we have someone whose entire job at the super bowl is to ingest disk. it would be really great if he could have four separate windows (one for each photog), that way he won't have to select a separate iptc file each time he gets a disk from a different photographer. if all four stay up, each could have separate iptc associated and also folder structure. the interference with other things doesn't matter since photo mechanic is the only program he needs to use
That's what Active Memory was supposed to solve, but AM cards were never released.
Here is what I would do:
Setup the Ingest dialog for the first Photographer, including the IPTC Stationery Pad. Use the snapshot button (lightning bolt icon on a button) to save the settings with the first Photographer's name.
Repeat this for each Photographer.
Then when it comes time to Ingest, use the snapshot button to load the settings for the Photographer's card. This way you won't have to fumble around a file picker dialog to load the IPT files.
HTH,
-Kirk