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July 2010 Newsletter
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Newsletter - July 2010
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Do
we still have Sydney Identities? ..... Those people
who photographed, sang, jumped into taxis and on and
off trams, stoically trudged the streets,
gigantically barefooted it everywhere, beautifully
wrote on the footpath, darted in and out of traffic
selling newspapers and lastly, cheerfully had your
paper and change ready as you raced for your train.
Were you ever “snapped” (wearing your best
overcoat, hat and gloves) in Martin Place by a
street photographer? (The Leicagraph Co., Strand
Arcade). Did you wonder about red-haired Rosie,
often clad in gumboots, men’s footy socks and big
old coats, singing opera arias as she sold flowers
in Martin Place? She was one of Sydney’s
“eccentrics” as was Bea Miles who jumped in and out
of taxis, on and off trams, very often not paying.
Both had their dreams which were never achieved.
Then there was “the trolley man” – Joso Condric –
who, wearing his heavy overcoat and a crash helmet
winter and summer, traversed the city streets
carrying his belongings in his unique four-wheeled
barrow. He fascinated me, so one day I photographed
him when he was napping in Pitt Street Mall. Whilst
Joso pushed his trolley, an unknown barefooted giant
whose jumper never met his wrists nor trousers his
ankles, stamped along, viciously glaring at me when
I tried photographing him.
“Mr. Eternity”
– Arthur Stace – for 30 years wrote the word
‘Eternity’ in chalk on the streets of Sydney. “His
simple, enduring message can still make people stop,
think and feel.”1
There is no better way to describe “The White Bay
Paper Seller” – Beatrice Bush – and to end Part 1 of
SYDNEY IDENTITIES
than to quote – ”There must be a million stories in
that weather-beaten face, but in all the years I’ve
watched her I’ve never heard her voice. … Like … the
man with his four-wheeled cart, or the man who wrote
“Eternity”
she’s a beat of Sydney’s heart and I wonder if she
knows that people think of her this way as she sells
the daily papers on the corner at White Bay.”2
(To be continued next month)
…..Elizabeth Barton
(President)
1
National Museum of
Australia
2
Judy Small – LP “Ladies & Gems”
Précis of Committee Meeting
1st July 2010
Systems & Equipment:
A report was given on visits to The
Hills and Forest Computer clubs to see how these
clubs run their operating systems. Further
discussions were held on ways to train on dual
systems
with a number of options put forward.
It was still considered desirable to
have one or two spare computers for emergencies.
Donortec has not yet responded to our
request for reactivation of our account. We are
dependent on them for new software.
The sub-committee was asked to
attempt all that is necessary to implement the
required system.
Finance:
The suggested Budget prepared by the
Treasurer was presented. The Management Committee
will meet with the Auditor to discuss final figures.
Rent:
Invoice received from Hornsby Council
for $2,200 being rent for our Training room. Also
advice from Council of the rent increase for the
forthcoming year.
Insurance:
The General Contents Policy for Fire and Theft due
on 1st July amounting to $1,733 has been paid to
Webster Hyde Heath. It was agreed that current
valuations remain unchanged for 2010/11.
Membership Renewal:
Membership Renewal envelopes for the
2010/11 year will be available at the July General
Meeting. Annual membership remains at $30.00.
Membership:
Remains at 450 with 63 on our waiting
list. The waiting list does not reflect those
starting in Term 3.
Training:
A small number of vacancies are
available in some of our classes for Term 3.
Letters have been sent to 40 prospective members to
enrol in the Introductory Computer courses to be
held on Monday afternoons and Friday mornings. In
the event of shortages in these classes, an email
will be sent to current members to advise their
friends of immediate vacancies.
ASCCA:
Joan Craymer will write an article
about ASCCA’s activities which will be given to new
members.
Epping Creative Centre:
A question was raised as to whether
the front gardens outside the ECC were to be
restored. Don Mees reported it was on the future
list of things to be done by Hornsby Council.
Notice of Resignations:
Peter Cole notified the Meeting he
intends to resign as Publicity Officer and as a
member of the Standing Committee after the July
Meeting.
Also Bill Earls has submitted his
resignation as Equipment Officer.
We thank Peter and Bill for their
willing help over many years (see items on pages 2
and 4) and will seek members to volunteer for these
positions at our July Meeting.
Annual General Meeting:
This will be held on Wednesday 18th
August. Nomination forms for the elected Management
Committee will be available at the July Meeting and
must be returned to the Secretary by Wednesday, 11th
August.
Précis - Gwen Bradford
from Minutes prepared by Pam Taig
Guest Speakers
Today’s Meeting -
July Meeting
John Ebbott, Public Relations Officer with NRMA
CareFlight will tell us about the work of this
wonderful organisation.
August
Meeting
Annual General Meeting and Election of Officers
Nomination forms will be available at
the July Meeting.
Joan Craymer will speak about Microsoft Publisher at
this Meeting.
September
Meeting
Remember the slogan “Seven Miles from Sydney and a
Thousand Miles from Care”? All about Manly and the
ferries?
This will be Bill Allen’s subject when he speaks at
this Meeting.
With Thanks to
Bill Earls
Bill Earls has decided he no longer wishes to
maintain the existing computers and has resigned
from the position of Equipment Officer. The
Committee has thanked Bill for his concerted and
willing help over many years. His unselfish
commitment, over the years of his involvement with
this time consuming and demanding job of keeping our
equipment working well for the benefit of all our
members, is greatly appreciated by us all.
