Re: iMovieHD length

[Eugene]

Hi Severin,

my first guess would be available disk space. 70 minutes requires 14+  
Gb of free disc space just to download it.


Once you start editing it will require more as iMovie is non  
destructive and doesn't delete edited clips.


  Regards,
  Eugene


On 08/06/2009, at 2:39 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:

I am editing a movie for my son which is shot in a widescreen format  
(720 x 576).  I am unable to make iMovie HD accept more than 45mins  
of clip footage and can find nothing relevant to this.  Am I missing  
something?  I have about 70 mins to edit altogether and would like  
to do it as a single movie if possible.  What am I missing here?

Severin Crisp


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[Severin Crisp]

I am editing a movie for my son which is shot in a widescreen format  
(720 x 576).  I am unable to make iMovie HD accept more than 45mins of  
clip footage and can find nothing relevant to this.  Am I missing  
something?  I have about 70 mins to edit altogether and would like to  
do it as a single movie if possible.  What am I missing here?

Severin Crisp


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Sorry about the late reply on this we had a pretty hectic day on  
saturday!


We have no probs helping out anyone who needs it, Feel free to pass  
our contact details on to anyone.
Our rates are very respectable at $120 an hour so no need for anyone  
to loose an arm or a leg to get someone to help them out!


Also if people just need to ask a few questions I never have any  
problems with them coming down to the store and firing some at me

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On 06/06/2009, at 12:00 PM, Peter Faulks wrote:


Hi Everyone,

Just sitting reading all your emails and comments about this newly  
opened store South of the River.
This is Irene writing, not Peter and I am an Administrator, not a  
computer expert.
Peter runs PIP Multimedia & Training and has done for over ten years  
whilst working full-time first at Curtin then teaching now at Corpus  
Christi College.


Unfortunately due to ill health and full-time teaching he is having  
to put his client training in mothballs as unable to visit so many  
clients who want help with Macintosh computer training programs and  
also problems.
We have been desperately trying to find someone who we could  
recommend his clients to and sincerely hope we can use Craig and his  
team.


His clients are mainly south of the river and yes it is very hard to  
find anyone this side, let alone north side, to have his clients  
call for assistance.  The cost factor is always a problem as some of  
these people are in their 70's and even 80's but come on, they need  
a go like everyone else.  Give them credit for even using a computer  
at their age.


Anyway I hope Craig and his team can see their way into helping some  
of these people without charging an arm and a leg for their  
services. The older people have just bought  new equipment so  
obviously still want to keep on computing with family overseas.


By the same token if any of you know someone who would take the time  
to go and see some of these clients please let me have your details  
and I will pass them on as requests for help come in.  A lot of  
requests are for basic things plus emails and internet connection so  
not brain consuming.


Sorry to have taken up so much of your time on this.

Irene


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Re: Google Earth going black

[Ronda Brown]

Hi David,

In Google Earth > Preferences, do you have 3D View "True Color (32  
bit)" - Anisotropic Filtering "High" selected?


Google have released a new imagery update for Google Earth.


What computer & OS are you using. It might have something to do with  
your Graphics card?


Cheers,
Ronni

On 08/06/2009, at 1:57 PM, David Noel wrote:


Hi Ronni & Susan --

-- Thanks for the suggestions, I did download Google Earth
5.0.11733.9347, and unfortunately I still have the problem with the
new version. Any other ideas?

Cheers

David Noel



From: Ronda Brown 
Sent: Mon Jun 8 12:56
Re: Google Earth going black

Hi David,

Working ok for me also. Shanghai, China loads correctly.
Google Earth 5.0.11733.9347

Try the same version as Susan & I have, see if that makes any
difference.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.5.7

On 08/06/2009, at 12:49 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:


Hi David, my Google Earth is working OK, but I have a later version
(5.0.117.). You could try updating. cheers, Susan.


On 08/06/2009, at 12:43 PM, David Noel wrote:


-- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968
(beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works normally until  
it

has downloaded most data, then the land portion goes black (sea
portions go misty blue without a defined boundary).

-- I haven't found an answer or a work-around. Googling the problem
suggests Google did this on purpose a year ago on World Environment
Day, but I can't imagine they would make their service unusable for
days like this. As far as I can see, I haven't altered any
preferences. No doubt there is a simple answer I've missed?

