On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:15 PM, . <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is not a clique, and that's something I've tried very hard (and was > > successful) to avoid while I was organising the walks. It's just that > over > > the last 2 years and 20+ walks, we've all come to know each other very > well > > and meet often, and outside the context of the walks. And in each walk, > we > > get a good contingent of newcomers, who become old faithfuls in the space > of > > 2 - 3 walks. We are like the mythical Tamil *sanga palagai*. Forever > > expanding to accommodate new people. > > 20+ walks? Wow, just wow !! Echoing Deepa (wrt elitism), i'd like to > know if there is a site/list where I can track the postings made by > organisers in various cities. > > Yeah. This November was the 25th month of the walks. Though, there have been more walks than 25. The count is 1 walk every month, but May, June and December 2008 had 2 walks each, and August 2008 and August 2009 had 3 & 4 walks respectively. January 2009 saw a total of 6 walks.
> > To put it in a different way, the only thing I/we look for are people who > > love to explore Madras and come expecting to have fun walking around the > > city early in the morning or late in the nights. Nothing else matters. No > > hmmm... is there a limit on the number of participants No. More people means better, longer, more fun walks. When we start the walk, I/the organiser gives out the route we are going to take, and perhaps a brief description of the area's history. After that it is pretty much up to individuals to do what they want to do. Some people linger over one particular area, others walk in cluster towards the destination. And so on. and where does > one register ...i mean, does one have to register? The Chennai Photowalk is not a club/organised society. So no registration required. Just come to the starting point of the walk within IST limits of the time we set. Photowalk announcements are made on my blog[1], on the Chennai PhotoWalk blog[2] and via Facebook and Flickr groups[3]. I also tweet photowalk announcements. Vatsan, who is now organising the photowalks, also tweets the routes. The two of us also send a mail to a small bunch of people who we know aren't on Fb and Twitter or have specifically asked for email reminders. C [1] http://www.selectiveamnesia.org [2] http://chennaiphotowalk.wordpress.com/ [3]a http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=6816048801 [3]b http://www.flickr.com/groups/chennaiphotowalk/ -- http://www.uk.linkedin.com/in/chandrachoodan http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +447940289855