So
we are now not only looking for a
volunteer to maintain our printers,
we also need to have a
new Equipment Officer
along with
several volunteers to share the
technical tasks
and support the new Equipment Officer.
If
you are able to contribute to our Club in this way,
please speak to Elizabeth Barton or Joan Craymer.
12th Annual ASCCA
Conference
Members are invited to attend the
12th Annual ASCCA Conference at the Powerhouse
Museum
Wednesday, 8th September
Thursday 9th September
You are welcome to attend one or both days to hear
interesting speakers, an opportunity to meet members
from other clubs, and enjoy excellent catering.
We
are sure this will prove to be a worthwhile two
days.
View the ASCCA website for more details:
ascca.org.au
Problems With Email Attachments
Email attachments are a very useful way of sending
any information already in your computer including
Word document files and information that you have
located on a website. They are also a simple way of
transmitting any documents or images not already on
your computer which you can scan directly onto an
email using a scanner.
Because of the increasing use of attachments and an
increasing number of transmission problems this
article sets out to help you deal with them. These
problems occur over the whole range of service
providers including Outlook, Outlook Express and
more particularly Hotmail and Yahoo.
Security
Because email attachments are the principal source
of computer viruses, the best guideline is not to
open them unless you are expecting them, or are
completely satisfied that they come from a reliable
source. At the same time, it is imperative that you
have a comprehensive and up-to-date anti-virus
software program installed.
Trouble Shooting Problems
The first thing to consider is whether you can copy
and paste the relevant information directly onto the
body of the email and so avoid attachments
altogether. Problems with attachments include
viewing, opening, sending and receiving emails. It
is impossible to deal with all of these in this
article and in order to assist you in finding
solutions we suggest that you go to the following
website:-
http://help.expedient.com/mailnews/attachments.shtml
The following topics are dealt with in detail:-
Problems
with the email size.
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· Unable
to receive or send an attachment.
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· File
format issues. These cover a wide range.
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· Determining
what program is associated with the file type.
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· Compressed
files.
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· Common
image file types and programs such as JPG.
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· Email
encoding properties.
An
important tip is that if you find an attachment has
been blocked, forward it to your own up-to-date
program such as Gmail and see if it will open.
Sometimes, also, you may have trouble with multiple
emails because of an older email program. You may
have to request the sender to send them separately.
Finally, when you have a problem, use your email
provider’s Help facility. Also, you can ask for a
solution to a specific problem directly in Google.
..…..Ian Gemmell (Webmaster)
2010 ASCCA
Competitions
Another reminder to members that the deadline for
ASCCA competitions
is coming up at the end of August.
Digital
Photography categories will be:-
Landscape
People
General
in
Enhanced and Not Enhanced sections.
Creative
Writing Topics are:-
“The Accident”
“Compromise”
“Freedom”
Photo
Story Video Competition:-
Travel
Event
General
Information sheets, Conditions of entry and Entry
forms will be available or can be downloaded from
the ASCCA website.
Closing date for all
competitions is
4.00pm on Monday, 30th August 2010.
Digital Photography entries will be collected by
Jean Barringham and
must be handed to her no later than
Friday 20th August.
Please support our Club by entering these
competitions. If you have any queries, just ask
Joan Craymer or Roy Ridley. They will only be too
willing to help you.
Winners are to be announced at the ASCCA AGM to be
held on
18th November, 2010.
The Creative Writing Report and
Digital Photography Photo of the Month will return
next month. These Interest Groups did not meet in
July due to the Term break. Please check the back
page of this Newsletter for the next Meeting dates.
Opening MSOffice 2007 Documents
Are you having trouble opening documents sent to
you by people who have Office 2007?
If
you receive email attachments with suffixes ending
in
‘X’,
e.g. DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, then you cannot open these
files if you have Office 2003, without using a
conversion program.
Microsoft has a program available which you can
download free from the following website…..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074
It
is a rather large download at 37MB. Instructions
for downloading, installing and using it are
available.
Note:
Anyone with the free Open Office 3 suite or later,
can open these files without the use of a conversion
program.
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Fri 27 Aug |
Mon 11 Oct - Fri
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Next Meeting - A.G.M…..Wednesday, 18th August 2010
at 10.00 am
Help Session
Next Meeting - To be Advised
Genealogy Interest
Group
The next meeting will be beld in the Foyer Room on
MONDAY, 19th July 2010 at 10.00 a.m.
Explore “Trove” - National Library Internet site
(Contact: Jean Barringham - 9869 2168)
Creative Writers’
Group
Next Meeting MONDAY, 2nd August 2010 at
10.00 a.m.
when the subject is
“Catastrophe.”
You don’t need a story, come along to listen and
enjoy the company!
(Contact: Joan Craymer - 9874 0531)
Digital Photography
Interest Group
MONDAY, 2nd August 2010 at 1.00 p.m.
The topic:
“Old
Things”
Please bring along your photos on a flash drive.
(Contact: Patricia Beal - 9868 2154)
DISCLAIMER:
This Newsletter is provided “As Is” without warranty
of any kind. Each reader of this Newsletter
assumes complete risk as to the accuracy and
subsequent use of its contents.
The
July Newsletter compiled and printed by Gwen
Bradford and friends
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