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On 02/07/2019 at 23:24, CheltGirl said:
Someone should have posted about that in General Discussion at the time with a pic or two. Gives people the chance to go out and buy it!
I presumed Adam or Simon would have also, we did share it on our Facebook page but thought the lads would have posted up about it to be honest on here
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10 minutes ago, Philip0694 said:
Hi it is close and on the way to work so will keep checking. I’ve had everything on redirection but usual thing with Royal Mail lol.
Thats terrible given you’ve set up redirection, that’s the bloody point. Honestly what they like.
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2 minutes ago, Philip0694 said:
Unfortunately not and have now moved since then now anyway. So probably taken buy new owner but nevermind have checked with them but no answer. Will get one next year. Cheers for checking.
regards
philip
Have you moved far? Can you check another time when they might be in over the weekend or anything? Or do you have a re-route on your post set up? Surely they would let you have your post if you have only just moved?
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4 minutes ago, Philip0694 said:
Hi, I ordered one of these but it hasn’t turned up!
Hi, it was definitely posted from what I can see. Did you get your shipped email (poss in your junk). Can you PM Old Red and confirm the address as he posted them. If not we can get another one posted out to you.
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We’ve never sold this many so quickly after going on sale. Fantastic
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On 03/01/2019 at 20:46, CheltGirl said:
I think if most people stop and think about it, they would realise that the calendar is very time-consuming.
A few general thoughts from me... Although I am not involved in it (apart from providing probably around 25 photos of between 1 - 6MB), anyone who is artistic will know that it's not a question of arranging a few photos on a page and then printing that page. There is a lot of preparation of the image in terms of cropping, looking at how the page balances out in terms of shape, colour and the overall impression. Even if a photo meets the criteria of clarity and the MB range, the crux of the matter would be the composition of everything in the photo, the lighting, extraneous 'bits' in view that detract rather than add to the overall impression. My Gen 5 friends on our Wales driving days are used to me asking them (nicely!) to get out of the way before I press the shutter
. If I'm intending to take a photo of my car, I drive out to places where I know the backdrop will enhance the shot - rather than take 'snaps'. The main photo for each month in the calendar is brilliant and gives an indication of what to aim for.
I can fully appreciate the disappointment of anyone not getting their photos into the calendar.
May I suggest that this thread is moved into Members' Area Club Chat now for any further comment. Perhaps put a new basic thread to state what the Calendar is, how it came about, cost and link to buy in the shop in General Celica for non-members to see.
Great explanation and worded much better than myself
Dave is the expect and knows the correct terminology like Sheila 
He was going to pop online and basically write the above but hasn't had chance yet.
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Glad you like it too
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34 minutes ago, dragon queen said:
Calendar arrived this morning
was a challenge to get the photos to dawn ! thanks for being patient we got there in the end jello only managed to show a wing off , but a great calendar
Thanks Amanda
Off the top of my head I’m sure we only received 1 photo of jello with another car next to it who I can’t remember who it was but the qaulity wasn’t great and the sizing might have been an issue too but I can’t remember. Try and make sure she gets some good photos this year and send them across for the next one.
We are keeping the email open all year for photos to be sent so I’m hoping after each show or meet people will send photos across
Thanks Jan, the memorial page was a pleasure to do, we really wanted to do something that meant a lot to members and just seemed very fitting for this years calendar. Just a shame we have lost such great people
Just so you all know, we have sent a calendar ( free of charge of course) to the family members of those on the memorial page, I was in touch with them while the calendar was being designed and they were all very supportive
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It’s just getting ridiculous to be honest, I know people appreciate it mostly but you still have no real idea the amount of work that goes into it ontop of our own full time jobs and home life, we were up till gone 1am most nights for days over the course of several weeks making sure this calendar was available and to then have to defend it time after time is just getting stupid and not really worth the hassle.
Dave did all the designing and selecting photos, I sort through emails, save them and rename into members files etc. It’s a joint effort but a lot of the work is down to Dave and im not going to sit here and not defend him because it’s his hard work.
Each year we give you more and more info, you’re all adults I shouldn’t really have to go into that much. We state every year that we will try to include everyone but again it’s not guaranteed and we try out best, simple as that.
I didn’t want to comment again but I’m getting pretty fed up.
Just to add....
I don’t want anyone to fall out over this, it’s not worth it. It’s a New year, let’s enjoy the calendar for what it is and let’s look forward another great year with CCUK
While we have your attention....don’t forget about the annual party on the 26th. I want to see as many of you there as possible
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Just to clarify on the memorial page:
The ones we requested were the memorial photos and we decided not to use the ones from meets as the page looked too clustered so we decided to simplify the page and keep it to 1 photo of the member and 2 of the car where possible (we couldn’t get a photo of Simon unfortunately)
We wanted to have as many photos as possible so that we could have a few options/variations for the memorial page to decide which looked best.
Im not going into any more detail on the subject.
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1 hour ago, Black Knight said:
Got mine and the quality is very good indeed.
However I must also say that I am pretty annoyed that the Beams has yet again not been included (2nd calendar on the trot now!)
And I made triple certain this time that my pics met all stated requirements, over 4meg, good clear images etc.
