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SDB WEBSITE/ANS INVITATION TO EAST ASIA-OCEANIA READERS TO CONNECT
ROME: 30th November -- In contrast to all other Salesian regions where provinces, with minor exceptions, are linked by land, the East Asia-Oceania region is characterised by vast expanses of ocean. The Internet is our daily means of connection; email and, where possible, the Web.
Fr. Peter Gonsalves, SDB website coordinator, invites you to visit at www.sdb.org where the page that greets you contains an invitation to 'register' with the Reserved area (scroll down if you need to). The more Salesians who register, the more possibilities there are of exchange between them. For Salesians living in the EAO region this is an opportunity that should not be missed. It offers a chance for file-sharing and for forum discussion. You will also note that it invites the possibility of participating in the content of the website and of subscribing to updates.
There is a further invitation, this time from the temporary director of ANS (who is also the editor of 'austraLasia'!). We are looking for good quality photographs of the Salesian Family at work in the region - communities, works, people, kids.... We are especially looking for 300 dpi resolution for print publication - in fact any printed photograph will almost certainly be scanned at that resolution by default. Digital photographs (we receive many of these from around the world) are usually only 72 cpi/dpi resolution. If you can bear with the technology for a moment, these digital shots are mostly suitable only for the web, not for printing. However, they could be printable if they are taken at dimensions of 1000 pixels or more; if you have a digital camera capable of that it will tell you loud and clear!
We are happy to publish your photographs when and if we receive them...with the briefest description, of course, of what they are about. One form of publication if they are 300 dpi or high resolution, and well-composed, is in the Salesian Bulletin Editors' reserved area on the Website. You may find your favourite photo being used around the world in one of the 50 national editions of the SB.
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'austraLasia' is an email service for the Salesian Family of Asia-Pacific