Cheers --

David Noel
2009 Jun 8


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[David Noel]

Hi Ronni & Susan --

-- Thanks for the suggestions, I did download Google Earth
5.0.11733.9347, and unfortunately I still have the problem with the
new version. Any other ideas?

Cheers

David Noel



From: Ronda Brown 
 Sent: Mon Jun 8 12:56
 Re: Google Earth going black

Hi David,

Working ok for me also. Shanghai, China loads correctly.
Google Earth 5.0.11733.9347

Try the same version as Susan & I have, see if that makes any
difference.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.5.7

On 08/06/2009, at 12:49 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

> Hi David, my Google Earth is working OK, but I have a later version
> (5.0.117.). You could try updating. cheers, Susan.
>
>
> On 08/06/2009, at 12:43 PM, David Noel wrote:
>
>> -- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968
>> (beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works normally until it
>> has downloaded most data, then the land portion goes black (sea
>> portions go misty blue without a defined boundary).
>>
>> -- I haven't found an answer or a work-around. Googling the problem
>> suggests Google did this on purpose a year ago on World Environment
>> Day, but I can't imagine they would make their service unusable for
>> days like this. As far as I can see, I haven't altered any
>> preferences. No doubt there is a simple answer I've missed?
>>
>> Cheers --
>>
>> David Noel
>> 2009 Jun 8

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Hi David,

Working ok for me also. Shanghai, China loads correctly.
Google Earth 5.0.11733.9347

Try the same version as Susan & I have, see if that makes any  
difference.


Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.5.7

On 08/06/2009, at 12:49 PM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Hi David, my Google Earth is working OK, but I have a later version  
(5.0.117.). You could try updating. cheers, Susan.



On 08/06/2009, at 12:43 PM, David Noel wrote:


-- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968
(beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works normally until it
has downloaded most data, then the land portion goes black (sea
portions go misty blue without a defined boundary).

-- I haven't found an answer or a work-around. Googling the problem
suggests Google did this on purpose a year ago on World Environment
Day, but I can't imagine they would make their service unusable for
days like this. As far as I can see, I haven't altered any
preferences. No doubt there is a simple answer I've missed?

Cheers --

David Noel
2009 Jun 8




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Hi David, my Google Earth is working OK, but I have a later version  
(5.0.117.). You could try updating. cheers, Susan.



On 08/06/2009, at 12:43 PM, David Noel wrote:


-- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968
(beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works normally until it
has downloaded most data, then the land portion goes black (sea
portions go misty blue without a defined boundary).

-- I haven't found an answer or a work-around. Googling the problem
suggests Google did this on purpose a year ago on World Environment
Day, but I can't imagine they would make their service unusable for
days like this. As far as I can see, I haven't altered any
preferences. No doubt there is a simple answer I've missed?

Cheers --

David Noel
2009 Jun 8

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Re: corrupted account

[gary dorn]

On 08/06/2009, at 11:55 AM, gary dorn wrote:


Howdy

one our kids accounts' on a g4 running 10.4.8 seems to be corrupted

symptoms include:
2 logouts, 2 shut downs, 2 restarts  etc showing up in the apple 
menu ( If you want to see this I can post a screen shot - very 
weird)

frequent kernal locks



how do I delete this account?

all others seem to operate AOK ( about 7  accounts )

chow
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north perth


Remember , when you delete the account you will lose all the email , 
bookmarks etc that

are in that account . YOu will probable want to save the user data first .


Its an 8 year olds account , nothing it is except for game 
preferences I think, so its all going.


But I'll check first

thanks


Bob


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-- I'm baffled by a recent change with Google Earth (5.0.11337.1968
(beta)). Say you want to look at Shanghai, it works normally until it
has downloaded most data, then the land portion goes black (sea
portions go misty blue without a defined boundary).

-- I haven't found an answer or a work-around. Googling the problem
suggests Google did this on purpose a year ago on World Environment
Day, but I can't imagine they would make their service unusable for
days like this. As far as I can see, I haven't altered any
preferences. No doubt there is a simple answer I've missed?

Cheers --

David Noel
2009 Jun 8

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Re: corrupted account

[Ronda Brown]

Gary,

Just to add to Glenn's email.

After you click the "-" icon a window will appear ... you get  three  
options to delete the account ... CLICK OK!


