I'm sure what I'm about to say will tick off a whole lot of people... but.... I think being personally offended and outraged by this change in the plan is utterly ridiculous.  There seems to be some sense of entitlement here that is really out of place. 

There was no guarantee made that your submission would be accepted.  In fact, the initial request said "ASAP"--making it clear that they're working under a deadline.   When pressed, they did say--"Ok, Wednesday."   But just like life, things change for the current situation.  It's obvious the video producers did what they thought needed to be done to get their work completed.  I'm sure they were bombarded by hundreds and hundreds of photos.  So, rather than let the madness continue, they stopped taking submissions.  Oh well.  That's their perogative.  They're not obligated to explain this to anyone and it's certainly not a slap in the face to fans.  But they did issue a very nice apology to those who were upset. 

As for the band members, why in the world would someone be angry with them over this?  That's complete and utter nonsense.  They do more than enough to give back to their fans, but when something goes awry, how quick we turn on them!  They make music that we enjoy.  Isn't that enough?  They don't have to do a darn thing to include their fans in their videos, lives etc., but they do.  They owe us no explanations or apologies in this situation.

To those who spent hours and hours pouring over their memories to find that "perfect picture," I'm sorry you wasted so much time.  That was your choice to allocate that amount of time and effort, not theirs.

And just for disclosure---yes, I did submit 2 photos.  Took me about 3 minutes to decide which ones I wanted to use, scanned them and I emailed them the day after the request for submissions was made.  Took about 10 minutes total.  Considering the odds of actually seeing my photos in the video, that's about all the effort I would've put into this project.

Be joyful for those who will be in the video and stop grumbing about the unfairness of life.  Accept it and move on.

I think this shows a lot of character and consideration and I really appreciate the second shot at it.

I have been working so hard and staying up so late trying to complete a MASSIVE assignment that is due tomorrow for my Masters class.  I have been getting 3-4 hours of sleep anight and I had planned to do this late tonight. 

Seeing that deadline cut just was so disheartening. 

 Seeing a respnse like the one Nico posted from Geoff McLean is gratefully unexpected and I am happily sending them off in just a few minutes!  Thank You!

And I still have a ton of work to do tonight and tomorrow!    

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Looking forward to the video and those personal achievement photos.
 

nicopop:

Dear GBS Fans,

Our apologies for ending the contest early. We received an overwhelming response, and had more then enough content to choose from for the video. We are extremely grateful for all of the beautiful photos and stories that we've seen and read over the past week. It has been truly inspirational and we thank you!! I do realize that a deadline is a deadline and a promise is a promise so I have put the GBS@visionfilmco.com email address back online for the next 24hrs, so please feel free to send those photos our way, and rest assured that we will look at each and every one.

Once again, we truly appreciate all of the GBS fans helping us out with this one.

Sincerely,
Geoff McLean
Producer

Geoff, thanks for your reaction. I very well accept your apology. I was actually hoping for this ... but to be honest, I was so very disappointed, that I didn't sign in for a couple of days. So I missed the new 24 hours chance, oh well.

Anyways I'm sure you have world class material (even without my three pics :-) and I'm curios to see your choice for the video. Since I'm living in Geramy I will probably have NO chance to see it on television, so I would like to repeat the wish, that the video will be uploaded somewere I can have access to.

Cheers ... Christina

Hey, Well said, SpringsFans. I wanted to say pretty much the same thing, but haven't found the time to sit down and focus long enough (have a 9 month old crawling around, lol). So well done and thank you!

In addition to the part about "pouring over the memories"... those who did and didn't get photos in, look at it THAT way. How bad can it be to take a stroll through memory lane?! Look at the positives. Pick your battles--something I was told I would learn once I had a child, and I'm learning. And I bet the best is yet to come once she starts talking... and ohhhhhh my. :)

I got my photos in, even with my 9 month old crawling around (and everything else life throws my way, lol) BUT the father of my child... didn't get his photos in. Sure, he's dissapointed, but hey, what can ya do?! And I KNOW he has "better" photos than I, lol. Take a step back and look at this situation.

Relax. Great Big Sea is about to blow the world away! Well, so I am hoping!! :) Kudus to the 'management' peeps in all this. Kudus... I honestly don't even know what that means. Hmm. BUT I'm sure you get me!!

THANKS!

So with this being the first release my assumption is that the video will be released sometime soon, any idea when people might now if their photos were selected?  Just wondering?  I am not good at waiting. 

By the way, doesn't Sean miss his in-laws, shouldn't they be scheduling a MN show soon??? 

Please?