I'd like to second this very strongly. Just earlier today, I happened to wonder myself over how many of us could even imagine how much time, trouble, sweat and expenses JoeGoaUk expends, to record, process and disseminate all this work of his.
>From his coverage, it's very clear that that JoeGoaUk goes out of his way to keep track of issues that he feels are important to inform Goa about. Whether these break out in Canacona, Corjuem or wherever! It is quite one thing to go out of one's way to specially create content (unpaid) for sharing on the Net, and another to share what one already has created (either for some other purpose, or because we happen to be there). Some of us, including myself, indulge in the latter form of sharing, which is far more easy to undertake. Which also makes me wonder: why doesn't JoeGoaUk just give up his anonymity, and start contributing to some local paper or the other? (Of course, anonymity here isn't the main issue. He could probably do that *with* his anonymity too....) Readers in Goa too would gain from his inputs and insights, and be overall better informed thanks to his photos, comments and videos. That way too, he would be at least earning some small compensation for all the work he puts in, and get a bit of the credit he rightly deserves! If he doesn't need the money, he could ask the paper concerned to automatically direct it to his favourite charity. If I was running a local paper, I would have surely employed JoeGoaUk by now :-) But then, that might have also dampened JoeGoaUk's art and damaged his enthusiasm. So, fortunately, I'm not.... Best wishes, and a big thank you Joe again! FN On 12 January 2014 22:40, roland.francis <roland.fran...@ymail.com> wrote: > It would be remiss not to thank Joe Goa UK for his excellent pictures, > blog and the video posted on YouTube of the tragedy's aftermath. > > His timeline description was an excellent accompaniment to the pictures > and video and gave us meaning to the whole affair. > > Keep up the good work JGUK and you deserve commendation for coverage that > is brought to us on your own time and expense. > > Strength to your hands and your heart. > > Roland. > Toronto. > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 Blog: The View From My Window http://wp.me/1c1F About.me: http://about.me/noronhafrederick Goa,1556: http://bit.ly/Goa1556Books2
