Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Raymund, On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:27:20 +0200 GMT (27/Mar/11, 22:27 PM +0700 GMT), Raymund Tump wrote: RT Thanks. The HTML is rather buggy and contains a lot of unclosed RT tags and proprietary CSS attribute for Safari and Chrome. The browser and other email clients can render the HTML correctly. RT Which other mail clients did you test it against? Other mail clients RT might simply used the IE engine to render it. So nothing surprising. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, the user will change email clients. That's not surprising, you are right about this. You are definitely not helping Ritlabs to develop a sellable product for the 21st century. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Raymund, On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:27:20 +0200 GMT (27/Mar/11, 22:27 PM +0700 GMT), Raymund Tump wrote: This is hardly a selling point for TB!. RT Actually for me it is. The fact that Ritlabs does not rely on a RT (rather faulty) IE engine to display HTML mails to be able to control RT the behaviour is a reason why I would buy it. We've been through this. Not you and I, but me and the beta list: Ritlabs has the choice of catering to a dwindling minority of fundamentalists or giving the user a choice (which would not hurt even the fundamentalists, never mind how vocal they are against reality and choices). Anyway, in the office I still use v4.2.36.4, and the second (completely misformed) HTML mail I sent displays better in that version that in 4.2.44. Screenshot attached. In other words, a previous incarnation of TB! did a better job than the current one. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3attachment: Intercon HTML mail small.jpg Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
3/28/2011 12:22 PM Hi Thomas, On 3/28/2011 Thomas Fernandez wrote: RT Which other mail clients did you test it against? Other mail clients RT might simply used the IE engine to render it. So nothing surprising. TF If it works, it works. If it doesn't, the user will change email TF clients. That's not surprising, you are right about this. TF You are definitely not helping Ritlabs to develop a sellable product TF for the 21st century. What is the authority that dictates that your position is more credible than another. The performance and reputation built on solid principles over more than a decade do not deserve to be trashed by anyone wanting to compromise them for the sake of minor convenience. Especially when the solution is a single mouse click away! - -- Paul The Bat! v.4.2.44 on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit 6.1.7600 No IMAP No OTFE Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Paul, Monday, March 28, 2011, 6:29:12 PM, you wrote: PVN What is the authority that dictates that your position is more PVN credible than another. The performance and reputation built on solid PVN principles over more than a decade do not deserve to be trashed by PVN anyone wanting to compromise them for the sake of minor convenience. PVN Especially when the solution is a single mouse click away! Ziever in pakskes! -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! Version 4.2.44 MyMacros 1.11a zOmbie's Macros Version 0.7 Windows XP Professional/5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3 (0 days 12:45:15) on Dual Intel Pentium III Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Paul, On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:29:12 -0400 GMT (28/Mar/11, 23:29 PM +0700 GMT), Paul Van Noord wrote: TF You are definitely not helping Ritlabs to develop a sellable product TF for the 21st century. PVN What is the authority that dictates that your position is more PVN credible than another. No, you didn't read my mail. I said I want to give the user a choice, which means you can still use the software exactly the same way you are using it now. You are the one who does not want to allow a choice, and you are saying that other people's requirements must not be implemented, only yours. I understand it is Ritlabs, not you, who have the authority to decide. PVN The performance and reputation built on solid principles over PVN more than a decade do not deserve to be trashed by anyone wanting PVN to compromise them for the sake of minor convenience. Especially PVN when the solution is a single mouse click away! That's your opinion, not a general truth. You can still use TB! the way you prefer, even if other people will make use of the option ot display HTML properly. Please open your mind and allow other people to have a choice. This is the 21st century, and newsletters and other info from sources I trust (for example the booking confirmations) are sent by HTML. We've been through that. Bringing it up again will not turn back the wheels of time, email is not the same anymore that it was in the last century. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
On Sunday, March 27, 2011, 4:30:11, Thomas Fernandez wrote: Sorry I don't have screenshot software on this PC (can somebody recommend a free one?), so I used Window's PrtScr, which produces very large files. Here are the files, the upper picture is TB!, the lower picture is IE8: Instead of saving images with Word, use Paint, and save as PNG, then use an image upload service, such as Twitpic. -- Jernej Simončič http://eternallybored.org/ [ The Bat! 5.0.0.153 RC3 on Windows 7 6.1.7601.Service Pack 1 ] The fact that you do not know the answer does not mean that someone else does. -- Stein's Maxim Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Thomas, A reminder of what Thomas Fernandez typed on: Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 09:30:11 GMT +0700 TF Sorry I don't have screenshot software on this PC (can somebody TF recommend a free one?) Here is a link to the best free software on the web. Excellent site. http://www.techsupportalert.com/ Specifically for screencapture , see this link: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-screen-capture-utility.htm -- Best regards, Stuartmailto:scu...@mts.net Using The Bat! v5.0.0.153 RC3 On Windows 7 6.1 Build #7600 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Jernej, On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:49:56 +0200 GMT (27/Mar/11, 17:49 PM +0700 GMT), Jernej Simončič wrote: Sorry I don't have screenshot software on this PC (can somebody recommend a free one?), so I used Window's PrtScr, which produces very large files. Here are the files, the upper picture is TB!, the lower picture is IE8: JS Instead of saving images with Word, use Paint, and save as PNG, then JS use an image upload service, such as Twitpic. Thanks, I already downloaded a screenshot software. I have uploaded the smaller files: 1. The pciture in seems to be too big when displayed in TB!: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5471177/HTML%20TB%20pics.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5471177/HTML%20IE%20pics.jpg 2. The text is centered where it probably shouldn't be: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5471177/HTML%20TB%20centered.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5471177/HTML%20IE%20centered.jpg By the way, what is wrong with Dropbox compared to Twitpic? -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Stuart, On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 05:56:58 -0500 GMT (27/Mar/11, 17:56 PM +0700 GMT), Stuart Cuddy wrote: TF Sorry I don't have screenshot software on this PC (can somebody TF recommend a free one?) SC Here is a link to the best free software on the web. Excellent site. SC http://www.techsupportalert.com/ SC Specifically for screencapture , see this link: SC http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-screen-capture-utility.htm Thanks' I'll check that out too. I have downloaded this one: http://www.etrusoft.com/ It was quick to download and painfree to install. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
3/27/2011 7:52 AM Hi Stuart, On 3/27/2011 Stuart Cuddy wrote: SC Here is a link to the best free software on the web. Excellent site. SC http://www.techsupportalert.com/ SC Specifically for screencapture , see this link: SC http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-screen-capture-utility.htm For quality, speed, file size and ability Irfanview is the top of the crop. - -- Paul The Bat! v.4.2.44 on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit 6.1.7600 No IMAP No OTFE Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Raymund, On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:10:51 +0100 GMT (26/Mar/11, 20:10 PM +0700 GMT), Raymund Tump wrote: Picture too big in TB!: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5471177/Pic%20size.doc (775 KB) RT Why do you think the picture is too big? The pictures are both exactly RT the same size. Only the font size of the report is different hence the RT different layout. If the CSS doesn't call for a given font size, your RT settings in TB! would be used. Maybe you should make these matching to RT the ones in IE. OK, so it's the font size. It has the same effect to me as the user, it doesn't look right. If I have to adjust the font size in TB! for each HTML mail, something must be wrong. Centered in TB!, not centered: RT IE's compatibility view didn't kick in, so it is probably TB! render RT that is wrong here. Could you send the HTML in a PM to me? I already posted it here: mid:26617566.20110326115...