No MARC stream this year

[BrandonD-1528]

Hey all,

I wanted to stop over here and let you know that MARC 2015 is not going to be streamed online, and MARC will likely not be streamed in the future.

There are a few reasons for this. Primarily, it's just too much work for the small number of people we get watching the stream. I've been running the stream and MARCStats pretty much by myself since 2010/11 when I first attended MARC. I've long since graduated high school and moved out of the area, so I'm not able to make the preparations or maintain the software like I used to.

Another issue is that we have to make prior arrangements with IT to enable streaming on the locked down school network. Our equipment is also rather dated and with the heat in the gym it's hard to keep my computers from overheating and killing the stream (this happened last year).

So overall, limited viewership, bandwidth, and manpower (me) means that we cannot reasonably continue streaming our event. To those who enjoyed our webcast in the past, I appreciate your support, and I'm sorry that we can't keep it up.

All the best.