APUG.ORG is now a division of my company Photocentric Ltd.

[Sean]

Hello All,

I have formed a New Zealand company "Photocentric Ltd." and will be moving my websites under this umbrella company. All sites will now be a division of this company. This has been in the works for a while. Also, 2 new photography websites of mine in development will be part of this company. This has been done to protect me personally as previously everything was under a sole proprietorship. This will also allow me to streamline the managing of taxes, etc and allow me to rely on a blanket terms of service, privacy policy and help system across all sites. Within the next few hours the migration will kick in fully. The main thing you will notice is a new company wide header bar. I'm in the middle of rolling this out so will discuss more soon and answer any questions.

Thanks,
Sean

[Sean]

Unified site wide bar is now up on all sites. You can click the company name on the bar or click here to see the company home page and read a blurb about the new sites: http://www.photocentric.co.nz

I'll now be updating many links on apug and hybridphoto to point to the appropriate places (terms of service, privacy policy, contact/help links, etc).

[Ian Grant]

Sounds like a very sensible move, and as you say puts APUG in a better and potentially stronger position.

Ian

[Fleath]

I had this sinking feeling that APUG had been bought out, when I saw the new bar up there...but it's a very sensible move, from a business perspective. I look forward to seeing the new sites.

[copake_ham]

Just so long as you promise that we haven't been bought out by "DIGITALINDUSTRIESARETAKINGOVERTHEWORLD.com"!

[walter23]

Originally Posted by copake_ham

Just so long as you promise that we haven't been bought out by "DIGITALINDUSTRIESARETAKINGOVERTHEWORLD.com"!

APUG forums already are digital

We need to purify and move to a typed and photocopied mailing list format.

[JBrunner]

Originally Posted by walter23

APUG forums already are digital

Actually they are not. They begin and and analog. Digital is merely an intermediary for transmission.

[Dave Miller]

Originally Posted by walter23

APUG forums already are digital

We need to purify and move to a typed and photocopied mailing list format.

I'm all for that; provided you pick up the postage costs.

[kraker]

The new bar at the top had me scared for a minute. Happy to read that it's your company and not just any company, Sean. Sounds like a sensible and logical thing to do.

[David A. Goldfarb]

So now that we're corporate, do the mods get cubicles?