Re: [Leica] FOM 2

[Ted <tedgrant@home.com>]

Good on you Alastair, we got the faith in you son and when the load gets heavy,
don't falter, as there's lots of talent in the Group to give a hand. Maybe even
some of the retired guys can get in here and it' give then a great photo thing
to be involved in.

Why this might be a very good reason to get my ass in gear, make a few dollars
to make a trip down under that I missed out on for the Olympics! ;-) Now that
would be a big time bonus.
ted

Alastair Firkin wrote:

> G'day all,
>
> a few more filtered comments;
>
> 1. I am not intimidated by being small. This is the beauty of the internet.
> With patience, we can create a decent page and project, and I am very
> encouraged by the support and enthusiasm of the group
>
> 2. I intend to write to Leica soon and alert them to the project. I do not
> want to do this until I tidy up the home page for the project a bit more:
> I'm not a fan of their current page, but I know that my late night rush up
> job needs attention
>
> 3. I intend to write to MoMA. I figure this is the fastest way to see if we
> are going to hit any copyright problems. I know that they may be planning
> something themselves, but perhaps they have not got around to it, and will
> welcome the concept and imput from the group. I do not expect them to jump
> for joy, or embrace an untried project, but perhaps after the first year or
> so of our project, they may even look at it with some sympathy. Does anyone
> have a contact e-mail address, or better still a contact name and e-Mail
> for MoMA?
>
> 4. When I came up with the idea for the project, I envisaged its success as
> being interwoven with the success of this group. The LUG has now been
> around for more than 5 years, and shows no sign of "dying". We do have a
> group of likeminded people. I have met quite a number of you over the years
> and quite a few LUG meetings are now occuring all over the world, including
> photokina. It is this camaraderie which should be the strength of this
> project.
>
> 5. One of the threads on the group has been a desire for a photographic
> outlet. I know that others have tried. I am a member of Hans' Leica
> community, but there were some weaknesses with this. Firstly a monthly
> competition is hard to maintain, but in fact, they are still going, and the
> last one was very popular. Secondly it is hosted on a commercial site, and
> there were fears about copyright etc. I intend to host this project as
> "commercial" free as possible, with the photographers maintaining
> copyright. The only thing the project will ask for is the right to display
> the images submitted on the web sites, and in any exhibition which may come
> of the project. It will be a "requirement" of submission that an exhibition
> print be supplied if the image is chosen for the final 100 each year. It
> would be nice to think that IFFFFFF we get 5 years of images that they will
> be worth exhibiting and producing a catologue for the exhibit. I am not
> asking for exclusive rights to the images.  These and other details will be
> spelt out when I finish the home page, but I welcome comments and
> discussion on these points, the finer of which can be adjusted as the
> project progresses.
>
> Hey, we managed to "do" and Olympics, so this should be a breeze for the
> boys and girls "downunder".
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair Firkin
>
> http://users.netconnect.com.au/~firkin/AGFhmpg.html