If you click OK, Tiger deletes the account and saves its home folder  
as a disk image in /Users/Deleted Users, so you can

recover the data if you need to.

(Creating the disk image may take a few minutes if the user has many  
files in his home folder.)



Cheers,
Ronni

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2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.5.7


On 08/06/2009, at 12:01 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:


Using your Administrator account, go to System Preferences, Accounts.
Click the padlock at bottom left and unlock with your admin password.

Now you can click the - icon (+ and - at bottom of user list) to
delete the account.

Glenn Nicholas

2009/6/8 gary dorn :

Howdy

one our kids accounts' on a g4 running 10.4.8 seems to be corrupted

symptoms include:
2 logouts, 2 shut downs, 2 restarts  etc showing up in the apple  
menu ( If

you want to see this I can post a screen shot - very weird)
frequent kernal locks



how do I delete this account?

all others seem to operate AOK ( about 7  accounts )

chow
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Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

[Robert Howells]

On 08/06/2009, at 10:14 AM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:


Hi Guys

quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and  
leaking
capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but  
not sure if it

is still available?

Regards

Roger



But there may be other ways : take a read of the mails from unhappy G5  
imac'ers here




All we need somebody here who can replace capacitors  ..
and source replacement Power Supplies where needed .

Logic board is a different story

Bob










On Mon Jun  8  9:53 , Warwick Gaff > sent:


Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new  
iMacs
today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3  a few months back I  
was going
to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out  
there going
for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off  
gutting a G5

now... Very happy with my G4 however.

Regards

Warwick Gaff


On 7/6/09 5:23 PM, "Mike Murray" mdmur...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:


Hi muggers

Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac
has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So
now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac.

That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an
avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in
obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both
cooked the logic boards.

Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some
components were obviously overheating.

Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're
still running a G5 iMac.

Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some
compensation?

Mournfully,
Mike

Previous email...

Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up.

This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen  
remained

black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5
seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged  
everything,

switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no
chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so
shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times.

Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the  
back

off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back
off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much.

Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking?

Cheers
Mike



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On 08/06/2009, at 11:55 AM, gary dorn wrote:


Howdy

one our kids accounts' on a g4 running 10.4.8 seems to be corrupted

symptoms include:
2 logouts, 2 shut downs, 2 restarts  etc showing up in the apple  
menu ( If you want to see this I can post a screen shot - very weird)

frequent kernal locks



how do I delete this account?

all others seem to operate AOK ( about 7  accounts )

chow
--
gary dorn
north perth


Remember , when you delete the account you will lose all the email ,  
bookmarks etc that
are in that account . YOu will probable want to save the user data  
first .


Bob


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Re: corrupted account

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Using your Administrator account, go to System Preferences, Accounts.
Click the padlock at bottom left and unlock with your admin password.

Now you can click the - icon (+ and - at bottom of user list) to
delete the account.

Glenn Nicholas

2009/6/8 gary dorn :
> Howdy
>
> one our kids accounts' on a g4 running 10.4.8 seems to be corrupted
>
> symptoms include:
> 2 logouts, 2 shut downs, 2 restarts  etc showing up in the apple menu ( If
> you want to see this I can post a screen shot - very weird)
> frequent kernal locks
>
>
>
> how do I delete this account?
>
> all others seem to operate AOK ( about 7  accounts )
>
> chow
> --
> gary dorn
> north perth
>
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[gary dorn]

Howdy

one our kids accounts' on a g4 running 10.4.8 seems to be corrupted

symptoms include:
2 logouts, 2 shut downs, 2 restarts  etc showing up in the apple menu 
( If you want to see this I can post a screen shot - very weird)

frequent kernal locks



how do I delete this account?

all others seem to operate AOK ( about 7  accounts )

chow
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[Glenn Nicholas]

I'd like to add to that sentiment from Martin, I and I would think
everyone involved in WAMUG (and for a lot of us this is through the
WAMUG mailing list) appreciate the effort that goes into organising
the user group.

I think the concept behind not having corporate members on the
committee might be that if the corporates that 'own' the product
control the user group, it isn't a user group, it just a marketing arm
of the product company parading as a user group. E.g. if Apple
staffers were to join as corporate members, run the committee and
delete any emails that raised G5 motherboard issues and other topics
that were seen as not helpful, WAMUG would not really be WAMUG any
more.

We aren't dealing with that right now of course.

