Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've never thought yearbook's sales main purpose was for charity. Jim had the idea to tack on a little additional fee for a gift to Project H.O.M.E. and no one objected. The yearbook was well underway when he announced that intention. According to Jim Shulman in the introductory comments of the 2006 book, " The project was intended as a yearbook--a collection of shared memories among friends and colleagues." and from LUG archives, Jim posted Jan 29, 2007: The original intention was to produce a book for LUG folks to share. That's why the pricing was set at cost--this was a no-profit project. However, when blurb.com noted that we would be attracting attention to our book, and since everyone on the list has had a shot at purchasing the book at cost, why not introduce a charitable purpose to this? That's how the charity addition came to pass. On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > The whole purpose of this project was (is?) to gather money for a > charity. > > > really ! > > since when is this ?the whole purpose? of this project? > > You belong to a group that talks endlessly about excellent images, and > about cameras and lenses that cost thousands, speaking as if you are top > notch, qualified to know a good image from a bad one, likewise the > equipment, then run down a book that shows up to two chosen images per > photographer, drawn from the whole year. This yearbook sells a couple > dozen copies, chicken shit. > > What a bunch of baloney. > > Some of you guys are full of crap. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA