Re: [Leica] calling on the LUG to do a good deed: leica scholarship

["Karina Klaas" <shutterbug@iinet.net.au>]

Hi Kyle,

I think you compassion towards and attempt to help the youth of today is
commendable.  However, I too, have a daughter who is in her final year at
University and whilst "Mum" is always on hand to help, I do all in my power
to encourage that she gets a job during her vacations and as time permits.

I started my first partime job age 13 - in an after hours emergency
chemist - working every weekend, public and school holiday at a rate of 12
hours a day for 2 years.
This is not one of those "I walked to school in the snow barefoot" stories
(LOL) but it seems to me that a lot of the youth of today - pick and
choose - only doing things that appeal to them and never sacrificing
themselves to do those things that need to be done whether they enjoy it or
not.  True appreciation comes from real sacrifice.

Ask me to help those kids that Stephen Gandy mentions in this email and my
wallet is open...

Take Care

Karina

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Gandy" <leicanikon@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] calling on the LUG to do a good deed: leica scholarship


> Sorry Kyle,  I for one see no need.
> .
> Banding together helping the homeless (anywhere), is a helping hand to
those who
> really need it.
>
> Taking up a collection  to help an adult who is smart enough to get into
one of
> America's premier schools (no small achievement), and have the wherewithal
to
> live in one of America's most expensive areas (San Francisco),  sounds
downright
> silly to me.  What's next ?  Taking up a collection for the downtrodden of
> Beverly Hills who are forced to drive last years Mercedes?
>
> Scott has done very well to get where he is.   My suggestion to  Scott's
> horrendous  "100 days of summer lying before
> him like a raft of empty time which makes me weep for my youth" is a crash
> course in Reality 101:  getting a job and learning to pay his own way,
and
> learning not to ask for handouts when he is (presumably) capable of paying
his
> own travel and photography bills.    I am not trying to be mean to Scott
or you
> about this,  it is just that the idea of LUGGERS  paying for summer
vacations
> so a college kid does not have to join the masses and get a job does not
make a
> lot of sense.
>
> Scholarships are usually awarded on need, and in a competitive application
> environment.  IF  a LUG scholarship were established,  and Scott won the
> scholarship in competition with other applicants, that would be entirely
> different matter.
>
> However, some charity causes certainly are worthy of a helping hand.  Last
week
> I got an email from an Elementary school in Covington Kentucky.  The
school
> district is so poor that the teachers  buy the student's paper, pencils,
and
> often books, or the students do without.  The teachers want  to get a
> photography program going.  To me at least, helping a group of elementary
kids
> who are unable to help themselves is a lot more worthy charity for the
LUG.
>
> Stephen Gandy
>
>
> Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>
> > Okay, I promise, just this once and I'll leave everybody along for a
long
> > time. But I think right now we have an opportunity to do something Good
here
> > and I think that this body, with the collective power has a unique
ability
> > to do something other than just talk.
> >
> > In any event, you may recall that at the conclusion of the LUG's last
> > charity fundraiser ("Christmas in Bucharest" which raised $2,500 for
> > homeless kids living in Romania) I proposed that our next charity event
> > should be photography related -- a LUG scholarship for sending a young
> > photojournalist student somewhere to take photos.
> >
> > Well, a week ago I got an email from just such a person.
> >
> > Scott Squire is a LUGger and a photojournalism student at Berkeley who,
at
> > classes end finds himself looking out over 100 days of summer lying
before
> > him like a raft of empty time which makes me weep for my youth. Mr.
Squire
> > is gung ho to do a long term doccumentary project overseas and, after
> > looking at his portfolio, I think he has quite a considerable talent and
it
> > would be a Very Good Thing if we could sponser him.
> >
> > What I'm proposing:
> >
> > 1) Scott can contribute money of his own, but I'd like to come up with
AT
> > LEAST $1000 to defray the cost of his travel.
> > 2) He's interested in going to Romania to cover the homeless situation,
> > which I think would be excellent as we would be able to see the results
of
> > the money we sent over in December.
> > 3) If the LUG agrees to this, I'll call B&H, Freetyle, and several other
> > places to see if I can get them to donate film and equipment.
> > 4) I'd like to get either a) 10 luggers to contribute $100 or, that that
> > doesn't happen, 20 luggers to contribute $50 -- the price of a photo
book --
> > towards getting him over there and maybe some food and film.
> >
> > BUT WHAT DO WE GET IN RETURN?
> > Ah, nothing, of course, is free. The LUG will have specific requirements
for
> > the use of our funds.
> >
> > 1) Scott will be asked to keep a photo-journal on line, updated weekly,
that
> > we can log into and follow his progress -- get to know his subjects and
> > their lives. The web page will also have a contributors section, if you
care
> > to make a gift in someone's name, what better place to memorialize them?
or
> > yourself for that matter.
> >
> > 2) Upon returning also, he will make a traveling exhibit (i'm thinking
> > unmatted, unframed) which can then be sent from city to city, a LUGGER
in
> > each city taking the responsibility of finding a place to hang it so
nearby
> > luggers can see it. Even if this is nothing more than a show at
someone's
> > house, if it gets the LUG meeting one another, what could be better?
> >
> > 3) A tax write off? who knows. I'll defer to one of the Lugyers who may
have
> > specific expertise in the itchy field of charitable donations and taxes
and
> > how this might be achieved if people want to make larger contributions.
> >
> > I know I've personally longed to spend months living in a $20 a week
hotel
> > filled with rats and bugs, sleeping in sewers and really getting to do
> > serious doccumentary work. I think a lot of the LUG has too, but when
those
> > two paths diverged in the wood, other careers have come in the way and
> > somewhere in the years that have passed, we find that we own SUV's and
white
> > picket fences and suddenly our lives are too complicated to take three
> > months to go anywhere. Imagine the impact this could have made on any of
us
> > when we were 24. I'm not unhappy with my life as an armchair
photographer,
> > and I really would enjoy living vicariously a little through this
project.
> >
> > Please look at Scott's portfolios and get back to me if you're
interested:
> >
> >
> > http://journalism.berkeley.edu/students/squire/ecuastories/FrameSet.html
> >
> >
> > http://journalism.berkeley.edu/students/squire/ecuasingles/FrameSet.html
> >
> > I don't want to turn this forum into a telethon and I PROMISE that if we
do
> > this, I'll leave everybody alone. At least until next summer. We can
make
> > this happen; I'll be the first to throw $50 into the ring. Anybody else?
> >
> > Thanks for your time and attention, I now return you to your regularly
> > scheduled Summilux-R discussion,
> >
> > Kyle
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