[Leica] LHSA incompetence

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

One of the unwritten rules of volunteer organizations; who suggests  
has volunteered to do it...!

Slobodan Dimitrov




On Nov 22, 2006, at 3:29 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:

> I just rejoined LHSA for 2007, after a hiatus of a year or so.  My  
> guess is
> that the M8 will help to reinvigorate interest in Leica, just as  
> it's helped
> increase interest in the LUG.
>
> However, the issues that Brian presented are vitally important to  
> LHSA.
> Today, no organization that hopes to survive can afford a website with
> anything less than complete functionality.
>
> For example, several years ago I'd heard the same complaints about the
> Antique Automobile Club of America.  The average age was up there with
> Methuselah's, the club magazine was a bore, the website was  
> designed via
> some kit in a box, etc.
>
> In the past few years almost everything's changed: the club  
> magazine now
> rivals that of many commercial antique car publications (the  
> septuagenarian
> grip-n-grin shots have been replaced with colorful articles about  
> cars and
> restorations), the website is fantastic (members can register their  
> cars for
> any AACA event on-line), and the club is actively encouraging younger
> enthusiasts to participate.
>
> Registration for the AACA events used to be a real chore; now it's a
> pleasure.  I hope LHSA takes a similar approach.
>
> Best,
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
>
> Who's giving thanks for the fact that he doesn't have to drive six  
> hours
> tonight for a meal of dried turkey with his in-laws!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> David
> Keenan
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:13 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] LHSA incompetence
>
> I've been a member for two years.
>
> I have been to a couple of their events included the national  
> meeting in
> Wetzlar and the spring shoot in New Orleans.
>
> To be honest, I'm not sure about renewing my membership.
>
> Madge is a sweet person and I've enjoyed meeting some of the members,
> particularly while in Germany, but LHSA doesn't really offer me much.
>
> The organization is aging, and while I'm not exactly a spring  
> chicken, I
> usually feel out of place at the gatherings. With the exception of the
> amazing photograph presentation at the Wetzlar meeting by Richard  
> Kalvar of
> Magnum Photos (who I understand to have been a last minute  
> substitute), the
> focus of other events missed me.
>
> Unless LHSA can come up with a way to attract more (and younger)  
> members, I
> fear that is it slowly dying on the vine.
>
> Dave.
>
> -- 
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>
>
>
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