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+<div class="slide">
+  <h1>The author</h1>
+  <ul class="incremental">
+    <li>
+      Professional software developer since 1998
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Debian contributor since 2003
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      DebConf video team member since 2005
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Started the VideoLink and DVswitch projects for use in DebConf
+      video production
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Mostly working on kernel stuff
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
+
 <div class="slide">
   <h1>What is DVswitch?</h1>
   <ul class="incremental">
@@ -57,17 +80,28 @@
       A software system that supports video mixing, recording and streaming
     </li>
     <li>
-      Designed particularly for the needs of technical conferences that
-      want to record and stream on a limited budget.  Now used more
-      widely, often without streaming.
+      Primarily designed for free software conferences:
+      <ul class="incremental">
+	<li>
+	  Record and stream for maximum community benefit
+	</li>
+	<li>
+	  Budget is usually quite limited
+	</li>
+	<li>
+	  We have eager volunteers but not much time to train them
+	</li>
+      </ul>
+    <li>
+      Now used more widely, often without streaming
     </li>
     <li>
-      Mixing is <em>live</em> - a requirement for streaming, and a way to
-      avoid the need for extensive editing after the event
+      Mixing is <em>live</em> - required for streaming, and avoids the
+      need for extensive editing after the event
     </li>
     <li>
-      Mixing is <em>interactive</em> - a requirement for good coverage of
-      presenters, audience and slides, but very limited in other
+      Mixing is <em>interactive</em> - required for good coverage of
+      presenters, audience and slides; very limited in other
       streaming software
     </li>
   </ul>
@@ -170,10 +204,10 @@
 	  Requires a script to coordinate mixer and source startup -
 	  an annoying complication
 	</li>
-	<li>
-	  Improvement: tally lights
-	</li>
       </ul>
+    <li>
+      Later enhancement: tally lights
+    </li>
     <li>
       Next release: sources run as RTP/RTSP servers and mixer
       connects to them as a client
@@ -199,12 +233,10 @@
     <li>
       Original protocol: mixer runs a network server; sinks run
       as clients and receive DIF over TCP
-      <ul class="incremental">
-	<li>
-	  Improvement: sink reports whether it will record; mixer can
-	  start, stop and cut recording
-	</li>
-      </ul>
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      Later enhancement: sink reports whether it will record;
+      mixer can start, stop and cut recording
     </li>
     <li>
       Next release: file and pipe sinks built into mixer along with an