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GrokTV: NHListens / Granite State Future – Circle “AAAA”

Well, during the recording of circle “BBBB”, I bet you’ve noticed that, on occasion, I panned over to one of the other groups.  Primary reason?  Well, the Scribe over there was writing a whole bunch more than this group (including when Tim Carter got up, walked to the front of the group to explain to the Scribe that her notes needed updating as she “missed” an important part (i.e., that verbiage said during the conversation that mentioned “NH’s strong believe in private property is a barrier to the aims of the Granite State Future plan” was completely left off the easel).  So, I asked Molly, if I could set up another camera to cover group “AAAA” easel due to its activity – and she agreed.

Why?  An experiment – knowing I was over in one place, I wanted to see if anything would keep this camera from seeing the easel at any time.  And yes, when I got to the end of watching the entire thing, I was not surprised to see how things turned out:

  • The Scribe who had been standing to the side during the time before the camera was set up adjusted her behavior to mostly stand in front of it.  Sure, it blocked the camera view but I also thought it rude for that circle’s attendees as there was little opportunity for them to look up and see what was going on.
  • Even as Molly agreed to the camera, she blocked it a couple / few times.
  • At one point, the camera itself was moved

Flashlights, I guess, are not well loved.  All that said,  I was surprised to see that the same roles I identified over at Circle “BBBB” were replicated in this circle as well.  Now, I thought that it was happening,  as during the event, I could actually hear some of the discussions happening over there even as I was engrossed over here (imagine that even in my middle aged state of being, I can still multi-task (sorta)).  So instead of perhaps having to eat crow, it reinforced what I saw in circle “BBBB”.  Once again I will state – if I had been a participant, I would not have seen the pattern.  Observing it once was enough and twice was confirmation.

Warning – the audio is extremely pour – if a shotgun mic isn’t going to make sense of this noise in the room, a simple FlipCam mic is not going to rise and jump over that bar…and it is an hour and twenty minutes long.  So I listened for you:

4:14 Molly decides to block the view to 4:57
5:12 The Enforcer (yes, this group had one too!) spots camera – tipped off by Molly(?)
5:41 Molly deliberately steps in front of the camera again
7:07 Scribe starts writing on sheet (several sheets) behind the current on.  Stops at 7:46  start writing again at 8:20  Looks like about 1/2 page being written but cannot tell how “deep” into the easel this writing is happening but it did appear to be beyond the current top sheet.

9:57 – Scribe talks to Molly
12:42 Ditto
17:23 Facilitator moves right into camera path
19:26 I moved camera left to avoid facilitator
29:44 Tim corrects the scribe
37:30 Tim gets picked off again by Molly
40:11 The Enforcer goes out for a confab with Molly
42:52 Molly returns, then The Enforcer(43:08)
43:15 Molly moves in front of the camera
43:37 Molly back in front of the camera again, my camera gets moved.  Molly moves away
58:50 Molly comes back to scribe again
101:34 I move it to a clear shot again

I think I can now add a new phrase – remember this: it is the Delphi methodology!

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