Glenn Nicholas




2009/6/8 Martin Hill :
> Peter, Daniel and Matt,
> I'm pretty sure that all WAMUG members would agree with me in saying that
> the hard yakka that you all have put into WAMUG over the years is not taken
> for granted but very greatly appreciated.  I certainly know how difficult it
> can be at times to organise meetings, keep websites running, mediate
> disagreements (!!) etc.
>
> WAMUG has always had people in the industry involved and we've never seen
> any issues of conflict of interest crop up in the past or the present.
>
> As Merv mentioned, perhaps the best thing in order to stay on the right side
> of Australian Incorporation legislation is to put a motion for the next
> General meeting to change the constitution to allow corporate committee
> members  (by the looks of things, we only need 14 days notice of such a
> meeting so the next monthly general meeting would suffice).  Until then
> temporarily putting things on hold committee-wise (at least for Daniel)
> would make sense?  (of course there is no problem with anyone organising
> things voluntarily in the meantime!)
>
> I definitely hope that we won't lose all of your much valued work in the
> group due to this small constitutional issue.
> "5.2 Special General Meeting
>
> Any General Meeting of the Group other than the Annual General Meeting shall
> be called a Special General Meeting.
>
> 5.3 Notice of General Meetings
>
> At least twenty one days notice of every Annual General Meeting or fourteen
> days for every Special General Meeting shall be given to Members specifying
> the place, the date and the hour of the Meeting and the general nature of
> any special business, but the non-receipt of such notice by any Member shall
> not invalidate the proceedings at any General Meeting.
>
>
> 10. CONFIRMATION AND ALTERATION OF CONSTITUTION
> This Constitution shall be confirmed and approved by a majority of two
> thirds of the Members of the Group present and voting in General Meeting,
> and any alterations thereto shall be similarly confirmed and approved."
>
> Thanks again for all your efforts over the years you guys.
>
> :-)
>
> -Mart
>
> 
> Martin Hill
> mailto:mart_h...@mac.com
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> Mb: 0401-103-194  hm: (08)9314-5242
>
> On 08/06/2009, at 9:11 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
>
>>
>> On 06/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:
>>
>>> Wow... someone actually read the constitution...
>>>
>>> I think the committee might want to look at changing that clause... as
>>> quite by chance, a good chunk of the Committee is actually made up of
>>> Corporate Members.
>>>
>>
>> For the past many years I, Matt and others have stood before the assembled
>> multitude and called for committee nominations. following the deafening
>> silence that generally results I can tell you we are lucky to have the
>> Committee we have!
>>
>> We may not be sticking precisely to the letter of the Constitution here,
>> but I can tell you that there are absolutely no conflicts of interest (which
>> presumably is what that particular clause is designed to prevent). The
>> invitation is wide open for anyone to join the Committee and deal with these
>> problems. A much more important principle of the Constitution is that we
>> actually have a Committee. Start pulling that apart and there's no more
>> WAMUG.
>>
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>> Perth, Western Australia
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>> 
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>>
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[rkor...@iinet.net.au]

Hi Mike

I also had a newer G5 at the office that had the same issue as yours and it was
just out of the 3 year applecare warranty, I have asked Apple for an extension
and am waiting to hear if they will cover it!

I personally would never buy a G5 iMac but go for one of the newer intel ones
instead.

regards

Roger


On Mon Jun  8 10:32 , Mike Murray  sent:

