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e DESIGN APPROACH DESIGN APPROACH The following major designs are recommended for improvement of the meetings when the Chamber is relocated to the new space. Not all enhancements are listed here, but the major components are reviewed. A complete technology redesign would incorporate many more features, too numerous to mention here. Design Solutions: Council Presentation Presentation Elements 35mm Slides: In discussing the need for 35mm slides, it is a fact that current 35mm telecines (live slide to video converters) will never be able to reproduce slides at the same resolution as direct optical 35mm projection. However, should slides be required in this space, it will be necessary to display (at least in the near future) in the American NTSC broadcast standard format in order to provide multiple display locations. Because of this problem, and because the City rarely uses the format, there will be a goo) to use no 35mm slides as a media. Currently, the most obvious substitute for this format is computer-based graphics in the form of TIFF and other graphic funnat files. Fortunately the City is not using a great deal of slides. Because of this, it is likely that the 35mm telecine will not be included in the design. I I I Ie I I I I I I I I I I I I Ie I I I Graphics Camera: This camera would essentially replace the ubiquitous easel, the most common funn of presentation most cities use. This camera shoots paper, Mylar, and even transparencies. This camera also converts the live image to the NTSC format, in which form it can be broadcast directly. The most important advantage to this technology is that it can cope with a very simple and old-fashioned medium - - paper. If the staff and visiting presenters can render their presentation materials to tw()o dimensional artwork, text on paper, or another flat medium, it can be successfully displayed for the camera to reproduce. . Figure I - Typical Overhead Document Camera Image To best utilize the camera, we recommend locating the camera above the presentation lectern centered perpendicularly over the materials "target" area. This camera can be located in a specially designed portion of the ceiling. The lectern should then be designed to provide for a fairly large, Wlencwnbered area for mateHals placement. The advantage of this location is that a presenter can point to, or mark on, the presentation materials during the presentation. The camera will, of course, pick up this activity as well as provide fur a more complete and Wlderstandable presentation. Even Councils and Boards that are planning all-new installations are providing for the camera, despite very sophisticated computer networks and graphic interfaces. 3