Since this topic has little to do with my questions about meta-skills, particularly those about giving and taking criticism, I've changed the subject line.
One question I had was what the purpose of the PUG currently is. I believe that Pentax used it to showcase their products, to sell more gear, i.e. what the PPG is now. Then again it could always have been a monthly diversion for the list members. Note that this is a different question than why would we want more people to see the PUG, or advertise it on facebook. And, yet again another question as to why we'd want to advertise the presence of the PDML, and to whom. On Nov 27, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> On 27/11/2011 03:34, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> That's an interesting idea. What do folks think? Cheers, Christine >> >> As I understand it PUG is for list members, actively contributing or >> not. Why would we want to promote it? > > The idea would be to promote The List. More people might be likely to > take an interest in the PDML if they could see what kind of cool > photography is being done by members and also see a venue where they > might show off their own photographs. We can always use some new blood > around here. I wouldn't say *always*. Look up the concept of "Eternal September", then go and spend some time on the DP Review Pentax forum. I think that a lot of the things that I like about this list, such as the quality of critique, when people have the time to, has a lot to do with the fact that it isn't positioned so that it is the first place for discussion that every new photographer with a Pentax finds. > > Since I already have a Facebook page for the PDML Photo Annual, > perhaps I could just post an announcement there once a month when the > PUG appears. If people who post to the PUG, would actually like more people to see their photos, then announcing new material on it is an excellent idea, whether it's facebook, livejournal, dpreview or Pentax Forums. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