>Roger, yes there was a program for fixing the first run G5s...it's now  
>been suspended. This latest failure was a later model (with isight  
>camera) and to my knowledge there's no such program.
>  I believe the problem is not as common in the later models, but that  
>might just be a function of age, i.e. we're now getting to the end-of- 
>life stage!
>
>Re symptoms:
>The earlier G5 (that failed last year) had persistent problems of not  
>waking up from sleep and odd power-related issues including very  
>occasional fans running unexpectedly. Eventually it wouldn't wake up  
>at all.
>
>The later one with isight camera that failed last week had mysterious  
>fan running issues for some months, usually when it was asleep and  
>unattended. We'd go into the room in the morning and the fans would be  
>roaring, no idea if they'd been going all night or started up when it  
>heard us approach!
>
>Tom, if the fans are running hot I would say it's on its way out.  
>Maybe in 3 months, maybe in the next few minutes.
>
>Warwick, based on my limited experience (2 failures out of 2) I would  
>recommend not buying a second hand G5 iMac. We still have a Tibook  
>(400 G4) and a G3 slot-loading iMac, merrily continuing their happy  
>lives without a hitch. And now two very recent iMacs (and a couple of  
>reliable Macbooks). We've had various macs over many years and never  
>really had a problem (although on thinking about it there was a dog of  
>a powerbook with a screen problem that took some sorting out).
>
>As someone said recently, things break.
>
>Backup is the key.
>
>Cheers
>Mike
>
>
>On 08/06/2009, at 10:14 AM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and  
>> leaking
>> capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but  
>> not sure if it
>> is still available?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Roger
>
>
>> Did you notice any other failures in the machines processes. We have  
>> one that has fans running hot.
>> tom samson
>
>> Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new  
>> iMacs
>> today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3  a few months back I  
>> was going
>> to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out  
>> there going
>> for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off  
>> gutting a G5
>> now... Very happy with my G4 however.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Warwick Gaff
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Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

[Mike Murray]

Roger, yes there was a program for fixing the first run G5s...it's now  
been suspended. This latest failure was a later model (with isight  
camera) and to my knowledge there's no such program.
 I believe the problem is not as common in the later models, but that  
might just be a function of age, i.e. we're now getting to the end-of- 
life stage!


Re symptoms:
The earlier G5 (that failed last year) had persistent problems of not  
waking up from sleep and odd power-related issues including very  
occasional fans running unexpectedly. Eventually it wouldn't wake up  
at all.


The later one with isight camera that failed last week had mysterious  
fan running issues for some months, usually when it was asleep and  
unattended. We'd go into the room in the morning and the fans would be  
roaring, no idea if they'd been going all night or started up when it  
heard us approach!


Tom, if the fans are running hot I would say it's on its way out.  
Maybe in 3 months, maybe in the next few minutes.


Warwick, based on my limited experience (2 failures out of 2) I would  
recommend not buying a second hand G5 iMac. We still have a Tibook  
(400 G4) and a G3 slot-loading iMac, merrily continuing their happy  
lives without a hitch. And now two very recent iMacs (and a couple of  
reliable Macbooks). We've had various macs over many years and never  
really had a problem (although on thinking about it there was a dog of  
a powerbook with a screen problem that took some sorting out).


As someone said recently, things break.

Backup is the key.

Cheers
Mike


On 08/06/2009, at 10:14 AM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote:


Hi Guys

quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and  
leaking
capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but  
not sure if it

is still available?

Regards

Roger



Did you notice any other failures in the machines processes. We have  
one that has fans running hot.

tom samson


Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new  
iMacs
today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3  a few months back I  
was going
to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out  
there going
for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off  
gutting a G5

now... Very happy with my G4 however.

Regards

Warwick Gaff


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Re: WAMUG constitution

[Martin Hill]

Peter, Daniel and Matt,
I'm pretty sure that all WAMUG members would agree with me in saying  
that the hard yakka that you all have put into WAMUG over the years is  
not taken for granted but very greatly appreciated.  I certainly know  
how difficult it can be at times to organise meetings, keep websites  
running, mediate disagreements (!!) etc.


WAMUG has always had people in the industry involved and we've never  
seen any issues of conflict of interest crop up in the past or the  
present.


As Merv mentioned, perhaps the best thing in order to stay on the  
right side of Australian Incorporation legislation is to put a motion  
for the next General meeting to change the constitution to allow  
corporate committee members  (by the looks of things, we only need 14  
days notice of such a meeting so the next monthly general meeting  
would suffice).  Until then temporarily putting things on hold  
committee-wise (at least for Daniel) would make sense?  (of course  
there is no problem with anyone organising things voluntarily in the  
meantime!)


I definitely hope that we won't lose all of your much valued work in  
the group due to this small constitutional issue.

"5.2 Special General Meeting

Any General Meeting of the Group other than the Annual General Meeting  
shall be called a Special General Meeting.


5.3 Notice of General Meetings

At least twenty one days notice of every Annual General Meeting or  
fourteen days for every Special General Meeting shall be given to  
Members specifying the place, the date and the hour of the Meeting and  
the general nature of any special business, but the non-receipt of  
such notice by any Member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any  
General Meeting.



