On Sat, 31 May 2003, Frank van Lindert wrote:
> Today I was offered the membership of the 'Olympus Circle', a recently
> founded club or association of Olympus enthusiasts. Or perhaps it
> hasn't been founded yet, but will be soon..?
>
> The membership, which costs UKP 15-20 per year depending on location
> includes 4 quarterly issues of a small size (A5) periodical about
> Olympus.
>
> The membership form and accompanying letter have been posted in Bath
> (UK) but were totally anonymous. Not one single name was in the text.
I too received the letter earlier this week. If you turn the accompanying
letter over you will find that it continues on the back and mentions the
names of the founders. It's not obvious that the letter continues on the
back, I think they should have put that information on the front.
> I take it that many of us have got this letter.
> Anyone who knows more about this? The whole thing sounds so
> commercial...
>
> I wonder if the membership will be worthwile.
> Perhaps one of the 'founders' is on this list; in that case let him or
> her explain what value the Olympus Circle is expected to add to this
> mailing list and the abundant web-based knowledge we already have.
I don't know what the exact content will be, but it is targeted at collecting
the older Olympus equipment for which there is very little information
available on the web. Having John Foster involved as the editor adds an
enourmous amount of credibility in my opinion and I've signed up for a year
to see what it's like.
-mark
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