G'day all It's been fun but, after 14 years, I've decided to step down as PUG-master. If anyone wants to take over, let me know. Cheers Brian -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

Brian, thanks very much for all of your work on the PUG! It has inspired my shooting for a long time. Alas I am not in a position to take over. Rick > On Oct 14, 2025, at 6:55 AM, Brian Walters <brian-w@lyons-ryan.org> wrote: > > G'day all > > It's been fun but, after 14 years, I've decided to step down as PUG-master. > > If anyone wants to take over, let me know. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Brian, you are leaving big shoes to fill. Thanks for 14 solid years! I have been giving serious thought to stepping into the PUG meister role. Caveats: a. If anyone else wants to take it on, go for it! Otherwise I’ll give it a try. b. I leave in a few weeks on a long trip, much preparation still to be done before our trip. So I can’t realistically try to start into the role in the short period before we leave home early November. c. We will not be back at home until 10-11 December. Too late to do advance work on themes for 2026. So, if nobody else wants it, and if Brian and/or others will fill the gap in the interim, I’ll give it a go, starting late this year. I obviously will need training/orientation on file processing, etc. And oh by the way, I use only Mac computers; are the file and processing and archiving software compatible? Stan Sent from my iPad > On Oct 14, 2025, at 1:08 PM, Brian Walters <brian-w@lyons-ryan.org> wrote: > > G'day all > > It's been fun but, after 14 years, I've decided to step down as PUG-master. > > If anyone wants to take over, let me know. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

14 years!?! I had no idea it was so long, where does the time go? Thanks for doing it for so long, and thanks to Stan for volunteering. > On 16 Oct 2025, at 01:49, Stan Halpin <stan@stans-photography.info> wrote: > > Brian, you are leaving big shoes to fill. Thanks for 14 solid years! > > I have been giving serious thought to stepping into the PUG meister role. Caveats: > > a. If anyone else wants to take it on, go for it! Otherwise I’ll give it a try. > b. I leave in a few weeks on a long trip, much preparation still to be done before our trip. So I can’t realistically try to start into the role in the short period before we leave home early November. > c. We will not be back at home until 10-11 December. Too late to do advance work on themes for 2026. > > So, if nobody else wants it, and if Brian and/or others will fill the gap in the interim, I’ll give it a go, starting late this year. I obviously will need training/orientation on file processing, etc. And oh by the way, I use only Mac computers; are the file and processing and archiving software compatible? > Stan > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Oct 14, 2025, at 1:08 PM, Brian Walters <brian-w@lyons-ryan.org> wrote: >> >> G'day all >> >> It's been fun but, after 14 years, I've decided to step down as PUG-master. >> >> If anyone wants to take over, let me know. >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> www.avast.com >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Your service is highly commendable! Even though I don’t submit, I certainly view the galleries. Thanks for such a long innings :-) Cotty > On 14 Oct 2025, at 11:55, Brian Walters <brian-w@lyons-ryan.org> wrote: > > It's been fun but, after 14 years, I've decided to step down as PUG-master. > > If anyone wants to take over, let me know.

Brian, tanks for 14 years - longer than I have veen a member & thanks to Stan or volunteering to take over. Alan C On 14/10/2025 12:55, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > It's been fun but, after 14 years, I've decided to step down as > PUG-master. > > If anyone wants to take over, let me know. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

Hi all Thanks for the feedback - glad to hear that the PUG is still a useful project for the List - sometimes it's hard to tell :-) Thanks, Stan, for the offer to take over.  I'm happy to keep going with it until you're ready to step in.  I'll also put up a couple of themes for 2026. The PUG is hosted on the Komkon server and Igor Roshchin is the contact.   I'll get in touch with Igor to let him know about the change.  He will probably need to set up a user name & password to allow you to upload the gallery each month. I'm on Windows but I don't think using a Mac will be an issue.  I use JAlbum to create the galleries but any convenient gallery creation software can be used. Uploading to the server is done via an FTP client, which is not operating system dependent.  I'm sure Igor can advise on a suitable program. Setting up the gallery each month doesn't take a lot of time - maybe an hour or so each month.  I do it while watching TV in the evenings. Happy to help out during the hand over. Cheers for now. Brian  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On 16/10/2025 11:49 am, Stan Halpin wrote: > Brian, you are leaving big shoes to fill. Thanks for 14 solid years! > > I have been giving serious thought to stepping into the PUG meister role. Caveats: > > a. If anyone else wants to take it on, go for it! Otherwise I’ll give it a try. > b. I leave in a few weeks on a long trip, much preparation still to be done before our trip. So I can’t realistically try to start into the role in the short period before we leave home early November. > c. We will not be back at home until 10-11 December. Too late to do advance work on themes for 2026. > > So, if nobody else wants it, and if Brian and/or others will fill the gap in the interim, I’ll give it a go, starting late this year. I obviously will need training/orientation on file processing, etc. And oh by the way, I use only Mac computers; are the file and processing and archiving software compatible? > Stan > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Oct 14, 2025, at 1:08 PM, Brian Walters <brian-w@lyons-ryan.org> wrote: >> >> G'day all >> >> It's been fun but, after 14 years, I've decided to step down as PUG-master. >> >> If anyone wants to take over, let me know. >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> www.avast.com >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com