Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] LuG history
From: frankandaubrey@mindspring.com
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:30:08 -0400

Marty, 

Thanks for the research. I'm fairly new to LUG and have wondered about the
origin of the PAW myself.  You've saved me the trouble.  I hope to actually
start posting one day - must come up with a scanner first!  Oh well.  Take it
light.

Frank

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 18:53:59 -0500 freak scene <freakscene@weirdness.com>
wrote:

> I have spent a few moments seeking the truth
> about some LuG history.  Curious about the
> origin of the PAW (of which Kyle is the
> champion but he has also repeatedly denied
> status of 'originator') I have uncovered the
> following facts.
> 
> Ted Grant suggested a photo-a-day for 1999/the
> 'last year of the millennium'
> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v04/msg07934.html
> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v04/msg08071.html
> 
> Kyle announced your PAW here on New Year's Eve:
> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v13/msg06105.html
> 
> Denied status as originator in 2001 here (and
> in numerous other places in the archive):
> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v19/msg02489.html
> 
> And here is the first mention specifically of
> the term PAW by Bob Keene or Karen Shehade (I
> think it was Bob who posted):
> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/v13/msg05706.html
> 
> 
> So, there you go.  Bob Keene, it was all his
> fault, um, idea, I mean.
> 
> Thanks go to Brian for maintaining the archive
> and providing a simple, efficient search
> function to go with it.
> 
> Something that means something will follow, at
> some stage.
> 
> Marty
> 
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