It would be great to hear from people explaining why they DON'T
want
to go on committee. Surely it can't all be down to lack of time? We
don't have to travel much to committee meetings, modern technology
means we can do most work by email or telephone or conferencing and
just meet up once or twice a year as necessary to sort out the
major
issues.
Oh I know why people don't want to go on a committee. Firstly they
would
have to do something and secondly they can no longer carp and
criticise
from the sidelines. Simple. I am Diving Officer for the Dive Club so
that puts me just under teh Chairman on the committee. I know how
that
works.
OK, I guess that explains that ;-)
Actually, my partner Ann is on the committee of a craft association -
I guess she'd probably say exactly the same thing.
I would never say you wrote mediocre programs. You and Geoff wrote
some
really innovative stuff.
Nice of you to say that - I feel better now!
Actually, don't tell Geoff, but I use some of his programs quite a lot
;-)
...even if they have mis-spelled my name twice in two issues :o)
I may not raise my head above th e parapet too much. I am in the
throes
for finishing my Album - those who are interested can get a taste at
www.myspace.com/thatlegendarywoodenlion
And running a series of training sessions for the Dive Club.
OK, will take a look later on. Do QLers get a discount on the album?
;-)
BTW one other reason that Rich has a long mailing list is probably
that
he sells on EBAY. Maybe a Quanta shop there would generate some
interest.
Actually, Rich has sold quite a lot of gear Quanta has acquired - John
Gilpin will confirm that.
You will also find a lot of people who just want to buy a part
to go with the QL in teh glass case that they house their 'retro
computers' in - along wit their collection of 'dust through the
ages'.
Nobody denies that - I get a lot of contact from "retro" users via my
website.
The other type of contact I get is ex-QL users dusting off their QLs
once more and realising that emulators etc open up a new world of
nostalgia for them. I do try to steer them in the direction of QL
Today and Quanta, but never really know how successful I am about
pointing people in various directions. My pages about "returning to
the QL", "PC/QL file transfer", "zip/unzip" and "serial links" get
respectable numbers of hits, so there's obviously people looking at
all this info, but I just don't know where it all leads in the end.
What you need is not people who look back but those who are willing
to
turn around and look in the other direction - and face what they
see.
Agreed.
Still I will continue to (sporadically) read the list. (feel free to
print all/some/none of my comments in Quanta. I may even splutter
into
incoherance angain.
;-)
Good to hear from you again - keep spluttering into incoherence!
Dilwyn Jones
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