We are happy to announce that:
1. Susanne Fichtler has joined the organizing committee. So the group now consists of 4 people.
2. We will host 2 events. One on August 12 and one on September 30.
3. We encourage people across the world to organize concurrent events.
4. Each race will cover 4 themes. 2 themes will be announced when we start. 2 other after lunch.
5. To ensure that everyone has the same starting position, we will draw theme-straws just before the start. Themes will probably be partly conceptual, partly concrete.
6. The themes drawn will also be communicated to those organizing/participating in the race in other cities.
7. There will be 3 checkpoints (well, meeting points would be a better description: one at coffee time, one at lunch time and one dinner. The first one will be announced shortly before the day. The other 2 meeting points during the day. The main purpose of the meeting points is to socialize and get energy for the next activity.
8. Rather than sending photos in directly after the race, we decided to take things a bit easier. For each theme, 3 entries have to be posted before noon the next day (time zone of the city where the photo race is run). For each theme, no more than 3 photos will be allowed for entry.
9. For each theme one thread will be generated to allow participants to post their entries.
10. We would appreciate that participants limit the editing of photos to regular postprocessing steps such as B/W conversion, curves, cropping, and alike. So please do not post photos that involve heavy and creative editing, such as turning photos into abstract paintings, changing colours, adding or deleting subjects/objects , (other than via a crop).
11. The community will be asked to vote for the "best series" per theme. We will come back to the system that we'd like to use for voting.
The request for hotel arrangements has been limited so we won't be able to arrange discounts. It would be best to arrange for lodging and transport yourself. However, if you need some ideas or help, let us know and we will try to accommodate.
May we ask you to communicate:
1. your preferred date for participation, even if you already expressed your interest earlier
2. When do you intend to arrive and leave
3. Any limitations/request w.r.t. food.
4. Will you bring others to the event.
If you can't attend, but would like to do a similar thing in another city, please leave a message here as well.
Fee free to drop a note here with questions and ideas as well.
We are really, really looking forward to seeing you at one of these days, catch up and have fun together.
Let's hope this is the start of an annual happening!
