RE: RE: (erielack) EL calendar: March 2008

["Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

> We have to remember that many of the pictures we want to see 
> were taken by photographers who were looking for a pretty 
> picture, not recording industrial history; many didn't take 
> much more in the way of notes than date and place.  That 
> means that someone has to guess at a lot of the information, 
> if we insist on a lot of information.

But folks who are knowledgeable (like this list!) could easily
extrapolate more data out of the photos (as we've done all along here)
and provide better captions!


 
> Could we be that someone?  Could several of our more 
> knowledgeable members volunteer to proof the photos and 
> supply what info they, as a group, could?  Think of six 
> people receiving a scan of each picture, one at a time and in 
> rotation, adding info, and forwarding the picture to the next 
> in line to add, subtract or correct.  The whole process coud 
> be electronic.

I had recommended this quite a while ago, but apparently the guy who
puts the calendars out seems to be content on doing it all himself. The
only real solution is to put out your own calendar.




 
> I think that would be more constructive than the CONSTANT 
> carping and fault-finding aimed at someone who is doing 
> something that, at the moment, no one else is willing to do 
> -- put out a calendar.


That's a bit of an oversimplification. It's not that "no one else is
willing to do," but rather "no one has offered the large initial cash
outlay to publish the calendar." 


 
> I would be willing to be part of such an editorial 
> assistance, even though my knowledge, such as it is, is more 
> mechanical than operational -- and even that is limited.

Ditto! :)

	- Paul

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