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News: WA website Bulletin 2010/17 Sunday 29th August 2010
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WA website Bulletin 2010/17 Sunday 29th August 2010
WA Southampton BranchDue to various circumstances the number of members attending Southampton Branch meetings has dwindled in recent years. Anyone interested in helping to restore the Branch's fortunes is invited to contact John Downs with copies to John Turner, Jim Macintyre and Chris Clarke. John Turner 1962 (new Exec Committee Hon Sec) has already volunteered his services; others are sorely needed.A special bulletin focusing on recovery of the Branch has been emailed from the website. You can see it here >> Rebuild Southampton Branch. Background information and a list of the 68 potential members of the branch currently living in Hampshire, Dorset, West Sussex of the Ilse Of Wight are available for downloading. Hampshire alone has the largest number of current WA members in any UK county - 46. There is great confidence that we can soon have a sizeable and active organisation in the area once more. All it takes is a little of the same enthusiasm demonstrated by Warsash cadets in bygone days for Pay Parade! So if living in Hampshire or adjacent counties and you would like to re-kindle friendships with ex-Warsash colleagues at occasional informal lunches please do make contact. All Hands Summer 2010As mentioned in the previous bulletin the Summer All Hands (see Journals) was inadvertently mailed using a slightly wrong mailing list. If you have any queries e.g. imperfect copy, missing enclosure, printed copy expected but not received, please email Ron Caine with copy also to Chris Clarke.What's newPhotos 1950-52: Click the last link here > Gallery Home > Warsash courses > Member's own photos > HoulisS50 to see a great set of photos from Stelios Houlis 1950. There are some very evocative shots (for old codgers like me) e.g. in front of the old refectory, outside the Guard Room and a third one of the Guard formed up on the parade ground for the evening Sunset ceremony and lowering of the colours. As usual if you can add names to faces, after loading up the full size picture, write these in the comment box below and Save.Stelios's photos complement very well the 44 pictures taken from Captain Wakeford's archive albums covering 1950-52 recently uploaded here >> 1951-52. Old edition of All Hands: Another early edition of All Hands, AH 67 Winter 1976-77 from Alan Jordon, scanned by Keith Trayner is now available in the Journals section to download and read. It contains an interesting article about the London Sailing Project's Great Britain II. She was skippered by one of our current members Captain Phelan, at that time Director at Warsash (School of Maritime Studies), on the second leg of the Trans-Atlantic Tall Ships Race from Tenerife to Bermuda. Great Britan II was first to berth at Georgetown. Download and read at your leisure. Nautical websites: I recently came across the following maritime related websites which many members will find very interesting: Wars Sailors, Tyne areas and Photoship. Piracy on the high seas: John Clark 1958 has written a Topic in the Forum here on >> Piracy. As John reports a global campaign has been launched calling upon governments to recognise their duty to regain control of the Indian Ocean and bring those responsible for these attacks on Merchant shipping to justice. He also identifies a related website here >> Piracy Petition. We all surely have an interest and feel outrage that these appalling incidents have not been eliminated. So I urge you to read John's informative message, write your own views or describe your own experiences in the Forum and visit the petition. Graduation photos aid to recruitment: Term photos taken at the end of your cadet course are located in the Gallery here >> Graduation photos by year. Relatively few have been uploaded. The earliest photo we have on record is Summer 1955 - none before that. Since then we are missing December 1955; Spring 1956; Spring and Summer 1957; Spring and Summer 1958; All of 1961; Winter 1962; All of 1963; Spring and Winter 1964; Summer and Winter 1965. If you have your term's photo and its not yet on the website please let Jim MacIntyre know. If possible scan the picture (go here >> Gallery - scanning graduation photo for advice), upload it and insert as many names and detail as possible in the written style you'll see in the third photo here >> 1959. Jim MacIntyre and others helping with recruitment are currently focusing on the December 1961 photo (view here >> 1961) and is busy putting names to faces and tracing those in the photo. Can you help? Have you any other photos or information to help this locate and recruit new members? If so email Jim MacIntyre. Have you any idea of when these end of term photos were first taken? Again, if you do please let Jim MacIntyre know. Are you a Skype user?: If so you can now insert your Skype address in a new data field added to your Profile. (Skype is a software application that allows users to make video and voice calls over the Internet often without charge. There are other competing products but probably Skype has the largest user base). If not an existing Skype user you can find all relevant information here >> Skype. You can also read an introduction to setting up and using Skype here >> Video calls via Skype. You will need to download and install the Skype software and to set up your user account, all quite simple to do. Unless your laptop has a built-in webcam(era) you will also need to buy and install one for your PC. Many recent laptops however include a webcam in the lid. These are the members I've so far found are registered Skype users: Jim Macntyre (US), John Hensford (Tuvalu), Geoff Stokoe (Florida), John Turner, Alan Knott (Australia), Mike England, Roger Purdue (Canada), John Noble, Bob Fozard (NZ), Ray Briskham, Neil Martin (Australia) and Tony Tanguy (Jersey). I expect there are many others. Try it and and see what you think, not just for calls to other WA members but to family and friends overseas. I think it's a great way to improve communication with other members around the world. Personal or business website?: Do you have a personal or business website you'd like to invite others to visit? If so you can also now display the address in your website Profile. Load up your Profile as explained above and you'll find the new data field "Personal/ other website" immediately below the Skype address box. You might also like to include any address details and website in your Signature so they are shown with every Forum message you create. Use the same process via "Edit profile" in 1 above, but this time using the "Edit signature" box , then click on the "Save" button. Website usage
REMINDERS FROM EARLIER BULLETINSOnline All Hands EditionsIf you don't need a printed All Hands you could set an indicator in your website Profile denoting this, which will save us printing and postage costs. Unless you decide to change the default setting you will of course continue to receive printed copies.
All Hands download times - The time taken to download All Hands from the website depends on size and the speed of your Broadband connection at the time. You may need to wait patiently sometimes especially as Broadband speeds vary so much. I usually indicate download times based on 5 Mb Broadband speed at which speed journals with few exceptions, download within 1 1/2 minutes and most under 40 seconds. There are several exceptions however but even so its well worth the wait. TRY YOUR HAND ON THE WEBSITE (even if not computer experienced - you won't break it!)Put more in - get more out of the website!Try your hand in the Forum. It's not difficult and you'll find plenty of guidance here >> Forum.We have a number of Forums where you can raise and discuss a host of issues for anyone to read and respond to. You can ask questions, start discussions or try to track down out of touch colleagues. See an excellent example here >> Warsash legends. Further examples:
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