help with cheap/easy video editor

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to set up an electronic video production process for my job in high tech training. As the economy has it, budget is slim to none.

I need something that is somewhat easy to use (like camtasia editor) so folks can do thier own edits. The $50 Vegas editor is on my list as an option. The videos wil be embedded in PPT but, the option to output a PDA capable file would be nice....We have a couple licenses for Squeeze that I'll probably end up using for FLVs in the PPTs.

Our capture process is still being defined but, it looks like we'll be using a consumer level camera. Holywood is not our goal here, just simple 'chalk talk' videos much like the UPS commercial but, much, much more low budget....just a talking head explaining concepts, intro's and outro's -done.

Is there any other decents editors out there like Vegas that i should be considering?

Thanks for anything you can offer!
Dave

PS: MS movie maker just crashes all day so, that isn't an option....thx!