Hello Royce - As a member of this far-flung community - if usually as a lurking one - I laud the possibility of us sharing a part of each others lives, as well as those in the Orkney communities! (phew - ran out of breath there...) Thanks you for your thoughtfulness in creating it as an option for us all! Jackie in Oakland, CA Royce Perry wrote: > I tend to agree Norman...in fact I sat on the idea for quite a while > wondering how the group would react. Case in point,,it must have been the > camel that broke the straws back for Fiona,,she just bailed out. > My hope is that the folks that are actually on Orkney will play an active > part in letting us "out worlders" get a better peek at what the reality on > the ground is. > >From a slightly different angle, this group itself is "connected" to > Orkney,,it is in a way an extended Orkney community. As such, we have a > certain amount of justified interest in each other as people. Used properly > a photo place where we can see each other and our surroundings is within the > remit of the group? > But I am certainly open to discussion and opposing opinions. > For what it's worth..the photo album is not part of the group as such...only > an external link to the site where it's hosted. > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: Norman Tulloch [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:28 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orcadia Group Photo Album > > > I must admit that I have reservations about the Orcadia Group Photo Album. > > To state the obvious, the Orcadia group is about Orkney. While I'd > welcome a photo album concerned with things Orcadian, I think that most > of the things that you mention in the list above are quite irrelevant to > the remit of the Orcadia list. > > The Orcadia Group Photo Album is a good idea, but not if it it is to > consist of pictures of things or people completely unconnected with Orkney. > > Sorry, but that's the way I feel. > > Norman Tulloch > > > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Jacqueline Howell 510 302-4200 510 302-4242 FAX Receptionist/Asst. Site Administrator WestEd 300 Lakeside Drive, 25th Fl Oakland, CA 94612

Here Here! The view from here in Canada is that yes, we are bound together as siblings with attachments to mother Orkney. Norman makes a valid point about the purpose of the site. Mother Orkney is and must remain the focus always. But the side bar issue here is that we know each other somewhat, and the connections and bonds we make can become stronger if we share. I think the photos that relate to members is a natural extension of those relationships, and they could be in a who's who members section, aside from the core of this, which is hardcore Orkney. But I would love to see Royce in his Gunn kilt and cowboy hat, and people from down under with their pet roos, and our northern friends with furs and snowshoes and the English eating fish and chips on a cobblestone street...etc. etc. When I was there I met Karen from the south, Scarlett Peggy from Virginia and Vermont, Steve Heddle from Kirkwall and Bruce and Maureen and Surrey the killer cat on Stronsay. By having a photo album to look at, if we are walking through an airport or down Albert street, or sitting in a pub in Stromness, we just recognize someone we have been chatting with for years. That I predict will indeed happen, based on our numbers and the trips we make to Orkney. Bottom line....Royce.... you have begun to pioneer a new and exciting dimension for this group of Orknoids. Thanks for your noble effort. Stephen Kol Davie On Sep 14, 2007, at 3:41 PM, Jacqueline Howell wrote: > Hello Royce - > > As a member of this far-flung community - if usually as a lurking > one - > I laud the possibility of us sharing a part of each others lives, as > well as those in the Orkney communities! (phew - ran out of breath > there...) > > Thanks you for your thoughtfulness in creating it as an option for > us all! > > Jackie in Oakland, CA > > > > > Royce Perry wrote: >> I tend to agree Norman...in fact I sat on the idea for quite a while >> wondering how the group would react. Case in point,,it must have >> been the >> camel that broke the straws back for Fiona,,she just bailed out. >> My hope is that the folks that are actually on Orkney will play an >> active >> part in letting us "out worlders" get a better peek at what the >> reality on >> the ground is. >>> From a slightly different angle, this group itself is "connected" to >> Orkney,,it is in a way an extended Orkney community. As such, we >> have a >> certain amount of justified interest in each other as people. Used >> properly >> a photo place where we can see each other and our surroundings is >> within the >> remit of the group? >> But I am certainly open to discussion and opposing opinions. >> For what it's worth..the photo album is not part of the group as >> such...only >> an external link to the site where it's hosted. >> R >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Norman Tulloch [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:28 PM >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Orcadia Group Photo Album >> >> >> I must admit that I have reservations about the Orcadia Group >> Photo Album. >> >> To state the obvious, the Orcadia group is about Orkney. While I'd >> welcome a photo album concerned with things Orcadian, I think that >> most >> of the things that you mention in the list above are quite >> irrelevant to >> the remit of the Orcadia list. >> >> The Orcadia Group Photo Album is a good idea, but not if it it is to >> consist of pictures of things or people completely unconnected >> with Orkney. >> >> Sorry, but that's the way I feel. >> >> Norman Tulloch >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > -- > Jacqueline Howell > 510 302-4200 > 510 302-4242 FAX > > Receptionist/Asst. Site Administrator > WestEd > 300 Lakeside Drive, 25th Fl > Oakland, CA 94612 > > > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message