10. CONFIRMATION AND ALTERATION OF CONSTITUTION
This Constitution shall be confirmed and approved by a majority of two  
thirds of the Members of the Group present and voting in General  
Meeting, and any alterations thereto shall be similarly confirmed and  
approved."


Thanks again for all your efforts over the years you guys.

:-)

-Mart


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On 08/06/2009, at 9:11 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 06/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:


Wow... someone actually read the constitution...

I think the committee might want to look at changing that clause...  
as quite by chance, a good chunk of the Committee is actually made  
up of Corporate Members.




For the past many years I, Matt and others have stood before the  
assembled multitude and called for committee nominations. following  
the deafening silence that generally results I can tell you we are  
lucky to have the Committee we have!


We may not be sticking precisely to the letter of the Constitution  
here, but I can tell you that there are absolutely no conflicts of  
interest (which presumably is what that particular clause is  
designed to prevent). The invitation is wide open for anyone to join  
the Committee and deal with these problems. A much more important  
principle of the Constitution is that we actually have a Committee.  
Start pulling that apart and there's no more WAMUG.


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[rkor...@iinet.net.au]

Hi Guys

quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and leaking
capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but not sure if it
is still available?

Regards

Roger


On Mon Jun  8  9:53 , Warwick Gaff  sent:

>Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new iMacs
>today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3  a few months back I was going
>to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out there going
>for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off gutting a G5
>now... Very happy with my G4 however.
>
>Regards
>
>Warwick Gaff
>
>
>On 7/6/09 5:23 PM, "Mike Murray" mdmur...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi muggers
>> 
>> Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac
>> has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So
>> now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac.
>> 
>> That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an
>> avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in
>> obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both
>> cooked the logic boards.
>> 
>> Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some
>> components were obviously overheating.
>> 
>> Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're
>> still running a G5 iMac.
>> 
>> Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some
>> compensation?
>> 
>> Mournfully,
>> Mike
>> 
>> Previous email...
>>> Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up.
>>> 
>>> This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained
>>> black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5
>>> seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything,
>>> switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no
>>> chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so
>>> shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times.
>>> 
>>> Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back
>>> off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back
>>> off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much.
>>> 
>>> Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking?
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Mike
>> 
>> 
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>> TimeTrackers
>> East Fremantle
>> Western Australia
>> 
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>> Fax 08 9339 0519
>> 
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>> education, publishing and film-making
>> 
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[thefrogs]

Did you notice any other failures in the machines processes. We have  
one that has fans running hot.

tom samson
On 07/06/2009, at 5:23 PM, Mike Murray wrote:


Hi muggers

Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac  
has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So  
now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac.


That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an  
avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in  
obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both  
cooked the logic boards.


Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some  
components were obviously overheating.


Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're  
still running a G5 iMac.


Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some  
compensation?


Mournfully,
Mike

Previous email...

Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up.

This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen  
remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch  
down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged  
everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly  
pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans  
came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple  
of times.


Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the  
back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back  
off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much.


Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking?

Cheers
Mike



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[Warwick Gaff]

Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new iMacs
today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3  a few months back I was going
to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out there going
for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off gutting a G5
now... Very happy with my G4 however.

Regards

Warwick Gaff


On 7/6/09 5:23 PM, "Mike Murray"  wrote:

> Hi muggers
> 
> Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac
> has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So
> now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac.
> 
> That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an
> avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in
> obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both
> cooked the logic boards.
> 
> Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some
> components were obviously overheating.
> 
> Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're
> still running a G5 iMac.
> 
> Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some
> compensation?
> 
> Mournfully,
> Mike
> 
> Previous email...
>> Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up.
>> 
>> This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained
>> black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5
>> seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything,
>> switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no
>> chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so
>> shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times.
>> 
>> Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back
>> off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back
>> off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much.
>> 
>> Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Mike
> 
> 
> Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester
> TimeTrackers
> East Fremantle
> Western Australia
> 
> Tel 08 9339 8078
> Fax 08 9339 0519
> 
> British and Australian genealogical and historical research,
> education, publishing and film-making
> 
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> 
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[Paul K]

Hi All,

Please excuse my Monday morning stuff-up ;-)
You all know the details now so if you are interested talk to Ken, doh.

Cheers
Paul

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Hi Kevin,

His name is Ken, his number is 0415541612 and he lives near Freo.

