[Leica] Petition for initiating M8 lens identification in firmware

[mitcha at mac.com (mitcha@mac.com)]

Geoff:

There is no connection whatsoever between LUG and the petition, which  
I thought was obvious.

The sorting and managing of comments is an issue: I have sent an e- 
mail to the petition site asking whether and how that can be done. I  
would like to delete the bogus and prank signatures and entries, of  
which there were 14 last time I looked, and am waiting to hear from  
the petition site administrators. However, whatever is the answer on  
this issue, it is quite easy to see the bogus entries and there are  
many entries with solid support, which in itself is a good thing.  
Leica will have seen the discussion on the LUF and the petition itself.

I did not see any PayPal window when I set up the petition, but  
apparently one pops up after people sign the petition -- one needs  
merely to ignore that.

--Mitch/Potomac, MD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malland/sets/72157594271568487/

> Mitch, how will this petition be presented to Leica?
>  Can you assure this list that the LUG as a whole will not be  
> presented as
> sponsoring or supporting your petition? That would only reduce our
> credibility with Leica as a group of Leica enthusiasts and  
> supporters, in my
> opinion.
> Are you responding to anything on this list or have you just  
> duplicated your
> postings to the L Camera forum? Seems reasonable that you would talk  
> to us
> here if you expect any support.
>
> How are entries sorted or managed? Who makes that decision? Looking  
> at the
> list you can see are quite a number of anonymous entries and duplicate
> names.
> For example after your own initial entry, someone has added your  
> name as a
> supporter of a Ricoh camera. I'd be annoyed to read that someone had
> misrepresented me.
> As you noted there are a number of false entries attributed to names  
> like
> Barnack, Zeiss, Gandy, Kobayashi. Those are obviously false but what
> correction is possible when someone chooses to use another's name?
> Can people remove their entry if they decide they no longer want to be
> associated with the list or someone has used their name without  
> permission?
> Is it true that a PayPal payment window pops up if an entry is made?