Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All... I think this thread, in it's current direction, is doing more harm than good. Being an LHSA member since 1999, I am delighted that the LHSA board has decided to try something to encourage the younger crowd to join and attend. I noticed during the LHSA spring shoot in Baltimore that the next youngest member to me appeared to be Mark Rabiner, and I'm 41! And I did not notice many feminine shooters; only one or two, if that many. If Leica and LHSA interest [they are intertwined in my thinking] are to continue, that needs to change. Does it bother me that someone might receive a discount off the membership dues for the last 3 months of the year for having attended the LHSA meeting at their expense? Not at all, especially if they then join the LHSA! And I think that they will be very impressed with the Viewfinder, if not by the catalog. Can more efforts be made to include LUGgers? Certainly, but why stop there? Why not enlist the camera stores that sell Leica gear and give them LHSA brochures to distribute with every Leica purchase and handouts to post for Leica meetings? Can we start chapters? Why not? I certainly tried to keep everyone together after the DC MALUG meeting in spring of '99 [collected all the e-mail addresses, made sure changes were recorded, etc.], but folks got busy and the effort stalled. It was during the MALUG meeting that everyone was introduced to the LHSA [complete with a table and brochures] by Director-at-Large Bill Bivens. Prior to that, I didn't even know it existed. Putting together a real meeting, in the MALUG sense [hotel, meal, trading tables, shooting side trip, guest speakers, et al.], takes some real effort, which is why I imagine MALUG did not go any further. Would I be willing to actively participate in a casual get together? Sure. I imagine Steve LeHuray, myself and a couple others could rotate the duties or arrange something for a DC/Annapolis/Baltimore group. My point is, why not promote the positive, instead of the negative? Best regards, /Mitch _________________________________________ Mitch Zeissler E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html