Re: [Ql-Users] Hands Up!
On 29 Jan 2011, at 17:39, Geoff Wicks wrote: Now hands up those those who are prepared to be treasurer of Quanta. If absolutely no one else is willing to do this then I would attempt the task. However, the results could be unpredictable. You might find that subscriptions had to be paid in groats every Hogmanay. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hands Up!
-- From: gdgqler gdgq...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:36 AM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Hands Up! On 29 Jan 2011, at 17:39, Geoff Wicks wrote: Now hands up those those who are prepared to be treasurer of Quanta. If absolutely no one else is willing to do this then I would attempt the task. However, the results could be unpredictable. You might find that subscriptions had to be paid in groats every Hogmanay. Thanks George. There is however another problem - although I don't expect you to solve that as well - that a member of the committee emailed me about yesterday. At the moment Quanta has no magazine editor. John Gilpin has definitely stepped down and there is no replacement. The committee are currently putting together an emergency issue of the magazine because of a legal obligation to publish matters before the AGM. No one knows what will happen after that. Unless someone steps forward to edit the magazine it is difficult see how the committee would have the resources to continue producing the magazine. Look after your next Quanta Magazine - it could be a collector's item. Let me use this space to pay a tribute to John. We owe an enormous debt to him. Without John's work Quanta would have had to have been wound up two or three years ago. I did not want to see a person of his honesty and integrity inadvertently finding himself on the wrong side of the law, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Hands Up!
Let me use this space to pay a tribute to John. We owe an enormous debt to him. Without John's work Quanta would have had to have been wound up two or three years ago. I did not want to see a person of his honesty and integrity inadvertently finding himself on the wrong side of the law, Hear hear. I've combined 3 roles myself, but that is nothing to the work John has done - Magazine Editor, Membership Secretary, Treasurer and a lot of general committee work. From what has been said here, and having been on the committee myself for some time now I can confidently say I have never seen there to be anything but good intention, whatever else the legal position might technically turn out to be. One way forward for Geoff and others who agree with his viewpoint is to stand for committee, or (given his existing time commitments with QL Today) to nominate new committee members he thinks would be right for the organisation. It is always healthy to have new blood and new ideas on committees in general anyway. Even if you can't get nominations in by tomorrow's deadline, think ahead for next year. We can argue about this until, umm, Wales win the World Cup (which probably means the end of time) but getting one or two new committee members every year would probably be the best solution to all this. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Hands Up!
To all those who responded to my original email by saying that Quanta should not close: Hands up those who are prepared to be editor of the Quanta Magazine. Now hands up those those who are prepared to be treasurer of Quanta. And if no one has put their hands up to either, how the hell do you expect Quanta to survive? Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
