wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: Congratulations, everyone!
Pat Swovelin 2007-Jan-03 08:41:00
G. Donald Bain wrote:
> The new Best of 2006 World Wide Panorama site is up, and it looks
> fantastic!
>
> Congratulations to everyone, and thank you, each of you individually,
> for your contributions. What an amazing international collaboration
> and collection of personal views of our world. I think we
> collectively deserve some sort of prize!
>
> Special thanks are due to Landis Bennett and Markus Altendorff, who
> made it all happen. I failed to do my fair share in producing this
> version, but they carried on and did a great job. (But I will be
> putting in a good few hours in the next week, editing for the final
> release.)
>
> We have been avoiding major publicity about the WWP for the last few
> events because of band-width issues on the local area network (i.e.
> in the Geography Department). But there is a good chance that this
> issue will be resolved soon (new 100-base-T switched routers to
> replace 15-year old 10-base-T shared). When that happens we can tell
> the world - and I am sure they will respond.
>
> When you finish drinking a champagne toast to the WWP, here are a few
> things to keep in mind for 2007. The next event will be on the
> Equinox in March, with the theme "Atmosphere". I will write something
> about it in the next week. Then the Solstice in June, and the Equinox
> again in September. And in between think about what you want to shoot
> for Best of 2007.
I think it's *great* that you announced the next event's theme as the
current one goes live. This gives us a full 3 months to procrastinate,
er, I mean, think about what we're going to do so we won't be caught in
a last-minute crunch.
Not that thats ever happened to me... =8^)
> But before the Solstice event in June there will be another MAJOR
> item on your VR calendar - the International VR Conference in
> Berkeley in May. It will include a special reception in honor of the
> World Wide Panorama. I know you cannot all attend, but we will try to
> webcast it and video chat with you.
>
> Happy New Year, and thanks for the great work!
No, thank *you* for giving us a place to play every 3 months. It's
great to be a part of something where people from all over the world can
come together to interpret the theme as best they see fit and then show
off their efforts for all the world to see. What a wonderful thing the
WWP is.
> Don
Pat Swovelin
Cool Guy @ Large