Have asked those concerned and simply told that the photos 'more than likely didn't meet requirements in terms of the photo (not the size but the photo).'
Well can I suggest in future that if there are additional requirements to those stated in the opening post that these also be listed to avoid future disappointment for myself and other members.
Not entirely accurate, I did say that and I also said I can get Dave to go back over your photos and give you feedback if you want me to and you never replied. I didn’t know you hadn’t been in it previously either as don’t look back at previous lists. It’s time consuming enough without having to check if everyone has been in a previous year so it’s not something I check.
Bullet point 4 in the first post does say try and be creative and think about the photo. But to clarify a few points for everyone for future photos:
Images which are already cropped can’t be used as Dave has to crop them further so even more of the photo/car is removed.
Please try and avoid items around the car or people in the background. Just the car please.
We don’t tend to use interior photos, engine bay photos or people. We try and keep it simply the cars as a whole.
We want people to think about the photo, if there are people around the car wait till it’s clear or ask them politely if they could move. If you’re taking a photo on the driveway with the wheelie bin next to it...take the car for a drive and find a nice location wheelie bin free.
if photos aren’t used they just aren’t suitable for whatever reason and it’s nothing personal about the car, the owner or whatever.
I can fully appreciate the disappointment for anyone who hasn’t made it in but from our point of view we are just trying to do the best calendar possible and it’s not a quick process believe me. There is an incredible amount of time and hard work that goes into the calendar, Daves extremely good at what he does and is very professional.
There is always going to be someone who isn’t happy and all I can do is apologise again.
I would encourage people to send as many photos as possible, this year we are going to be accepting photos all year round too!!
I don’t like disappointing members and I certainly don’t want anyone annoyed but there isn’t much else I can do apart from apologise again and just ask you all to try and send the best photos possible.
Dawn
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Glad you’ve received them
Enjoy!
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7 minutes ago, Akuma77 said:
nice one bryan cant wait to see if my beast is in there and have its place at my desk at work ..ready
February if I remember right
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Now available to PRE-ORDER
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1 minute ago, Sheeple said:
great layout, more than one car per month unlike some calendars. Where do I sign up?
Will be available to pre-order tomorrow in the club shop - ill post up in here when they go live in the shop
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So here you go.......
Calendars should be available to pre-order from tomorrow evening, we are expecting the calendars to reach us by the end of next week. We will be posting out orders as soon as we get them, some of you might even have them between Christmas and New Year but we can't promise anything! I would say early Jan to take into account any delays in the postal system.
Prices are: £12 posted or £10 collected from Bryan in Norwich or even the club party in January.
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Everyone ready to see a preview.........
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Update......
The calendar is now complete and will be sent over to Rich tomorrow for printing and we should have them before Christmas all being well
Prices and previews to follow shortly.
Thanks Dawn
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29 minutes ago, Black Knight said:
300 photos!!!!!!!
At an average layout of 8 pics per month I make that enough to fill the next 3 years worth of calendar's and still have a few left over
Its a great turnout and gives us plenty of options to chose from, just what we like. Also people sent a good mixture of their own car and also we had lots of photos from shows and meets sent over which is fantastic.
There are still quite a few of unusable ones due to size or the photo quality just not quite good enough but apart from the odd email, most had at least 1 photo that was usable and everyone will get in
Very pleased to have had such a great response so thank you again
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THANK YOU to everyone who has sent photos over - we received just over 300
Below is a list of those who have sent photos over - I have replied to everyone however if you haven't had a reply or you're not on the list and have sent photos over please let me know so I can double check. We are now starting work on the design so if you send photos across now, I can't guarantee they will be used in this years however they will be kept for the next one.
More info to follow once the design has been completed.
Thanks Dawn
1600gtcelica
AdyGT
Akuma77
al/c
arizona
Azurik123
BigSeed
Black Knight
Bumblebee
Cal670
CelicaTom92
CheltGirl
Cipprio
Cornish Lass
crazy cat lady
Devnet
Digs
DTracer
ESTHAR_CITY
Foogles
Gaunty
Hoody
IanJones
Indii2
Jeffers-1
Johnb
Liam_tinny
LucyLou
matt1280
meirion
Mixer72
Monkey Boy 1
Mook
Mummartin
Nicola67
Old Red Celica
pi_r_2
Repols
shaungt4
Smwebb
Solfunky
Spaff
Teal
thegadgetman
thermoacc
Tomb
Tommy Tookamoto
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Last few days to get your photos over for the calendar. Just got a couple more emails to go through and then i'll get a list up who has sent them so you can check if I have received them.
Massive thank you to everyone so far!!
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1 hour ago, cipprio said:
Just Shared a Dropbox folder with you Dawn
Got it - thank you
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Tonight I have been catching up on emails from the last few days, will continue tomorrow and reply to everyone as of tomorrow. I will also add a list here of who has sent photos so you double check we have received them.
It looks like we will be able to ago ahead fingers crossed but will confirm after the deadline and once suppliers have confirmed.
Thanks everyone
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No problem thank you!!
for those wanting to send lots of photos - you can drop box them over to me if that’s easier:
dawn.b-pyne@hotmail.co.uk
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