S6 Though a relatively short meeting as well, this is still a major record for me finishing all the video parts of a meeting so quickly – do not regret the new camera purchase one bit! Rather than just an audio recording from start to finish as a baseline to fill in parts the two cameras could not cover, I now have a complete audio/video recording. (Poor old digital cameras/batteries were really not designed for such long continuous recordings. Likely electronic abuse. If machines ruled now I could be in for some serious punishment.)
Just discovered the last two remaining Comet goldfish (survivors from the 101 that were apparently scooped up by a crane type bird) were able to kick out some fry a few years later! Whole bunch of various combinations of gold, orange, red, yellow, silver, white, etc. (you get the idea). So cool seeing the pond populated again- and yes, better protected.
Anyway – dead branches and trees beware – I am available for firewood harvesting!
MEETING IS DONE IN ONLY THREE DAYS! WOOPeeeeeeee! later, Lew
You must admit, Kampa puts on a pretty good show during meetings with all the expressive “body language” communication.
Check out the below “still frame” obtained during the “HOPE WE HAVE EMPLOYEES BY THEN” statement. Almost looks like prayer, eh?
Of course, there are other “still frames” only nanoseconds away that could easily be “interpreted differently” such as the “BOY AM I GOING TO PROFIT ON THIS….” image below.
But as we all know already …. such images can easily be taken out of context or misinterpreted due to a simple matter of perspective as the following demonstrates.
“NOT A NASAL MINING OPERATION – JUST A NOSE SCRATCH.
MOVE ALONG FOLKS – NOTHING TO SEE HERE.” lol
This is amazing (at least to me) I am unequivocally setting a new meeting video completion time record (of course the meeting was pretty limited as well), but still, I believe the new camera has already justified the pry bar scuffs and scars on my wallet. (Had to reluctantly “pry the money out of my wallet for the purchase”. lol?)
Finally got the chainsaws started yesterday and put a dent in the proposed projects. Hope they’ll start today.
Here are some “still frame highlights” of S3 to “bait” you into viewing more…..lol
This insignificant “nose scratch” was helpful in synchronizing the two camera recording angles. Does any viewer recall the Seinfeld episode where Jerry was scratching his nose in a taxi and a woman he was going out with was in a vehicle next to his at a stop light and became quite upset believing Jerry was “picking his nose” in public? Perspective is everything. lol
(Below) You know the routine….the old “bait and switch” process. [Or in traditional street drug terms: “the first one is free but the rest will cost you”?] How certain contractors will begin work under an agreed upon “bait price” yet once totally involved in our district business to the point of no return and we are essentially “hooked” on their services – SURPRISE! another more expensive reimbursement plan is suddenly unveiled and established due to “unforeseen complications”. And the typical response? “Golly Gosh,….we’ve gone this far with them – maybe continuing forward with the new price is better that starting from scratch with another unknown company and risking the same thing happening again?” Wait a minute here…… come to think of it…..didn’t the same thing happen with Pete’s KAMPA COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS llc original proposal?
Much clearer video despite being a bit further away huh? Audio gets a little iffy at times but if necessary (anything truly worth hearing) I might be able to synchronize the stand alone audio recording with the meeting video? (….that has potential entertainment value for future endeavors….{sinister laughter in background}.). Facial expressions are lost as well, but again, if something really fascinating or atypical happens I could probably insert another camera perspective (might be trouble with the different formats…really don’t know yet). I believe these first couple of offerings went faster even though longer in length. We’ll see as we go along.
I just cannot continue to spend so much time on each meeting – usually finishing the prior month’s meeting only a week or so before the next – that’s no way to live…. suffering through and reliving every moment of how our LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY IS BEING INCREMENTALLY SOLD TO PRIVATE CONCERNS ONE PIECE AT A TIME – only to finish that meeting report just before the next monthly meeting production by the CSD. Don’t misunderstand. I believe heart and mind that what is being done is absolutely wrong and unethical on a number of levels – primarily forcing the MR WECS of the subdivision to subsidize special benefitGROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION service for properties outside the subdivision, which are therefore also outside the permitted PLACE OF USE for MERCED RIVER WATER per the water license…..
This all sounds familiar doesn’t it? Like a perpetual broken record – or skipping CD –whatever – REPETITIVE!
Squeaky hinges get oil.
BUT……. I HAVE WORK TO DO! I have dead trees I need to fall for firewood this winter, and rodent riddled irrigation lines to repair so….we’ll try this new process for a while. The longer uploads also provide sufficient time to get some of the other stuff done while simultaneously providing longer meeting presentations. (boo hoo hoo poor Lewie doesn’t have enough time to do what he wants…..ahhhhh. Pitiful isn’t it? Just plain pitiful. But what about US VIEWERS? VIEWERS HAVE TO TOLERATED THIS STUFF FOR EVEN LONGER PERIODS OF TIME AS WELL!)
yes, life can be so bitterly unfair —lol.
S2POSTSCRIPT.
So far – so good with the new camera.
So our water company is down to only one employee in operations? We must now contract with third parties to run our own treatment plant and distribution operations – yet none of these (and other) horrible consequences are management’s doing?
Yes, absolutely I have compassion for Pete Kampa and what he must deal with but, at the same time am very cognizant this entire nightmare was brought about by one very clear and easily understood point:
Our surface water treatment plant (SWTP) was intentionally being turned into a GROUNDWATER SUBSTITUTION FACILITY FOR THIRD PARTY SPECIAL INTEREST LAND DEVELOPERS OUTSIDE THE MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT PLACE OF USE FOR MERCED RIVER WATER PER WATER LICENSE 11395 A LICENSE WITH WHICH THIS DISTRICT HAS OPERATED SINCE FORMATION IN 1980.)
it’s not that confusing….here’s an easy trick to remember the point:
Our
“SWTP”
is being changed into a
“GSFFTPSILDOTMIDPOUFMRWPWL11395ALWWTDHOSFI1980”.
(You know, little memory tricks like the one above will certainly help me recall things as I get older!)
My best to you and yours, Lew
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Yes, I’m joking.
but I’d still like to buy a vowel for $25 to solve the …..
S1 Here we go again….but with a great improvement – I hope. New camera for a wide angle view of the whole meeting room! Editing is going to be a little different at first due to the HD format – longer uploading again….but I might be able to change that with editing in the next offering…..S2. I think this new format will work better for everyone involved, yeah? Later, Lew
Yup, thought there was something vaguely familiar about the LDPCSD Board Meeting date this month.
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HAPPY 21st ANNIVERSARY
“SNEAKY PETE”
KAMPA!
On your original MIDPOU LIE
along with all its
continuing manifestations 21 years later!
(September 18th, 1996 – September 18th, 2017)
(In “sneaky’s” own words)
“At this time, and in the foreseeable future, LDPCSD’s only public service is the provision of water to residents of the subdivision”
Pete Kampa
(Quoted from Kampa’s 1996 letter to Tuolumne County Planning)
???
Think about that for a moment …..
“only public service is the provision of water to residents of the subdivision”
So – provision of water to other people, animals, crops, (or for other purposes)
outside the residential subdivision (permitted under water license)
must be some form of
PRIVATE WATER SERVICE
by a
PUBLIC AGENCY,
right?
(Gee thanks Pete, you were able to accurately characterize that major defining aspect of Outside MIDPOU water service 21 years ago without even trying!)
