Heres the situation. When I started my freshman year the kid that ran sound showed me how to turn on the board, click lights and use the
scroller to turn them on and off. Thats all anybody in the school knew how to do. We had one color of
gel. Amber. In the two years that followed I did plenty of research, tracked down that
manual to that board, read it
cover to
cover an uncountable number of times, and learned about effects, steps, patching,
etc. I'm the only one in the school that really knows more than how to turn the lights on an off. Thats why the directors are trusting my
purchase plan. When we made the decision of what to replace broken fixtures with it was my recommendation that was taken. I don't know why so many people are so condesending to students on here. Every time I make a thread half of the replies are "You don't have the capability" or "You dont know enough about it" or "Its not your
call to make". Well you really don't know me or my school.
You don't know my back story and frankly, I don't want to bother you with it every time I post. What can we
purchase other than effects? We don't have enough dimmers for more fixtures. I'm working with the school to have clean
power run up to sit next to the raceways in preparation of the day that we have movers. I'm working with the technology department to have
dmx run up to the raceways as well. It's not like I'm working on just effects. But thats what the
purchase plan is targeting. My counterpart and I have built a
flat and lumber storage
system. I opened and cleaned the
dimmer rack for the first time since the school was built (8 years, 3/4" of dust, and yes I used proper
LOTO procedure and had faculty supervision). It's not like I don't pay any attention to basics.