PP 21 :: 10/12/2008 - 10/17/2008

CPEC Orientation Course at ATTC Elizabeth City and OPCOM Implementation Team alignment.

Highlights:

• Attended and assisted with the CPEC Orientation Course held at ATTC Elizabeth City. Video taped entire course for creation of a CPEC overview video. No podium time; 51 students from a variety of Tidewater Coast Guard units participated.
  
  
• Issues concerning the use of video: I have encountered the first stumbling block for using video with the newly purchased Canon Handycam. I've taken sample video with the camera, and the quality of the video is excellent and the camera is fairly easy to use. The problem is the file type. The problem is that the output file for the camera is a m2ts file type, and it is not supported by Windows Movie Maker, which is the software on the Lenovo T60 laptop. I have completed a PR for Video Converter for Windows which will allow us to convert file types (hopefully). While the reading I've done online indicates this software will work, it is possible there will be glitches, of course.
  
  One distinct possibility -- which LT Rob W. in the PA shop, along with several former students of mine who are into movie-making at a professional level, tell me is that the best way to move forward is to use the Adobe Premiere software. This software, which costs around $800, allows for editing in "virtually any video format" including the m2ts file-type used by Canon, Sony, and other camcorder manufacturers.
  
  
• Received, from Kathy N., list of training conducted at MLCA during FY08; during FY08, I conducted three training courses at MLCA, out of 51 provided, during the fiscal year.
  
  
• Continue to work with OPCOM Implementation Team. Participated in phoncon with CG-36. Held alignment sessions with OCIT POCs for CG-2, CG-5/35, and CG-30. Created iPedia page for capturing current status of all OPC support to the OCIT. This page will have the current status and work for all the OPCOM Working Groups.
  

Future look:
Next week, out of office for most of the week, working with OPCOM OC-5/35 Working Group.

Summary for this reporting period
Hours Worked: 38:0
Holiday Hours: 8.0
Billable hours/direct client work: 20.0