Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank You Kyle, I've received a few email showing interest in the Coventry elementary school kids. I will call the school tomorrow, and make sure that I have all the info correct, and then post the info on the LUG. It's amazing to me (and unbelievable in the context of technology even 10 years ago), that a group of people who mostly have never met each other, can easily and cheaply communicate all over the this planet, with an aim of helping children that they have never met. The internet has changed our world, in so many ways. Stephen kyle cassidy wrote: > Karina said: > > >Ask me to help those kids that Stephen Gandy mentions in this email and my > >wallet is open... > > and steven said: > > >> 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. > > no reason we can't do that too, there are more than a thousand people on > this list. i know i have a closet full of stuff that i don't use that i'd be > more than happy to send to coventry KY for a photo program. > > my feeling is we could go about this two ways: > > 1) wet darkroom and chemical photography -- i have developing equipment that > could certianly go, and i'm sure other people do too, i could probably also > scrounge up some nikon lenses that i dont use, i know i have a spare sekonic > meter, and again, i'm sure other people will do. > > 2) though we might be best off setting them up digital, the expense might > end up being less. i know i have a pentium 100 i'd be happy to part with and > for $300 we can come up with a nice digital camera -- OR we could send them > 10 Jamcam's -- the advantages of this i think are that there's no expensive > film to muck around with. > > IN ANY EVENT, whichever you decide, if steven is willing to spearhead this, > i'm on board for the Covington KY thing too, and I've recieved an email from > at least one other lugger who would as well. > > take a look through your closets -- let's make it happen! > > kc > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html