A Message from the Executive Director: Coronavirus, the Cloud, and SMPTE

It’s been nearly a year since we first heard the term “coronavirus.” It took us a few weeks to fully understand what this was and then a few more weeks to figure out how best to navigate the world under the cloak of this pandemic. My last trip was to India in early March 2020, to attend the SMPTE Standards Block meetings at Whistling Woods International, Mumbai. I recall that we weren’t wearing masks or maintaining social distancing, but we took great care to wash our hands and use sanitizers. Thinking about it today, it just seems outrageous to me. When I arrived home on March 10, we immediately went into lockdown. While restrictions seem to have relaxed a bit in the meanwhile, life hasn’t been normal ever since.