Hello everyone,
With lots of changes lately, we barely had time to decide on an outing for you guys and we know that everyone has been craving for a day out with "papam pals" to enjoy, share and take photos.
So here I am tonight, inviting you to the next outing of PAPM. We are planning on a photographic trip to Port-Louis. The meeting point is at Caudan Waterfront at 9:00 a.m. (and let's hope I am not late again)!
We will divide into groups, you can choose your partners and then set out in the city to take pictures to get back at Caudan at 3:00 p.m. Now we thought this time it would be nice to give you a little assignment; take Portraits, Street Photography and Urban Landscape pictures. You can take other things too but we thought we would put the emphasis on some specific genres. So I hope you will be more than happy to join us on the 31st July at 9 o'clock in Caudan, Port-Louis.
See you all soon!
Check the event page here.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Newsletter
Dear PAPM members,
Firstly we would like to express our gratitude to all the existing members and new ones for joining the new Facebook group and continue the PAPM adventure while sharing our passion for photography and having fun.
Since PAPM 2.0 is operational, we unfortunately have encountered some issues with this new layout, among missing features such as a proper discussion tab which we hope Facebook will upgrade soon.
The issues are namely:
- No direct uploading from your personal albums.
- Members are creating personal albums on PAPM when it is not allowed.
- No possibility for admins to send a message to all members
- No possibility to name officers, only administrators.
- No proper discussion tab available.
- No transparency in posts.
For the first issue, the current group layout does not allow members to upload pictures on PAPM 2.0 directly from their personal albums on their profile. Therefore, again, upload on the group via the wall in the comment box from your computer.
The second issue is the posting of private albums, which constitutes major problems as it breaks the unity among viewers (separates them from other daily uploads); there is no continuity for members to view and comment easily and it can lead to unmanageable private albums in the future. Imagine everyone posting an album each day, it would be very difficult for admins to control and members to view properly. So this leaves us with no better alternative than to prohibit personal albums on PAPM, leaving only the daily uploads on the wall, and two seperate albums for commercial and artistic nude photography. These had lead to issues in the past and thus the reason for their existence.
The third important issue is the message problem. Right now, it is impossible for administrators of the group to send a common message to all members like we used to do on the original PAPM. We ask therefore of you to check as soon as possible the wall and the blog for news and information. We hope that very soon, Facebook will remedy to this lack of common mail feature on their new group format.
Also, among other issues, Facebook new group layout also does not allow officers to be appointed, which results in a diminished team and more workload for the only two present admins (Khatleen Minerve and Ali Ghanty). So this results in the promotion of past officers and admins from the old group. The admin panel now comprises of:
Khatleen Minerve,
Ali Ghanty,
Raj K-b,
Nim B Arasen
And Bhamesh Deeshal.
Admins will thus make a rotation among themselves, sharing tasks while some may step down for a short period. We will also announce an official admin recruitment among existing members of PAPM 2.0 soon.
Last but not least, we ask members for transparency. This particular word is important, because whilst it is common sense that admins are not online 24/7, we would be grateful to members for alerting us of new issues via private emails (to admins) instead of raising up useless debates on the wall, when they are easily avoidable, and are not nice to read. There can be misinterpretation, especially when we are not face to face. Some members asked for transparency when dealing with problems and we think it is right and for this reason we will solve issues in discretion with the offender rather than shout it out loud.
NEWS:
Finally, we are pleased to announce the winner of the PAPM Photography competition proposal for the Rahat Fateh Ali Khan concert, due to the end of this month, and the winner is BU RT. We had sent all participants' links to the event organizers and they have chosen Bu Rt for this excellent low light performance.
Thank you for reading this long post. We hope that PAPM functions smoothly and with your help to evolve into the best photographic community in Mauritius.
PAPM Admins
Firstly we would like to express our gratitude to all the existing members and new ones for joining the new Facebook group and continue the PAPM adventure while sharing our passion for photography and having fun.
Since PAPM 2.0 is operational, we unfortunately have encountered some issues with this new layout, among missing features such as a proper discussion tab which we hope Facebook will upgrade soon.
The issues are namely:
- No direct uploading from your personal albums.
- Members are creating personal albums on PAPM when it is not allowed.
- No possibility for admins to send a message to all members
- No possibility to name officers, only administrators.
- No proper discussion tab available.
- No transparency in posts.
For the first issue, the current group layout does not allow members to upload pictures on PAPM 2.0 directly from their personal albums on their profile. Therefore, again, upload on the group via the wall in the comment box from your computer.
