I typical art gallery can sometimes take months to consider a piece for inclusion. With that in mind, the Photo Gallery selection process is relatively fast. And, as we have said many times in various discussion groups and forums, the Photo Gallery is a work in progress, is still under development, and still in beta form. Additionally, we are still getting a large volume of submissions and we take the time to review each picture. We know this volume will only increase when the gallery is released publicly, so we are taking steps to streamline the selection process.
We do check in on the forums from time to time, and to be honest, some of the speculation, rumors and conspiracy theories give a pretty good chuckle. Thanks, John -----Original Message----- From: AlunFoto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 1:08 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Response I agree, Jack. Here's a quote from the FAQ: "Q: How will I know if my photos have been accepted for display? How long will it take to find out? A: After you have submitted your photos, please re-visit your account over the next 7 days to be alerted of photo submission status." So they actually promise a review within 7 days. If they can't keep their own deadlines, then what I need is accurate information. Without having to ask. I wouldn't mind if they had longer deadlines, actually, as long as the messages they send are loud and clear. Jostein 2007/6/4, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Their response is not in any way a reassurance. Is provided only for > its human interest value. > > Jack > --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And you received the obvious answer. Don't worry, everything's going > > fine, no anticipated changes here, though apparently attention has > > been diverted. > > > > That may well be the case. I would guess the gallery was never > > anyone's fulll time job. > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > >Subject: Pentax Photo Gallery Response > > >Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:40:02 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > >I asked the obvious question of Pentax and received the following > > >response: > > > > > >Jack, > > > > > >I can assure you that the delay in images accepted or on hold as > > >nothing to do with Pentax and Hoya activities in Japan. It is > > business > > >as usual for us here in the US and we do not anticipate any changes. > > > > > >The judges for the photo gallery have had very busy schedules and > > >haven't had the time to look at some of the more recent submissions. > > >Additionally, the Photo Gallery is still under development and not > > in > > >its full working version. We are currently in the process of adding > > a > > >artist voting function. This will give the accepted artists in the > > >gallery the opportunity to vote on submissions by other artists to > > >determine if their images will make it to the final gallery. Also, > > we > > >are working on "skinning" the site in other languages so it is > > >truly and international community. > > > > > >Thank you for your concern, but everything is going well here. We > > look > > >forward to receiving more images. > > > > > >John Carlson > > >Product Manager > > >PENTAX Imaging Company > > >Direct: (303) 728-0187 > > >Fax: (303) 728-0187 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ > >_______________ > > >Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the > > >Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. > > >http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather > > > > > >-- > > >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >PDML@pdml.net > > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an > Edge to see what's on, when. > http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- http://www.alunfoto.no http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
