Pinoy Photographer

Yahoo! Domains = Worst Service

Posted by tekgik under kaBlog

This is one of the reason why the downtime of PiPho had gotten that long. And not to say their misconfigurations on my DNS settings…

and their Toll free number? Forget about it. If i will have a chance to transfer registrar i will do so… :/

PiPho is back 7/30/08

Posted by tekgik under News, kaBlog

Yeah Its back online. www.pinoyphotography.org well not 100% since some server should finish the DNS propagation.

See you there!

PiPhoLs…We still have to wait.

Posted by tekgik under News, kaBlog

The DNS propagation has taken tooooooooooo long. It seems that there was a misconfiguration on the registrar side.

Pls extend more patience. 

Thanks

PiPho Server Transfer 7/26/08

Posted by tekgik under News, Tech, kaBlog

Dear PiPhoLs,

You are redirected here because PiPho is still on DNS propagation. We apologize for any inconveniences including the “withdrawal symptoms” that you are experiencing right now . Please be patient since this is for the betterment of the site

After this server transition we will now start with the PiPho Web 3.0 project! A whole new PiPho! 

You may leave comments for suggestion.

BIG CHECK!

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Last year, we won the Canon Marketing Philippines Inc. Ambassador Program.

The mechanics? You just simply accumulate receipts of your Canon gears and whoever have the highest club accumulation gets this big check (see below)

Screenshot from Canon Press Center

L-R: Regie “tekgik” Fernando (PiPho Chairman), Ramon Arteficio (CMPI President & CEO), Raffy “gpx4″ Yllana (PiPho Org Former President) and Gelo Martinez (CMPI Asst. Director)

Press Release from Canon

 

Canon Marketing (Philippines) Inc. (CMP), the leader in total digital imaging solutions, extends a special promotional activity for photography clubs and organizations, dubbed the Canon Ambassador Program. The program provides a way for photography club members to help raise funds for their respective organizations by getting cash rebates whenever they purchase Canon products. 

“Canon continues to find ways to support the local photography community, and the Canon Ambassador Program is just one of them. This will help boost the photo clubs’ fund raising efforts for their various activities and projects, and at the same time, encourages local photographers to continue supporting locally distributed products,” says Ramon Arteficio, CMP President and CEO.

An organization or club will receive PhP5,000 as rebate for every PhP250,000 accumulated purchase of participating Canon professional products, which include EOS digital SLR cameras and accessories, video cameras, PIXMA bubble jet printers, laser printers and multimedia projectors. To receive the rebate, the group must register and submit their organization profile, business permit, SEC/BIR registration and signed memorandum of agreement (MoA). 

In addition to the rebates, Canon will be giving an additional prize of P100,000 in cash for the photo club who credits the highest amount of rebates.  

“We launched this in 2007 and acceptance and support for the community was overwhelming. We decided to extend our Ambassador Program until June 2008 to give more photo clubs and organizations a chance to raise funds for their groups,” added Arteficio. 
Just recently, Canon turned over rebates amounting PhP128,195.00 to Pinoy Photographers Org or PhiPho, who will be using the funds for their annual Christmas party at the end of the year as well as for their regular out-of-town shoots and trainings.

Registration and claim forms are available at Canon retail outlets.  Submission of accomplished forms and verified documents may be done in person at Canon Marketing (Philippines) Inc. head office located at Marvin Plaza Building, Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City 1233, through fax 812-0067 or email info@canon.com.ph

Funny though that there was a lot of typos on the press releases. It should be Pinoy Photography Organization or PiPho and in the newspapers and other PR articles we were designated as “advisers”, that should be Chairman & President.

Well its ok as long as we get the money for funding of the Org.

Thanks to Canon!

PiPho Emergency Maintenance

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I put PiPho to maintenance mode early yesterday 12am 5/1/08 because of abrupt database problems. I made an announcement to PiPhoLs that it will be down from 12am of May 1 to 12am of May 2 for troubleshooting and maintenance.  Its already past 12am of May 2 and haven’t put the site online. Why? There are some server hangups right now most probably because I downloaded and re-uploaded everything. It seemed that the server hung permanently. I already contacted the hosting to tell data center to physically reboot it.

Ohhh havent had a good sleep since yesterday… And I have a client meeting tom.. Arghh.

Successful Exhibit

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My hard labor has been paid. Our exhibit at FPPF chamer was a success. Many PiPho members have come to witness the opening ceremonies. We were very delighted by the response of the Federation, they like the presentation and especially the mounted photos! First time in FPPF chamber to have a diverse quality of photos.

A photo before the exhibit

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