Re: [ubuntu-uk] Position for Ubuntu-Uk Contact

2007-09-16 Thread Chris Rowson
I've cascaded this email to the ubuntu-uk loco forum too. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3376661 Cheers Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Position for Ubuntu-Uk Contact

2007-09-16 Thread Dave Walker
> Should this be the preferred method of appointment, I'd quite happily > > make a wiki page to allow members votes to be recorded. > Chris the idea is that people put their own name forward and next > sunday there will be a meeting at 9pm on the irc channel to decide. Would it be worth using t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Position for Ubuntu-Uk Contact

2007-09-16 Thread Chris Rowson
> Chris the idea is that people put their own name forward and next > sunday there will be a meeting at 9pm on the irc channel to decide. > Hi, The only thing that I find concerning about IRC votes at a specific time is that it doesn't give everyone the chance to vote due to time constraints etc.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Position for Ubuntu-Uk Contact

2007-09-16 Thread David Morley
On 16/09/2007, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David Morley wrote: > > > It pays no money you get little thanks but it is important. If you > > > feel you could step into Nik's shoes and basically pass info from mail > > > onto the group then sign up now for this amazing position. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Position for Ubuntu-Uk Contact

2007-09-16 Thread gord
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 21:56 +0100, David Morley wrote: > It pays no money you get little thanks but it is important. If you > feel you could step into Nik's shoes and basically pass info from mail > onto the group then sign up now for this amazing position. > > Seriously People. If you are a re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Position for Ubuntu-Uk Contact

2007-09-16 Thread Chris Rowson
> David Morley wrote: > > It pays no money you get little thanks but it is important. If you > > feel you could step into Nik's shoes and basically pass info from mail > > onto the group then sign up now for this amazing position. > > > > Seriously People. If you are a regular on the irc channel

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Position for Ubuntu-Uk Contact

2007-09-16 Thread David Morley
-- Forwarded message -- From: Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 16 Sep 2007 22:26 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Position for Ubuntu-Uk Contact To: David Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Morley wrote: > It pays no money you get littl

[ubuntu-uk] Position for Ubuntu-Uk Contact

2007-09-16 Thread David Morley
It pays no money you get little thanks but it is important. If you feel you could step into Nik's shoes and basically pass info from mail onto the group then sign up now for this amazing position. Seriously People. If you are a regular on the irc channel then now is the time to step forward and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
Dave Nice one mate - let me know how you get on with it. How do you deal with things like statements that roll over onto multiple pages? Or put another way, do you scan each individual page, save it, and move onto the next one without attempting to link the two images together either by filename

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Kubuntu vs Ubuntu for new users

2007-09-16 Thread alan c
Chris Rowson wrote: > I promise, I'm not trolling! > > I've been moving users across from Windows to Linux for a while now, > with - on the large - reasonable success. Because I use Gnome, and > don't have much experience of using KDE, I've just always installed > Ubuntu by default and not really

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Dave Walker
On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 12:10 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Morning Folks > > In the list's opinion which is the best way to store documents? > > In particular, as my own filing system is, well non existant, I was thinking > about scanning all necessary documents and then storing them eithre to HD or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:10:13 +0100 "Ian Pascoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thoughts, apart from sorting out my paper filing system! I'd recommend keeping both an image file of the document and a text file from OCR. The text is really useful for searching, but in my experience will have errors,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Alec Wright
100DPI JPEG is usually fine for me - if you can, adjust the quality to get the best compression while still leaving it readable. On Sun, 2007-09-16 at 12:10 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > Morning Folks > > In the list's opinion which is the best way to store documents? > > In particular, as my own f

[ubuntu-uk] Document Storage

2007-09-16 Thread Ian Pascoe
Morning Folks In the list's opinion which is the best way to store documents? In particular, as my own filing system is, well non existant, I was thinking about scanning all necessary documents and then storing them eithre to HD or CD / DVD. I've been trying to work out in my own mind what would