Cheers
Paul


On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:30 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote:
> Paul,  whilst I am mostly into Mac distribution I have a few people who
> could use  PCs of the type you have.
>
> Should no one else have  a need for these machines I could find a home for
> them amongst my needy folks.
>
> Please let me know  if you think I could put them to good use.
>
> regards,
>
> Kevin
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> A charitable 'entity' has contacted me with a need to offload a number
>> of PCs for free.
>> Within the next 2 weeks.
>> I am unclear of the exact specs but roughly speaking we are talking
>> machines from Pentium 4 @ 2.3GHz, 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD and down, all
>> the way through to lower spec P4s and individual spare parts.
>> Also, peripherals including screens and speakers.
>>
>> If you or yours are interested contact me off-list for location details.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Paul
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On 06/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:


Wow... someone actually read the constitution...

I think the committee might want to look at changing that clause...  
as quite by chance, a good chunk of the Committee is actually made  
up of Corporate Members.




For the past many years I, Matt and others have stood before the  
assembled multitude and called for committee nominations. following  
the deafening silence that generally results I can tell you we are  
lucky to have the Committee we have!


We may not be sticking precisely to the letter of the Constitution  
here, but I can tell you that there are absolutely no conflicts of  
interest (which presumably is what that particular clause is designed  
to prevent). The invitation is wide open for anyone to join the  
Committee and deal with these problems. A much more important  
principle of the Constitution is that we actually have a Committee.  
Start pulling that apart and there's no more WAMUG.


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Re: WAMUG constitution

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On 7/6/09 7:21 PM, "Neil Houghton"  wrote:

> Geez Daniel,
> 
> Sorry for stirring all this up!
> 
> Being a committee member on another community group, I can assure you you
> are not the only one who is not too familiar with constitution fine print!
> 
> I would never have thought to look at the WAMUG constitution myself - it was
> just Ronni's post followed closely by your post that sort of made it jump
> out :(
> 
> I didn't think about the problems of trying to quickly change the
> constitution (no postal votes!).
> 
> I'll just re-iterate my personal view that it is the constitution that needs
> changing rather than the committee!
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Neil
> (who is wondering if he needs to go into hiding)

Hi Neil

No worries at all. It's all good.
(I have big shoulders,..I think that's from being a Kiwi and all the ribbing
I get. Not so much at the WAMUG committee meetings anymore, but I'm sure
they'll start again soon just for good measure,...)

I also made a wrong count, as I believe Matt is our 5th member on the
committee. If not, then we don't have 5 members, which according to the same
constitution would mean we don't have a committee.
If we then didn't have a committee,..well,..I don't like to think what would
happen.
No committee,..no one to organise the WAMUG meetings. Nothing organised,
then the meetings would disappear. If the committee also disappears, then
I'm not sure who would look after and run the WAMUG mail list (or at least
fix it when it's broken),.which would probably mean at some point in
time the list would then stop as well, never to been seen again.

Funny how these little things can appear then start to snowball eh!
I'm sure it will all get sorted and things will return back the "norm"

And yes, hopefully everyone else will agree with you personal view to change
the constitution and not the committee.

Looks like I might have to join you in hiding!
I think I need a good holiday anyway,...lol :o)

Kind Regards
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[Neil Houghton]

Geez Daniel,

Sorry for stirring all this up!

Being a committee member on another community group, I can assure you you
are not the only one who is not too familiar with constitution fine print!

I would never have thought to look at the WAMUG constitution myself - it was
just Ronni's post followed closely by your post that sort of made it jump
out :(

I didn't think about the problems of trying to quickly change the
constitution (no postal votes!).

I'll just re-iterate my personal view that it is the constitution that needs
changing rather than the committee!


