wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: discussion of the future of the WWP
Carlos Chegado Lists 2013-Feb-11 11:20:00
I am surprised that in a thread named "discussion of the future of the WWP"
that by chance happened elsewhere but that Don Bain rightfully brought in
here to this mail list for your consideration, all you can think about to
reply is saying no to Facebook, Saying no to G+, etc, etc.
If you want to discuss this matter here on Yahoo Groups, great, discuss it
here, no problem, but please discuss the most important matter and just
ignore the platform wars!
Don Bain is not forcing anyone to move to Facebook. Don is just pointing
out that this discussion started on the Panoramic Photographers on Facebook
Group because obviously this is the most lively Panoramic Photography Group
that currently exists. But discussing it here is valuable too because every
opinion maters and if some of you aren't going to reply on that original
PPoF thread, then please express your points of view here.
OK, now back to the main point, Don, I think I can safely say this
on behalf of my fellow members of the IVRPA Board of Directors, if you
think the IVRPA can be of any help to assist you keeping the WWP project
going, let us know and we'll try help as much as possible.
My best regards
Os melhores cumprimentos
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Carlos Chegado
Iceland2013.org - The International Panoramic Photography Conference,
Selfoss, Iceland, June 10-16, 2013.
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Don Bain <#removed#>wrote:
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> In response to a comment on "Panoramic Photographers on Facebook" I posted
> a statement (below). Bostjan and I also Skyped for a while, kicking around
> more ideas.
>
> Mailing lists (such as this) still have some utility, but I find that most
> meaningful communication these days is happening via Facebook. I urge
> everyone involved with the WWP to "like" the group page "Panoramic
> Photographers on Facebook", which has 1600 members. Go to:
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/panoramicphotographers
>
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> About the Future of the World Wide Panorama.
>
> We have discussed a makeover for the WWP website a number of times over
> the last few years. Markus, creator of the underlying CMA and all site
> graphics except the masthead, has been pre-occupied with a demanding new
> job. Landis is now a full-time airline pilot. My excuse is too many other
> projects involving my own website and the IVRPA. Bostjan, Pat, Keith and
> others have made useful suggestions, but we never got past the talking
> stage.
>
> The project continues mostly for the benefit of the loyal core of
> continuing participants, plus a small steady stream of new ones. More and
> more the value of the WWP is the amazing legacy of panoramas from past
> events, which motivates me to pay the bill every month and keep the events
> going.
>
> The main objectives of an overhaul would be to update the appearance to a
> more contemporary look (wider, lighter), and to make a clear separation
> between the two main functions - participation in ongoing events (aimed at
> panoramic photographers) and access to the archive (for the general
> public). There is also a great deal of textual content that needs to be
> updated.
>
> We have started a new feature of full-year and multi-year events
> (Bostjan's idea) as a supplement to the themed and time-limited events. In
> total, 1090 participants have submitted 7449 panoramas to the project over
> the last nine years.
>
> The late Pat Swovelin brought great energy and commitment to the job of
> event coordinator and he will be hard to replace. Bostjan has been playing
> a larger role in announcing and promoting events. We know there are people
> out there that could bring new energy and skills to the effort.
>
> The underlying structure of the WWP is sound - it is based on KRPano and
> Markus' PHP/MySQL prep server. We remain committed to being non-commercial,
> non-competitive, and insisting on full and accurate meta-data. We even have
> a legal identity as a non-profit corporation.
>
> It would be nice to increase participation, and visibility. A project to
> use the archive of equirectangular images to deliver multi-resolution and
> iOS versions is clearly a priority. A regular schedule of announcements and
> a forum for discussion within the community is also needed.
>
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