Re: [Leica] Competition: was Thanks!! OT Contax G2: Cost

["Bill Larsen" <ohlen@sierratel.com>]

I think that you all ought to calm down a little bit and remember that this is
an international list.  You need to give a little more thought to what you are
proposing --- if Leica ain't willing to sponsor such a competition, then why
the LUG???

- -----Original Message-----
From: Bmceowen@aol.com <Bmceowen@aol.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Competition: was Thanks!! OT Contax G2: Cost


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|In a message dated 5/23/00 6:46:36 PM, upstream1@mindspring.com writes:
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|<< BTW, I'm in for $10 and any LUG who kicks in (assuming it actually
happens)
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|$10.00 get's an UPstrap www.Upstrap.com for $20.00 until we get the camera
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|for the kid . . .and I promise not to get sucked in to this shit again and
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|apologize to the group for letting this guy get my goat. >>
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|I'm in for $10 too . . . And I too apologize for sinking into depths of this
|distasteful thread but hey, maybe some good can come out of it. Here's my
|thoughts on how this might work . . .
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|Assuming we get some reasonable amount of people to commit to this thing
|(somewhere between 25-50 I'd say) then someone can set up an account
|somewhere to accept donations. A second person can be appointed auditor --
|I'm just imagining that people would e-mail this person and let them know how
|much they're sending. The account keeper could e-mail as checks arrive and
|the two lists could be compared --We promote the thing from time to time
|(maybe a reminder on For Sale Fridays).
|Once enough money is in the account to buy whatever it is we agree on then
|we'll notify the photojournalism programs that are listed on the National
|Press Photographers Association website to promote the contest plus whatever
|art photography schools or whatever.  Someone else will have to set up the
|website to run the contest. I like the idea of a single photo entry.
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|I think this is do-able . . .
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|Bob (many hands make a light work) McEowen
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