I think the reason why the last few fizzled (other, of course, than having lost the camera) is that there were concurrent ones.
I remember when I organized one as we didn't know where the previous project's camera was --nobody knew-- there was still a huge interest. While I was still in the U.S., I launched it with a donation from a former member, a Canonet. Somebody on the European side decided to create his own, and I had a number of European people who had signed up for the list I created go over that list. It created lots of confusion, specially on the American side. The "american" camera was also lost.
So two pass the RF projects with lost cameras (the one I organized, I never knew where it ended up, because somebody decided to "include" somebody out of the list I had, and that was completely out of my control...never heard back from anybody)
So...I strongly suggest we keep only one Pass the RF -- far less confusion, and fewer people left out.
I have three Canonets -- I'm sure we could use one for the project. If this is planned well, it should take off. I would even volunteer to also have the negatives scanned.
Who knows, perhaps we could even make a Blurb book out of it?
Just my twopence.
