Re: Catch Up comments

[krandall@world.std.com]

At 03:31 PM 7/10/99 -0500, James wrote:

>My suggestion about banning the use of slides for submission has much more
>to do with the fact that if multiple people handle submissions the chances
>of either damage or outright loss of those submissions skyrockets. 

I'm not suggesting that we send them to different people.  I'm suggesting
that we send ALL of them to one of the several people who HAVE slide
scanning capabilities.

>For
>example - say I was the person listed to receive all of the entries. I would
>have to forward, through the mail, all those containing slides to either you
>or Eirk. My main concern is the more things have to move around from one end
>of the continent to the other through the mail system, the greater the
>chance is of losing them. The alternative is to list someone who has both a
>slide scanner and a print scanner, and who is proficient in using them both,
>as receiver of all submissions and be done with it - the person gets them,
>scans them and then distributes the electronic versions to the appropriate
>people.

Didn't Erik already offer to do it?  I think he's the most experienced
computer person we have.  I _know_ he's proficient with his scanning
equipment, I've seen the results.  He also is able to burn CD's, an even
more important consideration.

>No suggestion was ever made that it be ONLY electronic. Several suggestions
>were made concerning how best to arrange things so that the least burden is
>placed on the people who volunteer to help. I am not a proponent of spoon
>feeding people. If there is a contest, sure it should be easy for them to
>enter, but the entrant's ease isn't necessarily paramount - you have stated
>many times that it is sometimes difficult to get things done in a volunteer
>organization because people have other committments as well.

I was responding to several psots by several people talking about
transfering photo files electronically, voting for winners via the APD,
etc.  I don't think I was responding directly to anything you were saying.
I also don't think anyone meant any harm by it.  They are just doing what
you did when you first brought this up on the APD... forgetting that APD
and AGA are not the same critter, though many of us are involved with both.


>I am also on several other lists which have associated clubs and or
>organizations which produce printed newsletters. This tug of war between
>early adopters of new technology and those who still rely exclusively on
>more traditional media is old hat. There can be a common ground and I'm sure
>that we can satisfy both with no problems.

That, however, is a very different situation.  AGA does not have a list,
and APD does not have a newsletter.  Both are separate and distinct
entities.  I have never felt any sense of a tug of war between APD and AGA,
nor would I want to see one now or in the future.  It is still my
responsibility as an _AGA_ official to look out for the needs of _all_ of
our members.

>I really like the idea of making CD's of this material available to those
>who wish to have a permanent record. But hopefully that wouldn't rule out
>publication of the photos in TAG? (Remember, the non-computer members of the
>AGA are not likely to have a CD-Rom drive which does anything other than
>play music CD's).

Absolutely not.  But there _are_ budget constraints on how many color pages
we can print each year.  Color printing is $$$EXPENSIVE$$$.  I'm sure we
could print photos of the winning tanks with no trouble.  But with a CD, we
could probably put ALL entries on it, and possibly, all views of all entries.

>James Purchase
>Still wheezing in toronto, but breathing easier than I was this morning...

As a fellow asthma sufferer, and the mother of two little wheezers, I
sympathize.  Fortunately, we're all much worse in the winter than in the
summer.  Feel better!

Karen