Re: Motion fot Official Pictures

[Jeanne Plank <plankmail@aol.com>]

I second the motion proposed below.  May the discussions begin.
    Jeanne Clay Plank
On Oct 15, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Robert Pries wrote:

> I move as suggested below that the Managing editor direct the  
> editor to
> reinstate the Bulletin position of Photo Coordinator.
>
> If there is a second than we can entertain a discustion. But i  
> would note a
> couple of points. We need several people involved in this task. The  
> needs of
> AIS are rapidly expanding. The bulletin, the slides programs, the  
> wiki, and
> the website can all profit from a group of "official"  
> photographers. It is
> easy to downsize a picture but you can't increase the size well. If  
> we had
> official photographers recording these on CD's at a high resolution  
> they could
> be stored as a photo archive in the library. If photos of cultivars  
> were
> copied in low resolution to the wiki they could be easily found.  
> The wiki
> provides a comment for every picture that goes up (if it is filled  
> in) as to
> the source, date, place etc. Official photos on the discs could be  
> referenced
> on the wiki as to disc number so they could easily be found. The  
> wiki would
> allow a great way to preview shots and only request what is needed.  
> This could
> also be of great benefit to garden writers who may previously not  
> have written
> about an iris because they did not have the photos for publication.  
> It is
> amazing what a good system might accomplish.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Plank" <bobplankmail@aol.com>
> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:25:23 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada  
> Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Pictures
>
> Will someone on the Board please move that the Managing Editor  
> direct the
> Editor to reinstate the Bulletin position of Photo Coordinator.

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