@thomas-bkk.my-fqdn.de but it's on its way to you again. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Raymund, On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:00:48 +0100 GMT (26/Mar/11, 22:00 PM +0700 GMT), Raymund Tump wrote: OK, so it's the font size. It has the same effect to me as the user, it doesn't look right. If I have to adjust the font size in TB! for each HTML mail, something must be wrong. RT It's not for every mail, it's once for all mails, that do not set any RT font size via CSS or font tag. I never had to do this in the browser or any other email client. mid:26617566.20110326115...@thomas-bkk.my-fqdn.de but it's on its way to you again. RT Thanks. The HTML is rather buggy and contains a lot of unclosed RT tags and proprietary CSS attribute for Safari and Chrome. The browser and other email clients can render the HTML correctly. I am not in the position to change the world so that everybody conforms to the formatting rules. I only know that OE and other clients display it correctly, but TB! does not. This is hardly a selling point for TB!. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
3/27/2011 12:47 PM Hi Raymund, On 3/27/2011 Raymund Tump wrote: RT Actually for me it is. The fact that Ritlabs does not rely on a RT (rather faulty) IE engine to display HTML mails to be able to control RT the behaviour is a reason why I would buy it. A-M-E N!! - -- Paul The Bat! v.4.2.44 on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit 6.1.7600 No IMAP No OTFE Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hi, Max --- Friday, March 25, 2011, 5:24:51 PM, you wrote: Hello TBBETA, Those who are using the program version 4.2.42, please test 4.2.44. It has a single bug fix: [-] Fixed a bug of display of some background images of HTML messages, introduced in The Bat! 4.2.40-42. We will make 5.0.xx with the same bug fixed soon, and please let us know whether that 4.2 update fixed the bug, before we make an EXE file for version 5. http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_pro_4-2-44.msi http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_home_4-2-44.msi http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_rus_4-2-44.msi Thank you in advance! P.S. The international pack didn't change. Fixed. Many thanks! -- Regards, Morton A. Goldberg, DVM mailto:magoldb...@thebat.net http://inoculate128.blogspot.com/ Running The Bat! version 4.2.44 with AntiSpam Sniper 2.8.11 under Windows XP Professional SP3 Build 2600 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Thomas, Saturday, March 26, 2011, 5:53:59 AM, you wrote: TF Attached kindly find an HTML newsletter which looks different in TB! TF and the web browser. Both with regards to image size in the text Not confirmed TF and text being centered instead of left-alligned. Confirmed -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! Version 4.2.44 MyMacros 1.11a zOmbie's Macros Version 0.7 Windows XP Professional/5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3 (0 days 12:2:58) on Dual Intel Pentium III Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Maxim, Saturday, March 26, 2011, 1:08:31 AM, you wrote: MM Unfortunately we didn't fix anything except this background images of HTML MM bug and other html display bugs. We didn't change anything related to MM downloads. If you have reported it to /bt/, could you please send the link? This was already in the BT if I remember well (not opened by me), but until now this build hasn't produced the problem yet. So, I'll report it if it occurs again. On the other hand, as Thomas has reported I have seen some newsletters with different formatting compared with what is seen in a browser. An example 1) as seen in TB! : http://www.screencast.com/t/iEQ6CH1UOC text under picture 2) as seen in Browser: http://www.screencast.com/t/ETyRY63mzP text on left side of picture -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! Version 4.2.44 MyMacros 1.11a zOmbie's Macros Version 0.7 Windows XP Professional/5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3 (0 days 12:3:51) on Dual Intel Pentium III Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