The second issue is the posting of private albums, which constitutes major problems as it breaks the unity among viewers (separates them from other daily uploads); there is no continuity for members to view and comment easily and it can lead to unmanageable private albums in the future. Imagine everyone posting an album each day, it would be very difficult for admins to control and members to view properly. So this leaves us with no better alternative than to prohibit personal albums on PAPM, leaving only the daily uploads on the wall, and two seperate albums for commercial and artistic nude photography. These had lead to issues in the past and thus the reason for their existence.
The third important issue is the message problem. Right now, it is impossible for administrators of the group to send a common message to all members like we used to do on the original PAPM. We ask therefore of you to check as soon as possible the wall and the blog for news and information. We hope that very soon, Facebook will remedy to this lack of common mail feature on their new group format.
Also, among other issues, Facebook new group layout also does not allow officers to be appointed, which results in a diminished team and more workload for the only two present admins (Khatleen Minerve and Ali Ghanty). So this results in the promotion of past officers and admins from the old group. The admin panel now comprises of:
Khatleen Minerve,
Ali Ghanty,
Raj K-b,
Nim B Arasen
And Bhamesh Deeshal.
Admins will thus make a rotation among themselves, sharing tasks while some may step down for a short period. We will also announce an official admin recruitment among existing members of PAPM 2.0 soon.
Last but not least, we ask members for transparency. This particular word is important, because whilst it is common sense that admins are not online 24/7, we would be grateful to members for alerting us of new issues via private emails (to admins) instead of raising up useless debates on the wall, when they are easily avoidable, and are not nice to read. There can be misinterpretation, especially when we are not face to face. Some members asked for transparency when dealing with problems and we think it is right and for this reason we will solve issues in discretion with the offender rather than shout it out loud.
NEWS:
Finally, we are pleased to announce the winner of the PAPM Photography competition proposal for the Rahat Fateh Ali Khan concert, due to the end of this month, and the winner is BU RT. We had sent all participants' links to the event organizers and they have chosen Bu Rt for this excellent low light performance.
Thank you for reading this long post. We hope that PAPM functions smoothly and with your help to evolve into the best photographic community in Mauritius.
PAPM Admins
Saturday, July 2, 2011
PAPM 2.0
Hello PAPMers,
As you have noticed since quite some time now, our group has been undergoing some changes: no more "Add photos" button; no more "Like" button or comment box at times; and lately we have been asked to update the group to the new format Facebook uses now.
Admins and officers of PAPM have discussed and tried to seek out solutions to keep the old group but we have to confess our disappointment as Facebook clearly states that old group cannot be updated to the new format. Therefore, here we are announcing to you that a new platform for our photography community has been created and shall now goes by the name of PAPM 2.0.
All members of the original group can now request to join the new group; Ali Ghanty will be taking care of your request as soon as possible. Those who do no request will not be added by us in the group, unless you are in our friend list since Facebook does not allow us to export the original community to the new group. Therefore, we ask you once again to please check your inbox (or Others in Messages) for our mail and updates on the current situation. A message with the link to PAPM 2.0 has been sent to all members for them to be able to join.
We hope this transition will go on smoothly and we require your patience while we treat your requests.
For those who have already joined the new group, we hope you are enjoying fully the new features of the group: chat between members; direct posting to the albums of the group; quick, simple and user-friendly interface; etc.
Have fun and do not forget to follow the rules ! They are the same!
Nude photography as well as commercial photography are now accepted on PAPM 2.0 but remember that they should be posted to the albums dedicated to them !
Wish you all a great Saturday night and maybe some of you will be getting down with the funk like me with Jamiroquai !
As you have noticed since quite some time now, our group has been undergoing some changes: no more "Add photos" button; no more "Like" button or comment box at times; and lately we have been asked to update the group to the new format Facebook uses now.
Admins and officers of PAPM have discussed and tried to seek out solutions to keep the old group but we have to confess our disappointment as Facebook clearly states that old group cannot be updated to the new format. Therefore, here we are announcing to you that a new platform for our photography community has been created and shall now goes by the name of PAPM 2.0.
All members of the original group can now request to join the new group; Ali Ghanty will be taking care of your request as soon as possible. Those who do no request will not be added by us in the group, unless you are in our friend list since Facebook does not allow us to export the original community to the new group. Therefore, we ask you once again to please check your inbox (or Others in Messages) for our mail and updates on the current situation. A message with the link to PAPM 2.0 has been sent to all members for them to be able to join.
We hope this transition will go on smoothly and we require your patience while we treat your requests.
For those who have already joined the new group, we hope you are enjoying fully the new features of the group: chat between members; direct posting to the albums of the group; quick, simple and user-friendly interface; etc.
Have fun and do not forget to follow the rules ! They are the same!
Nude photography as well as commercial photography are now accepted on PAPM 2.0 but remember that they should be posted to the albums dedicated to them !
Wish you all a great Saturday night and maybe some of you will be getting down with the funk like me with Jamiroquai !
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