Sorry Lori, my friend is probably leaving San Fran about the time you will be getting there.
B Calendar
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Perhaps a theme for each month with 4-6 photos selected to make the collage for the month?
I was thinking the same thing. Like December we could pic 4-6 pictures of basenjis in the snow or in their winter coats. Maybe July we could try to find 4-6 with dogs in the water? Etc etc.
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Also it should be limited to one picture per person. It would also sell better the more people here can contribute. All should be welcome. There are a lot of great photos here, it will be tough to choose.
Criteria should be-
I believe you need high resolution pictures for printing so some people's pictures may not work, quality wise. I think it's 300 DPI & up?
Pictures should be in focus to best degree.
Voting on polls for each month is a great idea. People can submit pictures in a thread, those culled into a voting poll thread sticky.
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Also it should be limited to one picture per person. It would also sell better the more people here can contribute. All should be welcome. There are a lot of great photos here, it will be tough to choose.
Criteria should be-
I believe you need high resolution pictures for printing so some people's pictures may not work, quality wise. I think it's 300 DPI & up?
Pictures should be in focus to best degree.
Voting on polls for each month is a great idea. People can submit pictures in a thread, those culled into a voting poll thread sticky.
I don't think it should be limited to one per person…maybe three or so. But I know there are some folks who have SOME awesome pics, and I would hate to have them limited to just one.
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We only want your deep thoughts.:D
Uh, at this point in the afternoon, I have NO deep thoughts
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We will create a calendar photo voting poll/thread shortly. Thank you everyone for your suggestions and ideas. Keep them coming.
The proceeds from all sales will help pay for the costs associated with running Basenji Forums and the rest will be devided equally between BRAT and Basenji Health Endowment.
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I think it would be fun if we nominate photos that are not our own. Maybe everyone submits a photo or number of photos.
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I think it would be fun if we nominate photos that are not our own. Maybe everyone submits a photo or number of photos.
That's what we were thinking too, nominate any photos from Basenji Forums or your own gallery for each month. We will then contact the owner of the photo so they can release it to us.
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That's what we were thinking too, nominate any photos from Basenji Forums or your own gallery for each month. We will then contact the owner of the photo so they can release it to us.
Will the proceeds still go to the Health Endowment?
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I believe you need high resolution pictures for printing so some people's pictures may not work, quality wise. I think it's 300 DPI & up?
That is correct…300dpi & up for the resolution for print...
However, if you have photos that are 72dpi and measure big, those would work as well. For instance a 72dpi image that measures 36w x 42h can be resized to 8 x 10 300dpi.
If you guys can decide the final measurement of each pic as it will appear in the calendar, I can tell you what size they need to be if they are 72dpi.
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Will the proceeds still go to the Health Endowment?
The proceeds from all sales will help pay for the costs associated with running Basenji Forums and the rest will be devided equally between BRAT and Basenji Health Endowment.
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That's what we were thinking too, nominate any photos from Basenji Forums or your own gallery for each month. We will then contact the owner of the photo so they can release it to us.
Great idea. I can already think of about 10 pictures I would nominate.
I would order at least three depending on how much they cost.
I hope everyone has a Paypal account?
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The proceeds from all sales will help pay for the costs associated with running Basenji Forums and the rest will be devided equally between BRAT and Basenji Health Endowment.
BRAT has a lot of their own fundraising efforts whereas the BHE has no ongoing fundraising project. I personally would be far more likely to buy something that was going to support the BHE then something where the proceeds were going to be split. I also think saying help pay for costs is nebulous because that means there is no garuntee that any money will be donated to the specified non-profits.
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BRAT has a lot of their own fundraising efforts whereas the BHE has no ongoing fundraising project. I personally would be far more likely to buy something that was going to support the BHE then something where the proceeds were going to be split. I also think saying help pay for costs is nebulous because that means there is no garuntee that any money will be donated to the specified non-profits.
You are right there is no guarantee. It all depends how many members will buy the calendar. We will set the voting poll, so the community will decide where the rest of the proceeds will go, whether it's BRAT or BHE.
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But with so many members, how do we decide whose dogs are in and whose are out?
I mean, I KNOW mine would be in, but what about the others?
Seriously, I think it's a great idea and if we do it for the endowment, then all the better!
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It will be decided with a voting poll, everyone will get to vote once we open the polls.
We are thinking to give a time window for all the submissions for each calendar month. Once the submission windows is closed and the entries are in, we will open the poll.
More definitive rules and guidelines will be posted shortly.
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I think we should try to get as many members dogs in the calendar as possible so agree that there should be some sort of limit on how many photos each individual can have in the calendar. If we don't limit it than the same people may get photos for every month & I'd imagine peopole will buy one if their dog is in the calendar ya know?
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Just caught this, I'm in on it
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BRAT has a lot of their own fundraising efforts whereas the BHE has no ongoing fundraising project. I personally would be far more likely to buy something that was going to support the BHE then something where the proceeds were going to be split. I also think saying help pay for costs is nebulous because that means there is no garuntee that any money will be donated to the specified non-profits.
Ditto on all parts.
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I think we should try to get as many members dogs in the calendar as possible so agree that there should be some sort of limit on how many photos each individual can have in the calendar. If we don't limit it than the same people may get photos for every month & I'd imagine peopole will buy one if their dog is in the calendar ya know?
Personally, I would rather buy a calendar with GREAT photos of a few dogs, than one with okay photos of a bunch of dogs. It doesn't matter to me at all whether my own dogs are in it. I see them all the time
And the variety of whose dogs are included doesn't much matter to me either. But, that's just me 
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I was thinking the same thing. Like December we could pic 4-6 pictures of basenjis in the snow or in their winter coats. Maybe July we could try to find 4-6 with dogs in the water? Etc etc.
Are there 4-6 photos of basenjis in water out there?
I think this is a great idea. The Bearded collie people did something like this with themes for each month. Proceeds went to rescue or health. (I know b/c one of hubby's pix made it into the calandar.) Here are the themes they used:
Caught in the Act (certainly basenjis would beat beardies with this one!)
Working (pix of herding and therapy dogs)
Grungy (dirty dogs)
Puppies
Spring/summer
Beardies and thier pals (pix of beardies with humans/other dogs/one pix with a bird)
Agility
Toys
Jumping for Joy
Holiday Beardies (Beardies - not just for Christmas anymore!)
Fall/Winter
OldiesEach page has 6 pics above and 4 small pics across the bottom under the dates. There is a centerfold spred with 10 rescue beardies and a short write up of each. There are beardies from around the world pictured here. It's very nicely done.
Perhaps we could also include basenji quotes. That one of VTW's about the finer art of appology would be perfect for Caught in the Act!
