Well, if we have a real deadline for submissions, and if we talk it up in the 10 days before the deadline, perhaps we can revive the duck.
Dan On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:23 -0400, "P. J. Alling" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Someone should beat Scott about the head and shoulders, June and July >> should be up by now. I know he's probably busy, but Geez. > > > Well, I think the PUG is pretty much a dead duck. It's got such a low > profile now that people just don't remember to post. And the delays > don't help. > > I'll keep participating but I'm not hopeful of it surviving much longer. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > >> >> On 7/28/2010 3:42 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> > Rob and Paul: >> > >> > Yes, the PUG has size limitations, but then so does the Pentax Photo >> > Gallery. Many members of this group still submit there, despite the >> > size of the images. >> > >> > I really think that the PUG can serve a purpose for the list. There >> > is something really satisfying about seeing a number of interesting >> > interpretations of the monthly theme, and that can result in good >> > interchanges. I know I learned a lot. >> > >> > For years, before we all got digital cameras, the PUG held the group >> > together. I would like to continue the tradition. >> > >> > There is still time to enter images for June, as well as July and >> > August. I hope that more people will take advantage of that, and >> > re-energize our own little gallery. >> > >> > Dan >> > >> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:21 PM, paul stenquist<[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> On Jul 22, 2010, at 7:20 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 23/07/2010, Brian Walters<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>> I think the problem is that people are posting so many PESOs these days >> >>>> that the PUG might be seen as being less necessary than in the past. >> >>>> >> >>>> That's a pity because the PUG is a permanent gallery and it's good fun >> >>>> to wander though past galleries - all the way back to March 1998 - to >> >>>> see how people tackled the different themes. And then there's that "I >> >>>> remember him/her" or "Who the hell was....." nostalgia :-)> >> >>>> >> >>> The main problem for me is that the PUG is stuck in a bit of a time >> >>> warp, the maximum size for image submissions means that certain image >> >>> attributes (and often a lot of the interest) tend to get lost in the >> >>> downsizing. >> >>> >> >>> >> >> I agree. Scot upsized it a bit, but the pics are still on the itty bitty >> >> side. >> >> Paul >> >> >> > >> > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be > > > -- > 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.
