[Leica] LUG Yearbook sales

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Frank,
Lugland has a population of 1,000? Where did that figure come from as it 
seems surprisingly large to me?
Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG Yearbook sales


>I am at the stage in Life where I do not want more "stuff".  My Kids do not
> want to have to get rid of even more "stuff" after I am gone.  A printed
> Book is "stuff".
> The PDF version is a perfect solution for me... the Charity gets the
> donation, I get to look at and study the images, and my Kids do not have 
> to
> rid our house with more "stuff" (hopefully after I am gone...).
>
> For those that think a PDF version is somehow a downplay from a printed
> version, and therefore is some kind of ridiculousness, you are entitled to
> your opinion.
>
> I am saddened that no PDF 2015 version was/is not available.
>
> The World at large hardly is interested in a book of images that are in
> their own right non-thematic, non-consistent in quality, at a $100 price
> point, non-juried, from a group of photographers whose only connection to
> each other is a computer and a few Internet wires.. Publicity will get you 
> a
> few curious people to buy one.... but asking the Editor to put out even 
> more
> energy to promote to the world seems totally out of line.
>
> This is not rocket science...   If the purpose of the Yearbook is still to
> donate to a charity, then let's get our "stuff" together and make sure 
> that
> the roughly 1000 of us in LUG-Land make a suitable donation....
>
> My suggestion:  the solution is to charge a nominal fee ( cost from Blurb
> for PDF distribution  plus the donation) for entering your 2 images into 
> the
> book, for which, you automatically get a code for the PDF version....  At
> 100 Photographers submittals, and a charity donation of $5 each, the 
> charity
> would collect $500, and those that want to "feel" the pages,  can as well
> buy a printed version....
>
> Or, if you prefer to not "force" the purchase of the PDF version,
>
> Just charge a Charity Fee for entry... the donation amount.
>
> The whole purpose of this project was (is?) to gather money for a charity.
>
> This is all about giving.  Not Ego.
>
> I hope.
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
>
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