[Hpr] The Fourteenth Annual 26 Hour New Year's Eve Show

[Ken Fallon]

  _The Fourteenth Annual 26 Hour New Years Eve Show_


    Welcome every TimeZone
    <https://www.timeanddate.com/counters/multicountdown.html>!

/If you keep talking, we'll keep recording./

For those who don't know, on New Years Eve 2025-12-31 10:00 UTC (5:00 AM 
EST), we will have a recording going on the HPR Mumble server for anyone 
to come on and say "Happy New Years" and talk about whatever they want. 
We will leave the recording going until at least 2026-01-01 12:00 UTC 
(7:00 AM EST), and keep recording until the conversation stops.

So please stop in. Say "Hi" and maybe join in the conversation with 
other HPR listeners and contributors. It's always a good time!!


    History

Suggested by pokey 
<https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0128.html> in 2011. As 
podcasting tends to be a one way conversation, he thought it would be 
nice to get all the FLOSS, Linux, Free Culture, podcasters and Listeners 
in one place to get together and chat in person. Initially it was 
planned to be just a few hours, but we kept missing members from other 
parts of the world. The show was extended to welcome ever time zone to 
the New Year, which actually turns out to be 38 Timezones 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UTC_offsets>, over 26 Hours.

So we will record for at least 26 Hours, but will keep the recording 
going for an "After Show". Some years the after show has been even 
longer than the show itself. While this is on the HPR Site, it is 
entirely a community initiative which is supported heavily by the fine 
folks over at the LinuxLugCast <https://linuxlugcast.com/>, with the 
Mumble Server been provided by Delwin 
<https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0228.html>.


    Ground Rules


      Use Push to Talk, and a Headset

With so many people on the chat, you must use push to talk. You also 
need to use a Headset so the audio of the room is not fed back. If there 
is a problem with your setup, then please drop and listen to the stream. 
Trying to correct poor audio in post is a lot of work, that someone else 
will have to do.


      Be Polite

When you enter the room please do not interrupt ongoing conversations. 
Wait for a pause in the conversation and say Hi. It's quite common for 
people you might not know to join as they wish to speak with other 
people in the room. They may have been waiting all year for the chance 
to meet, so please give people the space to have these conversations.


      Do not announce the Time Zones

As there are so many Time Zones 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone> there is no need to interrupt 
the conversation to announce every one. If you are joining from a time 
zone that is currently switching to the New Year, then please wait for a 
pause and wish people Happy New Year.


      Don't Fill Dead Air

This is a relaxed meet-up, and not a traditional "Radio Broadcast". If 
there are no conversations going on at a given time, don't feel the need 
to "fill dead air". Before the recording is posted as a podcast the 
silences will be truncated 
<https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/truncate_silence.html>.


      Do not monopolise the conversation

Please be mindful that you (or your beverage of choice) may be speaking 
too much ;-).


      You are a Guest

Be respectful, and remember that attendance on the New Year Show does 
not constitute a show <https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/calendar.php>.


      CC-BY-SA

The recording will be released as a podcast on HPR under a Creative 
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) 
<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/> license. The 
recordings will be released mid year, when there is a lull in submissions.

More information on https://hackerpublicradio.org/new_year.html


-- 
Regards,

Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
https://kenfallon.com
https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon
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