I think FB is the best & logical successor to our forum. Not a perfect alignment, but as close as we're gonna get, minus some of the work & time overhead for Andy. As long as it's members only.
On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Yoram and all,In my opinion the Facebook presence did not affect the PF Gallery contributions. One member who regularly posts there (and I lift off to add to gallery) is Lew Schwartz.In any case it there is interest in putting another book together I am ready to organize it. Hopefully there would be more than a dozen participants. So, .... any "takers"????AndyPS: Yoram, thank you for your note ... it has been an interesting 30 years!!AndyOn Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM YGelmanPhoto <ygelmanphoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hello All!
I’m a bit surprised by how quickly some friends are willing to say
goodbye. My own reaction to Andy’s sad message was to curse myself
for my low level of recent participation and send off a photo.
Why not more of us do that?
I also realize that I really never thanked Andy for his magnificent
work in maintaining the Forum. So, Andy, just a big, big virtual hug
and heartfelt thank you. And if it is really time to close it down,
then so be it and . . .
At least we have some hard copy memories in our books.
Here’s hoping,
-yoram
P.S. I really don’t like Facebook; and feel that introducing it into
the Forum was a turning point, leading to less frequent interaction
among contributors. For what it's worth, I'm going to try engaging
that way again.
> On Feb 22, 2025, at 7:25 AM, Andrew Doller <adoller@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Any possible discussion of archiving and preservation. It would be a shame to just make it all disappear like it never happened.
>
> Andy
>
>> On Feb 22, 2025, at 7:20 AM, Rob Talbot <histrio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Mário
>>
>> I like that ... it's a way of saying goodbye "with a bang" (giving the
>> gallery a send off) instead of just letting it fade away unnoticed.
>>
>> I'm right with you over the lively discussion ... but that was at a
>> time when there was only the listserv.
>>
>> The world has changed - with FB - instagram - Twitter - and probably a
>> dozen more outlets ti's no longer "an event" to see pictures and
>> receive comments.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 at 07:34, Mario Pires <retorta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, having been here for so long, this struck a chord, but i haven't participated for so long also.
>>> I understand the situation. It's a sad reminder that time has passed.
>>> The lively discussion, the Pass the Camera project (i will always remember that adventure).
>>> Perhaps we should do a last show, everyone sending a last picture, perhaps with a self-portrait attached.
>>> A memorial to a bunch of image folks that still love the art of pictures.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mário Pires
>>> On the web since 1994
>>>
>>>
>>> retorta@xxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> https://mariopires.pt
>>>
>>> https://instagram.com/retorta
>>> https://pt.linkedin.com/in/mariofilipepires
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Friends,
>>>>
>>>> It seems that the usefulness of the PhotoForum list has reached rock bottom.
>>>> While the PF gallery garnered some interest and participation, it also seems to have withered away.
>>>>
>>>> For this reason I am thinking it is about time to retire the list and the gallery.
>>>> The site on Facebook would remain available for those of you interested.
>>>>
>>>> I am planning to deactivate the account shortly unless there is some reason to keep it.
>>>>
>>>> Andrew Davidhazy, PF list coordinator
>
