Christine.. you said it all! totally agree... including off and on MIA's
aside to the (other) oldies.. I don't remember mafud but I do remember
.. Dobo? or was it Dodo?...
Been here since 1998 .. I'm glad to have met Don Nelson in person and
traded teasing reparte and cooking with him...
Think I've met about 50 of you.. at least that many.. in person.. hope
there will be more in the future
ann
On 1/2/2021 1:02 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Doug and all dear PDML friends!
I really enjoyed reading this history of PDML! Thanks, Doug, for taking over
PDML. It’s greatly appreciated. Your generosity led to a lot of great
friendships, photography camaraderie, travel, improvement of skills, a PDML
exhibition, sharing of photo knowledge, teasing, storytelling, humor, and
everything else life dishes out! What a fun group! I know I’ve been a bit MIA
lately, but PDML is still a favorite part of my life.
I hope to be more active in 2021!
Wishing the very best to all on the list!
Happy New Year!’
Stay safe and well!
Big cheers, Christine Aguila
On Jan 1, 2021, at 4:26 PM, Doug Brewer <d...@dougbrewerphoto.com> wrote:
sort of.
During the Christmas season of 2000, while I worked on a museum project for a
local university, I got a call from Don Nelson, a friend and Pentax sales guy
some of you will remember from GFM. He told me that Pentax USA, which carried
the PAML and PDML on its website, was looking to get out of the email list game
because of potential liability issues arising from unsanctioned and borderline
dangerously irresponsible technical and repair advice getting posted to the
PDML.
Don then asked if I knew anyone who could take it over. I thought about a few
members I knew at the time, even reached out to one or two, who pretty much
laughed, and I reported back to Don that there didn't seem to be much interest.
He said ok.
A couple days later, a nice woman from the marketing department at Pentax called to tell
me she had heard from Don that I would like to be considered for the role of List Guy.
After a long pause, followed by some muttering and me repeating "wait, what?" a
few times, the nice woman in marketing assured me that Don said I was very interested.
That was Don, as those of you who knew him would agree.
I told the nice woman that I was not a list guy by any stretch of the
imagination. I wasn't a software guy, didn't know anything about how to run an
email list, was in all things comprehensively incompetent and liked it that
way, and so on.
The nice woman in marketing was unimpressed, so it was decided. I begrudgingly
agreed that I would download some list software packages and see if I could
make any sense of them. After that, I said, I'd get back to her in a week or so
with my decision. The nice woman in marketing rang off.
That afternoon I found and downloaded some software, installed it, and poked
around for a few minutes until I had to do something with my actual job. The
only thing I had really discerned from my brief time with the software was that
I was out of my depth and needed some serious hours with it before I could even
begin to think about whether or not I would take over the PDML.
Some time that night the PDML broke.
The next day, the nice woman in marketing called to tell me that the guy who
worked at the advertising agency that handled the Pentax USA website and was
the only one there who knew the list software and how it interfaced with the
website was off on Christmas vacation and the server was down and hey, she
would email me a list of everyone who was subscribed to the PDML. Good luck and
godspeed, it was now my baby.
I still can't tell you how I got it going, but here we are, and I'm grateful
for it.
Happy New Year, kids.
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