Marnie, I think my first year at GFM was 2004 also. Of course Doug was working check-in and Bill Owens was manning PDML Central. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 6:10 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 12/7/2008 3:45:49 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Answer the question: Who was the first PDML'er you met in person? > > In my case: I don't quite remember. It might have been Frank when I went > up to Toronto to meet with Michael Reichmann and we arranged a TOPDML > gathering at C'est What. Or it might have been Doug Brewer at GFM. I > don't remember which came first but it I suspect it was Doug. > > So, Frank or Doug. In either case, you can tell what kind of effect it > had on me... > > ============= > I think I met Bruce Dayton first at a NorCal PDML meet. We had talked off > list about some of my equipment choices. (I remember riding in a van and > admiring at his MF pictures -- this was before we all went digital.) > > I also met Godfrey and others (including John and Marco) at another NorCal > meet. I met Shel when the two of us did some shooting in San Francisco. > > But previously, years before, I had met John Francis in connection to > another group -- not related to photography. So I it was a bit startling to > see him > again at my first NorCal meet -- in a completely different venue. JF had > given me his old Gateway computer when my HD and computer went belly up. I > traveled down to San Jose to pick it up and it served me well for a couple of > years. > > I went to GFM in 2004 and the first one I met there was Doug. He was > checking people in. Soon after I met Mark and Caesar (I can't really > remember who I > met when met I walked into camp, but think those two were among the first. > Hmmm, come to think of it, also Bill Owens, naturally). Then I meet a whole > bunch of other PDMLers at GFM, including frank and ann. > > HTH, Marnie aka Doe > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
