Yes, Paul, I agree, but Frank didn't reassure people on other lists that
the guy approached without an introduction.
All that Tom and I and various others are saying is that it wasn't very
well handled. The indisputable proof of that is the fact that so many
people questioned it, and some even apparently went so far as to write
rude emails about it. If it had been well-handled, why is there still
such a debate about it?
I personally also object to the recent post from Aaron crticising people
on this list, and saying that our behaviour caused Pentax to withdraw the
plan. When I pressed Aaron on this he became very vague. He said "more
than one" person had written nasty emails, and more than one person who
had done so had at some time, he thought, contributed to this list.
The criticisms from people on this list have been reasoned and calm and
polite, even those from Tom C. :-) The defenders, in contrast, have not
invariably been reasoned or calm or polite. The great majority have,
however.
What seems likely is that this was a bright idea which didn't have the
backing of management, and at the first sign of trouble, they pulled the
plug. What people on this list said probably had very little to do with
it. The PDML is not the whole universe.
I'm off to bed. To sleep, and perhaps to forget this whole silly saga.
John
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:22:58 -0000, Paul Stenquist
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Frank assured us that this guy was legit, and that the request was from
Pentax Canada. Frank's word is good enough for me.
Paul
On Feb 7, 2006, at 8:01 PM, Keith McGuinness wrote:
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
[snip history 8-)]
Not everything has to be formal and overly legal. Sometimes a few
people
can just agree on what they want to do, and go about the business at
hand
like friends and people who trust one another. If you don't like the
format, then don't play. Go sign documents and make a big deal about
something else. It's just a couple of low-rez pics that Pentax
wanted, and
the photog would get a nice on-screen credit, both with his or her
name and
web site. Not a bad deal for the cost of an email, IMO.
Absolutely!
I did want to be assured that it was coming from Pentax (because I get
dozens of scam email messages daily and it was going to take a little
time to pick and downsize the photos) and the way the request was
conveyed was a little odd.
BUT, once that was out of the way, I thought it was a fun thing to do.
And anyone who didn't want to do it, could just ignore the whole thing.
Oh well, such is life.
Keith McG
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