Hi Jean, Thanks for offering to coordinate another "formal" swap. You did an excellent job in coordinating the formal swap that I took part in a couple of years ago.
It is good that you mentioned the distinction between the formal and the holiday swaps. Some things I noticed that were different about them are: 1) the the number participants; 2) the size and quality of images; 3) level of reciprocity. I think these are inter-related. The rules for the holiday swap were that any number of people could sign up for the swap, but each individual would send cards to only as many folks at they felt they could. If I remember correctly, there were 49 folks signed up for the holiday swap last year. I know that all 49 folks didn't send out 49 images. This is OK, since it was part of the ground rules, but should be kept in mind. On the other hand, so many people signed up for the formal swaps that they were broken into two or three groups based on subject. I remember about 15 - 18 people in each group? Some folks participated in more than one. Each person committed to send a photo to ALL other participants. Jean, I know this caused you a lot of work because some folks fell way behind the deadline and needed extra reminding. However, everyone in the group I was in (the self-portrait group) did participate in the end. This was truly remarkable and joyful. I've also noticed that generally smaller images were sent in the holiday swap, Christmas card size or smaller (5x7; 4x6 and down) and many were postcards that suffered from postal handling in the winter. The formal swap images were generally larger, up to 8x10 and all were carefully packaged for mailing. I hope all this doesn't sound like sour grapes, but it is something to think about when joining the swap. Jean, please count me in on the formal swap. And, if there is a holiday swap, I'll be in that one, too! Tom Miller > -----Original Message----- > From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ??????? > [mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???????]On Behalf Of Jean Daubas > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 7:14 PM > To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? > Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] pinhole swaps + announcement for > opening a new Pinhole Swap > > > Hi all ! > > 1) > It seems from the previous messages about pinhole swaps that > all people are > ot speaking about the same thing : several are making > allusion about the > 2002 and 2003 "new year pinhole swaps" with an open list of > participants for > which it is about the right time to set a new list. > Other ones are writing about the more formal "pinhole swap > groups" in which > several of us participated in the years 1999 to 2002. > it's important for everybody to make the distinction since > the "rules" and > the organization of these two kinds of exchange are not the same. > > 2) announcement for a new "formal" Pinhole swap > Our last "Pinhole Swap group" (for which I was coordinator > and which I had > named "S2PP") was scheduled for spring 2002. Unfortunately, > for various > reasons (some personal + "open" Christmas Swap + tasks for > the WPPD) this > swap did not occur. Naturally, the desire still exists for > me and probably > for some of you. > It' s why I am happy to let you know that I am again > ready to coordinate the > organization of a new Pinhole Swap Group, of the same kind as > those which > were fabulous experiences these last years. > It will be called "PS4": Pinhole Print Spring Swap 2004. > > For those of you who should be interested in participating, > please reply on > this list using "PS4" in the Subject line of your post. > Then, we shall > discuss the rules of this new swap. > > Cheers from France! > Jean > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
