On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > What's not to like with your idea? > > stan
I agree Dave > > On Mar 11, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Hello everyone. Just wanted to post the latest on the 2013 PDML Photo >> Annual. >> >> The submission period ended some time back and now we're in the >> traditional "trying to coax/cajole/plead with the editors to get their >> votes in on the photos that we'll be using. Nothing different there :) >> >> What is new is that a couple of weeks ago I received a mailing from >> Dana-Farber about a promotion/incentive that seemed interesting: An >> anonymous millionaire (most likely) supporter of theirs has agreed to >> match (that is, effectively double) every donation they receive before >> March 15. I emailed the Powers That Be to ask if we could take >> advantage of this while still directing our donation to the Global >> Health Initiative - since the PDML is an international group I feel >> quite strongly that our donation should go to a program with >> international scope. Friday I received the reply that we could >> definitely direct our donation to the Global Health Initiative but not >> the matching funds that come from the anonymous donor. I suppose it's >> not ideal but it's certainly nothing to sneeze at: We raise $500.00 >> (about what our annual donation comes to), it still goes to the >> international program we support, and an extra five hundred bucks >> magically goes to their cancer research in general. What's not to >> like? >> >> Well, the deadline, of course. We haven't even finished putting the >> book together at this point, much less sold any copies, and the >> deadline's four days away. So here's my plan: I'll write them a check >> for $500.00 when I meet with them on Friday so we get the matching >> donation. I'll apply the book sales toward my $500 as they come in. If >> sales fall short of $500 the difference will be on me (this is pretty >> much how it works out every year, actually: we make $400-$450 and I >> round up to $500 with my own donation). If we go over $500 I'll spent >> the extra on cookies and beer (just kidding - I'll donate that as >> well). >> >> So that's the plan unless there are any strong, well-reasoned >> objections from burly guys who live close enough to come over here and >> beat me up. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
