Richard Lahrson (tripspud@hooked.net)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:59:41 -0800
Hello,
Some members of the alt list asked if I would post to the list when the
Zone System Mailing list became active. That just happened yesterday. Following
is a quote from the newsletter:
> The listserv seems to be ready. If you wish to join an
> email discussion group about the Zone System and other
> matters of photography just send an email message to
>
> subscribe-ZoneSystem@moze.cicada.com
(Be sure to include the "subscribe" in the address box!
I didn't the first time and it bounced. Write
anything in the body of the message like
"subscribe" and confirmation will be sent back
to you.)
> The emphasis for the list is the Zone System, but other photographic topics are fine as long as they are of interest to the list. If the off topic traffic gets
>
> Here is a little bit of information about the community of people
> who receive *this* newsletter (the one you are reading now). In general
> you fall into one of about three camps:
>
> 1) Curmudgeons like myself, only more so. For instance, a surprising number
> of us met or studied with Ansel Adams. The curmudgeons
> amongst us have an incredible wealth of knowledge and background.
>
> 2) Newbies and/or students. The web site gets a fair amount of traffic from
> educational institutions. Students bring insights and enthusiasm to the
> table - also fear and loathing :) There are some college, high school
> and junior high school (!) students out there who are going to make all
> of us proud.
>
> 3) Returnees. Many of us have been enthralled with photography
> earlier in our lives but fell away from it for some reason or the other.
> Upon returning as older more mature photographers, more certain of ourselves
> and our photographic intentions, the Zone System has gone from something
> that might have seemed like it was worth learning to a way of focusing
> energy back into photography.
>
> There are lots of other ways to divide or subdivide us, but that isn't the point
> at all. I just wanted to give you a sense of the community that makes up
> this mailing list. That same community will be the backbone of the zonesystem
> list.
>
> The list will be semi-moderated. Everyone is required to behave with civility.
> I will moderate and will not be persuaded by against my best judgement for
> removing list members, or otherwise restricting the set of people who may post to
> the list in any fashion that is beneficial.
>
> I will post sometimes, but mostly, this is *your* list.
> The posts will eventually find their way to the website.
> Digests are available.
>
> Along the way, we have already put people in touch with one another
> or otherwise increased the flow of information between photographers.
> If you make it so, this list will become a champion example of that
> sort of Internet community. No one in the photographic community has
> a better chance to create a high quality list than you. The group of
> people receiving this email message is already self-selected as having
> a persistent and powerful interest in photography. Your new mailinglist
> could a truly great thing. Make it so.
Cheers,
Rich Lahrson
tripspud@hooked.net
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