[Leica] IMPORTANT: LUGbook 2015

[Steve Barbour]

> On Dec 18, 2015, at 2:03 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear LUG family and contributors:
> 
> I have a received a strong objection to making the change. Fundamentally,
> it comes down to two things:
> 
> First, the nature of the policy change is unexpected and last minute. It is
> true, if I have made the decision early on and made the announcement
> earlier, then people who may object to this policy can debate or withhold
> contributions. For this I apologize.
> 
> Second, there are questions of my exerting artistic preference over that of
> the contributors. I need to digest this, as the mere fact that an editor
> has to sequence the contributors in some ways regardless, even if we do it
> simply by the first name or last name or other arbitrary ordering, it's a
> decision on our parts.
> 
> The person is correct that this is not "my book", but nominally a "LUG year
> book" although even there we have strayed a bit in previous years by
> inviting other people into the fold.
> 
> I am somewhat torn on this and I welcome any discussion. I am not looking
> for sympathy, or people to "beat up" on the person. I know from feedback
> that someone will be unhappy regardless. However, personally I am more
> concerned that it is true that I did not make the policy change early, and
> this would appear to be a "bait and switch".
> 
> Thank you.


dear Richard,

you are the editor, you make the decision, this is why we pay you the big bucks.

if the person who objects strongly, will do it publicly,  it can be discussed.

Several choices are available, and these are self evident.  

Right now, it’s the invisible tail wagging the dog.


steve


> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Gene Duprey <geneduprey2015 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Make it your production, If you want to mix the photos, then I'm OK with
>> it.
>> 
>> Gene
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:03 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Your call! Why not put your own stamp on the production?
>>> Shall be interested to see how this works out...my ex-editor brain is
>>> fascinated!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> ..................................................................................................................................
>>> 
>>> While working on the book, I am making an executive decision: I will
>>> sequence the images in some order, and not 2 consecutive images per
>>> submitter like previous years.
>>> 
>>> Per usual, I will not edit the images in any way, and the caption and any
>>> image placement preference (e.g. some people want full bleed) will be
>>> honored.
>>> 
>>> If you have strong feeling that your photos must be kept together, please
>>> email me.
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> --
>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
>>> // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Geoff
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>> 
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>> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
> // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto
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