[vicsireland] Re: Infovics comments
- From: "Tim Culhane" <tim.culhane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:33:13 -0000
Hi Nicky,
I think this is something you should bring up at the AGM.
As far as I can see, there is nothing in the constitution which prevents us
from charging overseas members.
Personally, I agree that the access to infovics should be limited to
members, though how we go abouts it will need a bit of thought.
Tim
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From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kealy, Nicky
Sent: 28 February 2007 09:22
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Infovics comments
Hi Stuart, I would be of the opinion that it should be only for paid up
members of the VICS societyl. Isn't it what we are partly paying membership
for? Now, going slightly off the point but I have said this to certain
people so I might as well say it publicly. I also think that all members of
VICS be it that they are from Ireland or outside of Ireland should have to
pay. We are always reminded of the need for cash from the members to help
vics do their work and the work of vics is directly benefiting us people
that live here in Ireland and not the people living outside of the country.
Maybe people might disagree with me but I am throwing it out anyway.
Cheers, Nicky.
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Lawler
Sent: 27 February 2007 22:05
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Infovics comments
Hi Flor, Tony and Kathleen,
Again apologies for my delayed responses on this thread, but I am only now
picking up my two day's worth of Vics emails!
Flor, you are correct, that in the past, Infovics was only available to paid
up members of Vics.
One of the things I wanted to do when I took over as editor, and one that I
felt was something that would benefit the magazine, was to put it on line.
There are two reasons for this.
1. Its a computer and technology related publication and therefore the most
appropriate place for it to have its home would be the internet.
2. It would bring the publication to a much larger audience, already I have
received mails from people outside of Ireland and of Vics, who have just
stumbled across the magazine and the Vics website.
We could of course try password protecting the area of the site that
contains Infovics and issue all members with logins, but I suspect this will
create more headaches and possibly increase frustration amongst some of our
listeners and is really an issue for the committee to look at in the future.
It is also my view, and I know Liam Duke of the Drumcondra Project shares
it, that Infovics should, in the not too distant future, become an on-line
publication only. We're not saying that this might happen immediately, but
I would certainly see it being implemented in a couple of years.
Kathleen, regarding your query, I will make a downloadable link available so
that you can get the Infovics mp3 file without having to subscribe to the
podcast.
Tony, I think that should also help you with your query too.
Regards,
Stuart.
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From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch
Sent: 25 February 2007 22:38
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Infovics comments
Hi Stuart,
Personally, I think I'd prefer the longer issue at less-frequent intervals.
(I.e., quarterly.)
Regarding direct downloading of the magazine and related issues and
questions: At the moment, it seems that anyone can 'subscribe' to the
podcast and not be a member of VICS. Correct? Is that what we want? I
thought the 10 euros anual subscription also included the magazine, which
was formerly unavailable to those not in VICS. There were articles from
other PC magazines courtesy of readers for BCAB, in the issue that came out
last winter. These articles would be copyright of the original magazines
(such as PC World, etc.) Need to be careful there? These things may not
matter at the moment; but if Infovics expands, they will. I think it may be
possible to download the magazine directly at the moment, via the
Save-Target-As option. Maybe a little futzing around then to download the
magazine rather than just the url to the stream. .
----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Lawler <mailto:stuart.lawler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 9:54 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Infovics comments
Hi Tony,
Apologies but I have had to change the subject line, for some reason the
Ecartis system thinks I am trying to make a subscription change, so here's
hoping this goes through!
Interesting comments there.
Firstly, you can't actually download Infovics, but you can subscribe to the
podcast, which will in turn download the mp3 file to your hard disk.
However, if people would prefer the option to directly download the magazine
I can easily make this change.
In particular though, I'm interested to hear your commenting that you prefer
a shorter Infovics at more regular intervals, to a more lengthy magazine,
say every three months.
>From a production point of view, a shorter magazine is obviously easier to
manage, but of course its only easier because we had very little material to
go onto it.
Could I get other's views on this? Is a shorter and more regular infovics
preferable to a three monthly edition?
Regards,
Stuart.
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>From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tonysweeney
Sent: 24 February 2007 20:48
To: vics
Subject: [vicsireland] Infovvics/CDExX
Hi All,
I have just been listening to Febs Infovics online and although it was
short, what particularly I was impressed with, was Brian Dalton's
mini-tutorial on the ripping programme, CDEX.
I have an iAudio player and had been wondering how I could rip tracks to my
PC as MP3's so I can then if I wish move them to my iAudio.
Anyway, problem solved
thanks to his great effort!
I haven't received the CD version of the magazine, so if you haven't then
just go online and listen!
I was trying for a link on the site to download but I couldn't find one!
Could someone come to the rescue and tell me how?
I can record the item of course but it would be good to be able to download
it!
Keep up the training element of Infovics, it is very good and very necessary
in my opinion.
I liked the link to Nationwatch, because sometimes for example when you go
away on holidays you might not always be told or even discover a great deal
of information about the place you are visiting.
Anyway I would prefer a shortened Infovics more often rather than a long one
every-so-often.
Happy listening.
Tony Sweeney.
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