Up to a quarter of Quanta's members do not have access to email or the
internet and have the right to help with their problems and a paper magazine.
I really did think I had illustrated the difference between not USING
access and not having it. as you describe it your man HAS the facility but
like the Frenchman does not avail himself thereof.
Am well into 70's myself - what of it ?
Have you compared file size .doc versus .pdf?
Ofcourse, an example I recall doc with pix 500k - pdf 75k., size not the
point as much as ease of manipulation. It is easy to make a pdf from a doc,
not so the reverse.
As it happens I can print out more versatilely from .pdf than .doc. (Not
all of us possess WORD. WORDPRO is a good alternative.)
If one needs an alternative to the most widely used word processor.
Included with almost all new PC packages . And it is capable of saving in
older version formats, even MacSpeak.
If docs too particular use rtf usually handleable by any processor.
I know at least that were I to have the choice I would prefer to be able
to drop the chairmans eulogy and other un useful verbiage, and to save or
print that I so desired. not to mention run that included example programme.
There are substantial savings to be made, it is up to the majority to
decide if all should bare the costs for the benefit of the few. Though it
seems unlikely that democracy has much likelihood of manifestation.
The traders can also be an ill disciplined bunch. Just try asking them for
an advert in GIF or JPG format and see what you get back in return! (And
that assumes you get a reply in the first place.)
Whilst it is obvious that it is hardly commercial anymore it must be better
that something exists rather than not.
I can understand a degree of reluctance, or lack of keenness to provide for
the limited circulation of Quanta, quite apart from the poverty of
presentation if the web site is anything to go on.
Online conferencing is not as simple as its sounds. Jochen and I are
trying to set up online facilities for urgent QL Today editorial
conferences, but I am having problems with my server. The last Quanta
committee meeting lasted for 4 hours. Would you really like to be sitting
at your computer for that length of time? Sorry but I like to have human
contacts.
Using PCphone does not require a great deal of "at the computer", cost
saving was the motive rather than beer and jollies. I dont know but I
would not be surprised if you spent more than the 4 hours travelling.
I have not seen the constitution or articles, but I would be surprised if
the role of the committee members is not that of stewardship rather than
Honour , prestige and kudos.
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