[Aquanet] May flowers

[David & Caryl Rojas]

Hi Gang!  First of all, we're an extended family of artists, and as 
such, to have differences is normal.  Ray, you have such a burden of 
responsibility and duties that I think I would not be alone in the group 
to suggest that we double...no..triple your salary.  I too, am guilty of 
sending an image to your personal site, and not to the site you have so 
ardently announced in previous emails.  I apologize to Ray for not 
following rules that I failed to follow. Period. End of story.  
Lorraine, you are too valuable, too respected, as is Ray, to even 
consider to unsubscribe. Forget it!  The only "exclusivity" that each 
of  us have is when we are staring at a blank canvas or a sheet of 
watercolor paper.  I am proud to be a part of this international group 
of artists. In my humble opinion, if we all had Macs instead of PC's, 
then we wouldn't have such complicated problems. Cheers.
David R.

Raymond Blum wrote:
> All;
>   Upon some reflection, I think that an explanation of my response to 
> Lorraine is due.
> What I find "offensive" and what set me off, is the statement that 
> this is in some way "an exclusive club" - In my opinion, NOTHING could 
> be further from the truth, I bend over backwards (and tie myself in 
> knots) to make this accessible to all and have never, as far as I 
> know, held any "favorites" or maintained any sort of "inner circle."  
> If people feel that there is evidence to the contrary please feel free 
> to respond citing such - I can take it and can learn from mistakes.
>
> Lorraine contacted me on the 10th - basically asking me "how do I 
> submit an image" to which I replied that she should ask the list for 
> help.  that is what the list is for - I simply cannot and will not 
> walk [potentially] 300+ people individually through how to send email 
> or send personalized instructions in response to each query.  At 1 
> minute each, a conservative estimate, that would be up tp 5 hours (a 
> month?) spent repeating the same information that I have probably 
> already spent significant time distributing to the list at large.
>
> Instead of asking the list for help, the next thing I saw was this 
> accusation that there must be some sort of elitism or cronyism at play 
> - which I find to be an unfair and incorrect inference.
>
> Again, Lorraine you and anyone else are welcome to follow the 
> instructions to send in images, to ask questions and post commentary 
> to the list and to enjoy the work of your fellow members.
>
> ---Raymond
>
>
> On May 12, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Raymond Blum wrote:
>
>> Lorraine
>>  You sent your painting on May 6th, to the list, as opposed to 
>> sending it to the address that I ask people to send submissions to - 
>> you sent it to the wrong place and thus I never saw it in the folder 
>> where I look for such messages.
>>
>> I find your message quite offensive - if my repeated pleas for people 
>> to follow simple instructions are too much, and if you would rather 
>> leap to the conclusion that someone else is to blame, rather than 
>> going back and seeing if the mistake was on your part (which it was 
>> in this case) then by all means, please feel free to unsubscribe.
>>
>> If you submit your image as requested, it will be posted.
>>
>> Thank you
>> ---Raymond
>>
>> On May 12, 2009, at 9:16 AM, levans1761 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to know too, and I would like to know how to do it. If 
>>> this is an exclusive club, I will just unsubscribe.
>>>
>>> On May 12, 2009 8:47am, Betul Aydiner <betulaydiner at superonline.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi Raymond,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I sent a painting for the May exhibition twice, exactly as you 
>>> told us to
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I have not seen it on the May flowers page yet.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > If the monthly shows are for paying members only please let me 
>>> know so that I don't try again.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > All the best,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Betul Aydiner
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > http://www.betulaydiner.com/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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