3/26/2011 1:37 PM Hi Thomas, On 3/26/2011 Thomas Fernandez wrote: MM It has a single bug fix: MM [-] Fixed a bug of display of some background images of HTML MM messages, introduced in The Bat! 4.2.40-42. TF Attached kindly find an HTML newsletter which looks different in TB! TF and the web browser. Both with regards to image size in the text and TF text being centered instead of left-alligned. Displays identically here in TB and Opera 11. - -- Paul The Bat! v.4.2.44 on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit 6.1.7600 No IMAP No OTFE Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Paul, On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:39:09 -0400 GMT (27/Mar/11, 0:39 AM +0700 GMT), Paul Van Noord wrote: TF Attached kindly find an HTML newsletter which looks different in TB! TF and the web browser. Both with regards to image size in the text and TF text being centered instead of left-alligned. PVN Displays identically here in TB and Opera 11. Sorry I don't have screenshot software on this PC (can somebody recommend a free one?), so I used Window's PrtScr, which produces very large files. Here are the files, the upper picture is TB!, the lower picture is IE8: Picture too big in TB!: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5471177/Pic%20size.doc (775 KB) Centered in TB!, not centered: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5471177/Centered.doc (614KB) -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Thomas, On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:30:11 +0700 GMT (27/Mar/11, 9:30 AM +0700 GMT), Thomas Fernandez wrote: TF Sorry I don't have screenshot software on this PC (can somebody TF recommend a free one?), OK, Google helped me. Here are two the screenshots of another HTML mail, in TB! and in IE8. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5471177/TB%20Intercon%20small.jpg (35.7 KB) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5471177/IE8%20Intercon%20small.jpg (33 KB) Can't say that I would consider this fixed. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello TBBETA, Those who are using the program version 4.2.42, please test 4.2.44. It has a single bug fix: [-] Fixed a bug of display of some background images of HTML messages, introduced in The Bat! 4.2.40-42. We will make 5.0.xx with the same bug fixed soon, and please let us know whether that 4.2 update fixed the bug, before we make an EXE file for version 5. http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_pro_4-2-44.msi http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_home_4-2-44.msi http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_rus_4-2-44.msi Thank you in advance! P.S. The international pack didn't change. -- Best regards, Maxim mailto:m...@ritlabs.com Current beta is 5.0.0.150 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Maxim, Friday, March 25, 2011, 11:24:51 PM, you wrote: MM Those who are using the program version 4.2.42, please test 4.2.44. MM It has a single bug fix: MM [-] Fixed a bug of display of some background images of HTML messages, introduced in The Bat! 4.2.40-42. Running 4.2.44 but I can't compare it to 4.2.42 since that one had the dreaded hanging downloads-bug. Therefore I used 4.2.33.1 Beta. It's a little bit early to state that 4.2.44 is free from The dreaded hanging downloads-bug, it took some time earlier before I received a message that showed the problem. BTW, if there should go something wrong with messages sent to partous at com domain (registrar says everything is OK, but searching Whois doesn't reflect that), I am available through similar partous at be adresses... -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! Version 4.2.44 MyMacros 1.11a zOmbie's Macros Version 0.7 Windows XP Professional/5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3 (0 days 3:59:37) on Dual Intel Pentium III Current beta is 5.0.0.151 RC1 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Maxim, Friday, March 25, 2011, 11:24:51 PM, you wrote: MM Those who are using the program version 4.2.42, please test 4.2.44. MM It has a single bug fix: MM [-] Fixed a bug of display of some background images of HTML messages, introduced in The Bat! 4.2.40-42. What I can say though, is that a lot of newsletters sure look better than before. Whether that has anything to do with the bug fix, I do not know... -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! Version 4.2.44 MyMacros 1.11a zOmbie's Macros Version 0.7 Windows XP Professional/5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3 (0 days 4:44:38) on Dual Intel Pentium III Current beta is 5.0.0.151 RC1 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Mark, Saturday, March 26, 2011, 1:04:58 AM, you wrote: MM [-] Fixed a bug of display of some background images of HTML messages, introduced in The Bat! 4.2.40-42. Running 4.2.44 but I can't compare it to 4.2.42 since that one had the dreaded hanging downloads-bug. Unfortunately we didn't fix anything except this background images of HTML bug and other html display bugs. We didn't change anything related to downloads. If you have reported it to /bt/, could you please send the link? -- Best regards, Maximmailto:m...