Cheers


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on 6/6/09 6:40 PM, Daniel Kerr at wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> As being the only corporate sponsor who is also on the committee (Which at
> present is only 4 of us as we've had no other people interested when we've
> asked), I'm happy to stand down from the committee until this matter is
> resolved. 
> I wouldn't like to think that we're "flouting the rules". As mentioned in my
> previous post I've been a corporate sponsor long before I was asked to join
> the committee and must admit that I "skimmed over" that part of the
> constitution when I glanced at it. (Yes, I know that doesn't count as an
> excuse, otherwise our court system  would be emptied very quickly,...)
> 
> I will leave it to the discretion of the committee/list as at the end of the
> day it effects everyone and wouldn't like to think that anyone would think
> this would have been done intentionally or that we don't take it all
> seriously. (regardless of how silly I can sometimes be for those that know
> me).
> 
> Apologies for causing any issues without realising.
> I can proxy vote my 5month old son to the committee if you like,..he doesn't
> say much and dribbles a bit (he's teething),...but he always seems to have a
> bit to say at the moment,...)  :o)
> 
> Enjoy!!
> 
> Kind Regards
> Daniel
> 
> 
> On 6/6/09 5:30 PM, "Les Standish"  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Merv.
>> I'm sure that the powers to be have noted your comments and may I
>> respectfully suggest the current committee understands the urgent
>> nature of the problem, as any decision made by the present committee
>> may be deemed null and void.
>> 
>> Les Standish
>> 
>> On 06/06/2009, at 4:40 PM, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote:
>> 
>>> Les
>>> You have raised a valid point.
>>> The current committee - albeit flawed according to the Constitution
>>> - can consider the issue and propose a motion for the next AGM or
>>> call a Special Meeting of WAMUG and put the motion to that meeting.
>>> Which ever meeting choice is taken the Membership would need four
>>> weeks notice of the meeting and that notice would include the motion
>>> with a pro statement and a con statement.
>>> Because the Constitution is being changed 75% or more of those
>>> attending would have to be in favour of the motion for it to be
>>> adopted.
>>> There would have to be a quorum for the AGM or Special Meeting of
>>> paid up members - check whether the Constitution says whether the
>>> quorum is to consist of ordinary members or ordinary and sponsor
>>> members.
>>> These are the basics on the matter as raised.
>>> Merv
>>> 
 Hi all,
 Me, thinks that more than a can of worms in this instance, has been
 opened. Please ponder this for a moment.
 
 'Can a committee that, contains many unconstitutionally elected
 members, vote to change part of a constitution that will benefit
 the same unconstitutionally elected members?
 
 Perhaps one of our members has the expertise to provide the answer
 but I strongly suggest that more advice be sought before this error
 is compounded.
 
 Kind Regards
 Les Standish
 
 On 06/06/2009, at 12:58 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:
 
> Wow... someone actually read the constitution...
> 
> I think the committee might want to look at changing that
> clause... as quite by chance, a good chunk of the Committee is
> actually made up of Corporate Members.
> 
> :-)
> 
> On 06/06/2009, at 12:24 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote:
> 
>> Lol,..good find Neil.
>> I've been a Corporate sponsor long before I was a committee member.
>> Now I'm in trouble,.. The mail-list police will be after me!
>> Arrrgghhh time to hide,...
>> ;o)
>> Will have to talk to Peter H about that one to rectify the
>> problem either
>> way.
>> 
>> Thanks for pointing that out, wasn't aware of it. Must have
>> passed over that
>> in reading.
>> 
>> Kind Regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> 
>> On 6/6/09 12:19 PM, "Neil Houghton"  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi guys,
>>> 
>>> I don't want to stir things up again and, as the first poster to
>>> suggest we
>>> cut Craig some slack, I am more than happy to move on from that
>>> subje

G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update

[Mike Murray]

Hi muggers

Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac  
has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So  
now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac.


That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an  
avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in  
obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both  
cooked the logic boards.


Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some  
components were obviously overheating.


Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're  
still running a G5 iMac.


Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some  
compensation?


Mournfully,
Mike

Previous email...

Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up.

This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained  
black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5  
seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything,  
switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no  
chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so  
shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times.


Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back  
off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back  
off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much.


Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking?

Cheers
Mike



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Re: [OT] PCs and parts free to good homes

[Murdoch Allen]

if there are any left I wouldnt mind 1 machine.
I am trying to run diagnostic software that requires proper windows O/ 
S and wont work under virtual

On 06/06/2009, at 5:08 PM, Paul K wrote:


Hello,

A charitable 'entity' has contacted me with a need to offload a number
of PCs for free.
Within the next 2 weeks.
I am unclear of the exact specs but roughly speaking we are talking
machines from Pentium 4 @ 2.3GHz, 512MB RAM, 80GB HDD and down, all
the way through to lower spec P4s and individual spare parts.
Also, peripherals including screens and speakers.

If you or yours are interested contact me off-list for location  
details.


Cheers
Paul

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