Public Address System Request for SAC Meetings
- From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 11:12:29 -0500
Before last night's meeting, a person whose name I don't know approached me
with a request for the Board. He wanted to know if SAC could pursue purchasing
amplified speakers and a wireless microphone, citing that his hearing loss
prevents him from understanding what is said at the meetings. I think our
meeting room may already be mostly set up for a PA system. The room has
speakers with a jack that plugs into PC, so it would be a matter of purchasing
a microphone. The cost of this request relative to SAC's savings would likely
be small.
Speaking as somebody with two hearing aids who has lost 70 dB in one ear, I am
opposed to pursuing this request. My solution to the problem has been a seat
in the front row. Between the officer reports and presentations, we typically
have at least a half dozen people speaking at each meeting. Transferring a
microphone to each person based on one individual's request is going to be
cumbersome, and arguably unnecessary in such a small room. My more selfish
reason for opposing the request: as the de facto A/V guy for the past several
years, I don't want to deal with another thing in the room that may or may not
work.
But that's just my take on it. The request that's up for discussion, and
presumably for vote, is whether SAC should pursue setting up a PA system for
meetings.
My apologies for not knowing the requester's name.
Tom
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