@ritlabs.com Current beta is 5.0.0.151 RC1 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Mark, Saturday, March 26, 2011, 1:40:47 AM, you wrote: What I can say though, is that a lot of newsletters sure look better than before. Whether that has anything to do with the bug fix, I do not know... Thank you for good news. -- Best regards, Maximmailto:m...@ritlabs.com Current beta is 5.0.0.151 RC1 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Maxim, Saturday, March 26, 2011, 12:24:51 AM, among other things, you wrote: MM Those who are using the program version 4.2.42, please test 4.2.44. MM It has a single bug fix: MM [-] Fixed a bug of display of some background images of HTML messages, introduced in The Bat! 4.2.40-42. MM http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_pro_4-2-44.msi MM http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_home_4-2-44.msi MM http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/the_bat/thebat_rus_4-2-44.msi HTML seems to be displaying well but I cannot make a comprehensive test. -- Best regards, Roger :flag-SouthAfrica: TheBat! v4.2.44(Professional) POP3 , on Windows 7, version 6 1, build 7601 and Service Pack 1 Current beta is 5.0.0.153 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: 4.2.44 - please test HTML background images when scrolling
Hello Maxim, On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:24:51 +0200 GMT (26/Mar/11, 5:24 AM +0700 GMT), Maxim Masiutin wrote: MM Those who are using the program version 4.2.42, please test 4.2.44. UR MM It has a single bug fix: MM [-] Fixed a bug of display of some background images of HTML MM messages, introduced in The Bat! 4.2.40-42. Attached kindly find an HTML newsletter which looks different in TB! and the web browser. Both with regards to image size in the text and text being centered instead of left-alligned. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3---BeginMessage--- ISOA Weekly Digest 18-25 Mar 2011 25 March 2011week 11 Have 3 minutes to spare? Take this ISOA Survey! (http://bit.ly/ez2exY) All responses are anonymous. (http://bit.ly/dPl8fL) (http://on.fb.me/hdK7gD) (http://bit.ly/hNnYvQ) Top Story This Week The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocated $10.4 million to seven agencies working in Cote d’Ivoire to help meet the urgent humanitarian needs of people affected by the post-election violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. The West African country plunged into turmoil late last year after then incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo lost a UN-certified and internationally recognized election to the opposition figure Alassane Ouattara in November, but refused to step down as his supporters started a campaign of violent intimidation of their political rivals. While humanitarian response has thus far focused on displacements of population in the west, the crisis is having far-reaching humanitarian consequences throughout the entire country, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which manages CERF. The funds from the CERF will be used to help provide health care, non-food items, food, water and sanitation, and educational support. At a summit in Nigeria, Ecowas, the 15-member West African regional body, called for (http://bbc.in/gRrzDc) more UN action in Cote d'Ivoire. They also called for tighter sanctions on Ggagbo and his allies. Some African leaders have also questioned why the world's powers have used military force in Libya but not the Ivory Coast. ISOA Industry Insight: The situation in Cote d’Ivoire continues to deteriorate. The African Union has held firm against the coalition government solution that has been used in Zimbabwe and Kenya – where the bitter rivals are both included in a ‘unity’ government. As a result, both Gbagbo and Ouattara now have everything to lose making negotiations difficult and fruitless. With escalating conflict there is likely to be an even larger international peacekeeping operation in the future, as well as growing humanitarian needs. There may be an increased demand for construction and support services as utilized in similar situations by the AU and UN in the past. ISOA’s diverse membership is comprised of a wide range of companies and organizations providing these much needed services in high risk environments, while also committed to a higher level of professionalism and ethical standards as outlined in ISOA’s Code of Conduct. photo: UN blue helmets in Cote d'Ivoire. (republicoftogo.com/Flickr) ISOA News REGISTRATION OPEN FOR THE 2011 ISOA ANNUAL SUMMIT! REGISTER HERE (http://bit.ly/fb1FQZ) Summit Sponsorships are still available! Contact Melissa Sabin for more information. ISOA Calendar 21 April ISOA 10th Anniversary Networking Reception @ Aria in Washington, DC
