Hello David,
I'm sorry there wasn't an explanatory slip in your copy; I know Brian printed one for inclusion. Must have been human error.
It would not be financially viable to produce copies for every member, and the one-per-club was considered better than none at all. We haven’t placed a copyright on the disc for precisely that reason.
The selected 50 images were available shortly after the 2011 seminar, and mention was made on the forum, website, and revs at the time, through the kind support of Jonathon Cuff and Shirley Sinclair at
http://www.awgbseminar.co.uk/2011/Loughborough2011INDEX.htmYou did suggest a Facebook page years ago, and at the time I didn’t think there was much value in it (especially as it would be me administering and populating it!), but as time has gone on, and especially with you bringing it up again, I have to say it is something I will look at doing as soon as possible.
There are a couple of issues to address first, not least the issue of portability in the event I retire from the EC.
There is already a YouTube channel at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amM24hRDrNI which I have been remiss in keeping up-to-date. I’ll make a better effort!
During the 2011 and 2009 seminars I also uploaded “live” photographs to my own flickr channel and made mention here on the forum. The hit rate was not impressive. We will certainly do the same again for 2013 and hope more people benefit by looking at the stream.
One of the main problems with all social media, and you must know this from personal experience, is time to update all arms of your SM sites and keep them current and interesting. With the advent of the e-bulletin there is a real danger of overload, repetition, and at most times a lack of anything interesting to post. And as usual I imagine it will fall to me to do the finger tapping and uploading. I can only do so much. I will look at the possibility of co-opting another EC member to take on a couple of tasks and see where we get.
As ever, thank you for the comments and suggestions, they are genuinely appreciated.
Andy