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The Durango Photography Club's Website and Forum Communication Policy

 

Our website is intended for communication of items directly related to our purpose which is bringing  people together from the four-corners area with a common interest in photography. Our mission, the purpose of our website and the  Club forum is to encourage the interchange of ideas and techniques used in photography and to provide education for those who want to improve the quality of their work. Our  Mission  Statement specifically states that the Club does not allow for strictly commercial messages that do not meet the above criteria. Only members can offer items to the  webmaster for posting on the website.  They may also address them directly to the Club's forum.  Suitable items may include notice of items for sale, or notice of services offered (such services can be either by members or third parties) all of which must be related directly to photography. Service listings should be brief and timely.  Members may submit links to other websites for posting on the Club's website as long as the links are directly related to photographic activities. The webmaster will decide if a request for posting an item on the website is appropriate. That decision may be appealed to the Club's President. 

 

HOW DO I JOIN THE FORUM?

The first step is to join the forum by sending an e-mail to DurangoPhotographyClub-subscribe@yahoogroups.com with your name.  Since the forum is not available to outsiders, I will have to approve membership in the forum.  Initially it will be available to both members and those prospective members on our e-mail list.  Those who are not members will be removed from the forum after two months.  After you are approved you will get an e-mail notifying you of that fact. 

 

 

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE FORUM

One of the purposes of the forum is to give us an opportunity to "pick the brains" of other members.  Any questions concerning photography may be asked.  Wonder is someone else has the camera you're thinking of purchasing?  Would you like to know if anyone has a good source for ink cartridges, paper or other supplies?   Have a problem with your software or need advice on good software to consider? 

 

Another use would to pass along tips, tricks or gadgets that you think would be useful to the others.

 

Finally, it can be used to set up impromptu photo shoots.  If you're going out for a photo shoot and would like company you could send an e-mail to the forum with the details.  Anyone interested in joining you could contact you direct to finalize arrangements.  The idea is that this could be done on as little notice as a day or can be planned further ahead for a trip where an overnight or more would be needed.  This is for strictly non-commercial activities. 

 

 

HOW DOES IT WORK?

When you send an e-mail to the forum at DurangoPhotographyClub@yahoogroups.com it will be transmitted to every forum member.  Hopefully one of the members will have the answer or could at least direct you in the right direction.  When they answer your request it will again be sent to every forum member.  That way we all learn from the question you asked.  Since we are not that large a group you wont receive many e-mails a week.  If you prefer, when you subscribe to the forum you have three options - Receive all e-mails, only receive a digest once a day listing the subjects of the e-mails, receive nothing and go on-line to the web to see what has been going on.

 

If you have any questions just get in touch with me by e-mail (rachnews@mydurango.net) or phone (970-375-7877).  Otherwise, just go on-line and sign up so that we can get this off the ground.  We've already had a first impromptu photo shoot!