<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Congratulations to pioneer </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Quad Videotape Group member James Snyder for being selected to </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Keynote the IEEE Broadcast Symposium, October 10-12 in Arlington, Virginia. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><br></p></div><div><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170807005629/en/2017-IEEE-Broadcast-Symposium-Keynote-Speaker-James">http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170807005629/en/2017-IEEE-Broadcast-Symposium-Keynote-Speaker-James</a></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">James was one of a dozen people who showed up to the original Quad Videotape Group luncheon at NAB in 2008.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/quad-videotape-group-history/">http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/quad-videotape-group-history/</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">At the time, was a<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Senior Design Engineer, Communications Engineering, Inc, Newington, VA, which had a contract with The Library of Congress to complete the work on the Library's technical facilities at the National Audiovisual Conservation Center in Culpeper Virginia.<br></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br>James was later hired by the LoC as essentially the facilities chief engineer. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Quad collector, James donated his machines to the LoC. </span></p></div><div><br></div><div>We are looking forward to seeing James at the annual Ampex OldTimer's Barbecue and Picnic, September 9 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He'll be helping the Quad Videotape Group support the barbecue. </div><div><br></div><div>James has been collecting oral histories on video tape from pioneers in the broadcasting business, Including a number of Ampex pioneers. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Congratulations again, James!</span><br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ted</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ted Langdell</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Secretary, Quad Videotape Group</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto:Ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">Ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(530)301-2931</span></div><div><br></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch.</span><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div></div></body></html>