Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:36:51 -0400
Reply-To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Buses by the Depot photos (and cool new website!)
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Joy,
I think this is a great idea. I have only been fortunate enough to make one
event and that was this past September's Bus Boo with the Buses by the Beach
group. It was great to finally put some faces to names. If this site is a go
I'll surely submit a picture.
On 10/16/06, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> No long-distance award, sorry! But if you come, we'll give you one, how's
> that? Unless someone else comes from even further.
>
> But regarding putting faces to names, Larry Chase and I are plotting a new
> addition to his website, inspired by the reactions I've gotten to these
> photos - "people of the community," he suggested we call it. Photos of
> people in the Vanagon community, so we can all put more faces to names!
>
> I'm culling my photos, and the rest of you might do that too! Larry is
> putting his mind to the software, since he already has the general setup for
> getting lots of photos up. Presumably he'll password protect it, as some
> people may have concerns about being included in such a site otherwise.
>
> So look out for the grand announcement and photo request soon! And next
> time you're at Vanagon events, folks, take photos of each other instead of
> photos of vans! After all, we all know what vans look like, but we don't
> all know each other.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> p.s. Hmm, maybe before the photo site actually goes public we should have
> the guessing contest - "what do you think thus-and-such a person looks
> like?" The person who comes closest wins? I don't know what they'd win -
> ESP award? Of course only people who have never met the people they are
> guessing about could enter. :-) I've already gotten some emails along the
> lines of "gee, that's not what I thought Ron Salmon looked like!"
>
> Larry, we'll have to work out the logistics of this contest, it could be
> pretty funny!
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> now living in a real house in northern Virginia
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>
> ****************************************************************
>
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Tom [mailto:bueses@earthlink.net]
> :::Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 12:07 PM
> :::To: Joy Hecht
> :::Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: Buses by the Depot photos
> :::
> :::
> :::On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:44 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:
> :::
> :::> Hi all,
> :::>
> :::> I think I've mastered yahoo photos, and you should be able to see
> :::> some of my
> :::> pictures here:
> :::>
> :::> http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jhechtoldcat
> :::
> :::Great pics, Joy. Nice to put some of the faces w/ the names-who won
> :::long distance award or was there one?
> :::
> :::Tom B.-I would have been there, but didn't have a 10 day weekend
>
>
--
Thanks,
Jeff
90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
85' GL (sidelined but to be resurected in the near future)
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