Hi All"
Thanks for all the input, see - we can have a friendly discussion.
And thankyou Olaf for even considering it. I agree with you that the
best compromise is the last suggestion too. By drawing a line and
explaining that although we use Olympus cameras sometimes the shot we
want to submit may be 'off brand' they may still be displayed as 'club
photos' if you will (to keep out the riff raff that are not now or
have never been zuikoholics). In that way we preserve TOPE yet allow
all listers to participate. I believe that shows a very high level of
maturity and sophistication. I don't think that the presentation
needs much more than a line with a caption like- 'Entries below this
line were submitted by Zuikoholics suffering temporary withdrawal;
Gord
On 28-Feb-08, at 3:14 AM, Olaf Greve wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I decided to read a few of the opinions of the list members before
> replying
> myself, and I have pretty much made up my mind and think that C.H.
> worded it
> pretty well:
>
>> I suggest we have to use at least an Olympus lens or Olympus body.
>> This
> will
>> be similar to what is doing now, I wouldn't consider third party OM
>> mount
>> lens an Olympus but if the image is shot with Olympus body it is ok.
>
> By now (i.e. over the past few years) I have had a few requests for
> totally-non-Oly-gear pictures to be allowed, and in a way it is very
> tempting to open it up for other gear too, but I do feel that it
> would be a
> pity to change the concept we've been able to maintain for no less
> than 33
> installments already. :P
> Also, I too am a bit afraid it would indeed become a bit of a
> different site
> by opening it up, as that would basically mean allowing anyone in
> the world
> to participate. Quite cool as far as potential participation levels
> would
> go, but perhaps it would get so big that it wouldn't really be "our
> community's site" anymore...
>
> Then, regarding the proposed zone-10 shadow site: I'm not familiar
> with
> zone-10, and this could perhaps work. It would then be nice if that
> location
> wouldn't "take over" TOPE, but rather would be the location to place
> all
> non-Oly contributions... Perhaps that's a workable strategy?
> Then, perhaps I could with more or less the same effort just make
> some sort
> of subsections (as proposed too) on the TOPE site, such that we keep
> everything together, keep the name and concept still including the
> 'O' in
> TOPE, and still have a subgallery for the other who would like to
> participate in TOPE, but can't do so because they don't have (or
> used) at
> least an Oly lens or body.
>
> In conclusion I'm most partial towards the latter idea: adding
> subsections
> to TOPE for non-Oly contributions.
>
> Who knows. Perhaps those subsections will grow so big, that at a
> later stage
> everything will simply be combined into one big Themed Photo
> Exhibition
> site...
>
> As for the practical side of this: I'm not certain when I can get
> around to
> adding such subsections... Perhaps around TOPE 34 or 35 or so? No
> promises
> though, as nowadays a lot of my evening hours are spent on our
> little baby
> girl. :P
>
> Cheers!
> Olafo
>
>
>
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