RE: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Kevin Thornsberry
Ditto! Thanks for all you do! -Original Message- From: Lasse Karlsson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 7:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA) >>>>>>>> Chris, I'm really happy to hear that yo

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Frank Theriault
last word on this. People > are already sick of hearing it. > > Len > --- > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Frank Theriault > > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 11:47 AM > > To: [EMAIL

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
This has become utter nonsense. The comments were valid. They were well received. It is very bizarre that we would expend so much time and energy debating this issue. Leave well enough alone. Paul Chris Brogden wrote: > > On Sun, 6 May 2001, Lasse Karlsson wrote: > > > ( I F we decide on any fo

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 6 May 2001, Lasse Karlsson wrote: > I may be wrong, but I assumed that most submitters would like to get > comments. (That is if we clearly keep it to friendly general > impressions and suggestions on what can be improved upon. (All of a > sudden it has evolved into a discussion on "criti

RE: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 6 May 2001, Len Paris wrote: > If honest commentary is unwelcome, then why bother to have > public commentary at all? Do you think that honest commentary can only be phrased in a rude and confrontational manner? I've noticed that honest comments phrased constructively go over very well

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Chris wrote: > On Sun, 6 May 2001, Lasse Karlsson wrote: > > ( I F we decide on any form of "release" from the PUG participants:) > > To me this seems like an unnecessary round of messages and extra work > > for you as well as for the submitter. Why not do it like this (it > > would be simple and

RE: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 6 May 2001, Len Paris wrote: > If you really dislike a picture, or are offended by a picture, > let someone else comment on it. They may love it. There's no > accounting for taste. I realize that you're speaking sarcastically, but I think you're setting up a strawman argument to some ex

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Chris Brogden
On Sun, 6 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I still don't think every photo deserves a public comment, or every > contributor who requests a critique deserves a public critique. Maybe only > the best should get a public critique. If 8 or 10 good comment threads > started this way, it could

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Frank Theriault
strian" comes to mind, along > with the word "un-inspiring". > > Len > --- > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Lasse Karlsson > > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 9:08 AM > >

RE: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Len Paris
ring". Len --- > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Lasse Karlsson > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 9:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA) > > > Len, your message was a res

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Lasse Karlsson
ould keep one foot in the stirrup". > > Len, who obviously lied when he said he wasn't going to say any > more on this topic. > -- > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Lasse Karlsson > > Sent: Sunday,

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Frank Theriault
Hi, Bob, Sounds just a tad cumbersome, don't you think? Certainly, randomly assigning a number of photos to those who wish to critique is the easiest way to do this. Now it seems that you're asking Chris (or whoever co-ordinates this at any given time) to choose the best or most interesting pic

RE: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Len Paris
to say any more on this topic. -- > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Lasse Karlsson > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 7:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA) > > > Chris,

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Rfsindg
Chris, I like your new idea and hope you can work it out. You deserve our thanks for taking on the initial task of coordinating the critiques. Although trying to figure out what everybody was saying is a pain in the a__, I do appreciate your effort to try to make us all better photographers.

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Norm Baugher
Cool. Chris Brogden wrote: > Any thoughts on this? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Frank Theriault
I, for one, think that's an excellent compromise. I actually couldn't understand those who said that doing the critiques seemed "too much like homework". If so, take your name off the list of commentators. Why use that as a reason to shut down the whole idea? My guess is that most of those who

Re: PUG Comments (NEW IDEA)

2001-05-06 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Chris, I'm really happy to hear that you haven't been discouraged by the recent debate. Let's hope that we will find a solution that will be acceptable to most members. I am only adressing one of your suggestions here. > We'll still have commentators to talk about photos, but only for the > phot