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