Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6
On 4 Feb 2009, at 20:32, Dilwyn Jones wrote: I hope everyone will be able to appreciate that John Gilpin has done remarkable work with the magazine (he also holds two other committee posts!). I certainly agree. Well done. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk To: QL-Users list ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6 Geoff Wicks wrote: Actually, in the months I've been on the committee I've started to appreciate how much work goes on that as a member I hadn't previously realised. I gave praise to John Gilpin in particular, but everyone on the committee works very hard and everyone is very commtted in what they do. For all the criticisms I make of the Quanta committee I have to agree with this. We have one of the most hardworking committees that Quanta has ever had and their work is unappreciated by the members. Another major rankle. As secretary Sarah Gilpin has vastly improved the record keeping of the organisation. At two AGM's running I have proposed a vote of thanks to her. Not one person at either meeting backed me up. Then why am I critical of the committee? Because they have also been probably the most authoritarian, autocratic and dishonest officers that Quanta has ever had, Best wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6
In message 69b5161c76404f94a704ef44cc6b9...@pandorasbox, John Gilpin thegilp...@btinternet.com writes Hi John, Thanks for the explanation. Obviously this will be one for the stamp collectors who like to get ones with some kind of error or misprint, etc ... :-) Again well done to all concerned for getting out such a good Issue, containing both articles and pictures / illustrations in abundance. I do appreciate what goes in to the production. Maybe, with the envelope, it had come unstuck, and hence the plastic packaging with apology from the Post Office when it arrived. Hi Malcolm, Congratulations on being the first one to spot this issue's deliberate mistake!! I cannot account for the damaged envelope (although I have noticed that a small number of them - all from the same box) has a tendency not to stick very well. In fact on one or two of them, I actually reverted to sellotape. Regarding the Issue number, this is more of a problem: There should be, as you know, SIX issues per Volume. One could argue either of the following:- 1)Due to editorial problems - covered adequately elsewhere - there were only FIVE issues to Volume 25 so the last one should be Issue 5 OR 2)As this is the last issue of Volume 25, it should be issue 6. To be really honest, it is a typo which none of the team picked up in proof reading and I offer my apologies for any confusion caused. Thank you for your welcome comments about the content etc and most of all, for correctly identifying the fact that it is a TEAM EFFORT. Without the rest of the TEAM, I would have given up a long time ago. I have been offered - and receive - much support from everyone at QUANTA (including the membership) and that makes it all worth while. Thank you - and others for your kind comments. They are much appreciated. Regards, John Gilpin. QUANTA Joint Magazine Editor. - Original Message - From: Malcolm Cadman q...@mcad.demon.co.uk To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:33 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6 Hi, I have received today - 4th February 2009 - the Quanta magazine Volume 25, Issue 6, which covers Nov/Dec 2008/Jan 2009. It is a good read, so well done to everyone involved. However, I did notice that it arrived in a very battered envelope with an apology from the Post Office. I do not know if there is any reason for this. Also, the previous magazine was Volume 25, Issue 4, Aug/Sept/Oct 2008. Which suggests that an Issue 5 has been missed out. I know that with the delays in the magazine production this may be deliberate. Yet it will also confuse any collectors of the magazine in the future. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk To: QL-Users list ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6 I hope everyone will be able to appreciate that John Gilpin has done remarkable work with the magazine (he also holds two other committee posts!). How many Quanta members have so far publically expressed their appreciation for John's work on the magazine? Answer: just five, one of whom is a mischievous person who continually dimishes himself (©JM 2008). Why is is that we QL-ers find it so difficult to praise people who do something well? It still rankles me that, when Dilwyn resigned as editor of QL Today after 9 years of hard work, only one reader wrote to say thank you. Best wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6
Geoff Wicks wrote: It still rankles me that, when Dilwyn resigned as editor of QL Today after 9 years of hard work, only one reader wrote to say thank you. What, for resigning, or for 9 years of work? ;-)) Actually, in the months I've been on the committee I've started to appreciate how much work goes on that as a member I hadn't previously realised. I gave praise to John Gilpin in particular, but everyone on the committee works very hard and everyone is very commtted in what they do. -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6
Hi Malcolm, Congratulations on being the first one to spot this issue's deliberate mistake!! I cannot account for the damaged envelope (although I have noticed that a small number of them - all from the same box) has a tendency not to stick very well. In fact on one or two of them, I actually reverted to sellotape. Regarding the Issue number, this is more of a problem: There should be, as you know, SIX issues per Volume. One could argue either of the following:- 1)Due to editorial problems - covered adequately elsewhere - there were only FIVE issues to Volume 25 so the last one should be Issue 5 OR 2)As this is the last issue of Volume 25, it should be issue 6. To be really honest, it is a typo which none of the team picked up in proof reading and I offer my apologies for any confusion caused. Thank you for your welcome comments about the content etc and most of all, for correctly identifying the fact that it is a TEAM EFFORT. Without the rest of the TEAM, I would have given up a long time ago. I have been offered - and receive - much support from everyone at QUANTA (including the membership) and that makes it all worth while. Thank you - and others for your kind comments. They are much appreciated. Regards, John Gilpin. QUANTA Joint Magazine Editor. - Original Message - From: Malcolm Cadman q...@mcad.demon.co.uk To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:33 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] Quanta magazine - Volume 25, Issue 6 Hi, I have received today - 4th February 2009 - the Quanta magazine Volume 25, Issue 6, which covers Nov/Dec 2008/Jan 2009. It is a good read, so well done to everyone involved. However, I did notice that it arrived in a very battered envelope with an apology from the Post Office. I do not know if there is any reason for this. Also, the previous magazine was Volume 25, Issue 4, Aug/Sept/Oct 2008. Which suggests that an Issue 5 has been missed out. I know that with the delays in the magazine production this may be deliberate. Yet it will also confuse any collectors of the magazine in the future. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
