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Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: sruzila on October 12, 2006, 20:07:18
Is there any way to get back copies of ACtion in electronic form? How about making it a PDF and emailing it out to people (especially those of us not in the UK).
   
   Steve
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: administrator on October 16, 2006, 09:51:17
It's been considered several times, but there are a (perhaps) surprising number of members without computer access, and email addresses change all the time.  ACtion will remain paper.  The Members' Section has a good selection of articles on problems and fixes for various models.
   
   A long term project is an ACtion index:  but it is a huge job and really is long term!
   
   Bryan
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: C9OBY on October 16, 2006, 16:51:58
Bryan,
   
   I would have thought that a PDF document available online / via email would be another source that would complement, not replace, the paper version. For example, back issues not in print could then be made available to people who were not in the club at the time of original publication.
   
   If assistance is required, I am happy to lend a hand !
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: sruzila on October 16, 2006, 17:51:14
I would definately like to see older issues available as PDF (or whatever easily readable format) online.
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: administrator on October 16, 2006, 17:57:11
So would I!  I'll check up to see what state the project is at.  Beware - if you make offers of assistance you may well be taken up!!
   
   Bryan
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: Guest on October 17, 2006, 03:44:39
What exactly is ACtion ??? cant it be scanned ???
   
   Ron
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: administrator on October 17, 2006, 09:52:12
I guess from this you are not a member - join the club and you will find out!
   
   Bryan
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: MkIV Lux on October 17, 2006, 18:09:18
Hello Bryan,
   I had sent you a general question on Forum Access to the server e-mail address. Did you not get that?
   
   Regards
   Constant Wagner
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: Guest on October 18, 2006, 00:41:26
Ok the CLUB .... tell me the secret code and I will join...didnt know there was a club ???? please elaborate ???
   
   Thanks,
   
   Ron
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: administrator on October 18, 2006, 09:29:19
Constant
   
   Your question (which went to John Lewis, rather than me - I was away) has gone to the committee for a formal response.
   
   Ron
   
   There are details and an application form on the Home page - look forward to welcoming you as a member!
   
   Bryan
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: cobham cobra on October 18, 2006, 11:47:10
Hi Ron,
   You are looking at the ACOC website. The ACOC is the AC Owners Club it is a world-wide club and exists to promote the preservation and enjoyment of all the different models built by the AC company from 1903 to the present day. The Club Magazine, ACtion, is published monthly except for January. The back pages hold classified ads for cars as well as parts and the contributed articles are always worth reading.
   You have already found the forum section and I suggest you have a look at the home page and other sections of the site such as regalia, events, history and the membership form ;)
   Regards - John.
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: Robin A Woolmer on October 18, 2006, 17:47:35
From My point of view the technical recomendations & articles are the most important parts of the previous newsletters, this allows every member to be aware of problems & solutions.
   I believe some people have already done some work going through the back issues! how about this being available to all?
   
   Robin
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: administrator on October 19, 2006, 09:39:45
Hi Robin
   
   There is already a good selection of technical articles on the Members' Section.  Scanning more is a time consuming business, but if you have a 'hit list' of specific items you would like to see done please let me know.  There isn't a lot of point in making everything available unless a comprehensive index is also available - it would be fine for idle browsers but useless for finding specifics.
   
   Bryan
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: bex1210 on October 20, 2006, 00:20:15
On 10/19, the administrator said:
   
   »»There is already a good selection of technical articles on the Members' Section.««
   
   I am a member, and have gone to the Members section of this website. All I find are listings for: Articles of Association, Officers, and Accounts. Where do I find the Technical Articles that you are speaking of?
   
   Harry
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: administrator on October 20, 2006, 11:50:23
When you get to the Members' Section, there should be a picture of an Aceca 'at speed' in the middle of the screen, with some text.  The text tells you that details are available under the 'Model Directory' button.  Click on the 'Model Directory' button and you should get a drop down menu with various sections, each of which has Intro, Pictures and Articles.  We are also gradually loading the registers to the 'Intro' sections as they come in from the Registrars.
   
   If you are using a Mac with the Safari browser you may have problems.  It all works fine with a standard PC and IE.
   
   Bryan
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: bex1210 on October 21, 2006, 20:38:41
On 20 October, the administator said:
   
   »»When you get to the Members' Section, there should be a picture of an Aceca 'at speed' in the middle of the screen, with some text. The text tells you that details are available under the 'Model Directory' button. Click on the 'Model Directory' button and you should get a drop down menu with various sections, each of which has Intro, Pictures and Articles.««
   
   I don't see any picture of an Aceca. There is a partial picture of what appears to be a Cobra at the very top of the page. I tried IE, Firefox, and Opera. However, there is a drop down menu on the left, which includes an entry for "Model Directory". I selected "Ace"  (there is no "Ace Bristol"), and found the Intro, Pictures and Articles drop down which you mentioned. Thanks for guiding me there.
   
   Harry
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: Robin A Woolmer on October 22, 2006, 14:57:48
Have looked at the model information on the site & find that there is no information on the PVT & very little on the AC Weller Engine!
   I do know that a great deal of information lurks in the NewsLetters as i have submitted some items of use to owners.
   What is needed is for a troll through the back copies & put all the data on the web pages.
   In the case of the AC Engine & PVT i believe Rod Briggs has already done this work, perhaps this could be requested from him & made available to all?
   
   Robin
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: administrator on October 23, 2006, 09:32:41
Harry
   
   Glad you found the section.  The Aceca picture appears on the page with the drop down menu rather than with the text.
   
   Robin
   
   I would dispute that there is very little on the AC engine!  All Dr Fellowes' rebuild articles are there plus several others.  All the articles so far loaded are from Eric Gates' period as editor, as they were easily available in electronic form.  As far as I could see there were no technical articles on the PVT during this period and I don't think there have been any since (although there have been a few letters).  If you have any specific requests for earlier articles please let me know and I will try to get them scanned via the library.
   
   I emailed Rod quite a while ago regarding the site but had no reply - will try again.
   
   Bryan
Title: ACtion in electronic form
Post by: Robin A Woolmer on October 23, 2006, 14:02:49
Bryan
   Thanks for comment, i realise the difficulty going back through the newsletters, i did do some of this with my old newsletters but i do not have access to those before i joined.Some members may have done this but to capture all the information would take some coordination, i could in a spare moment list the items i looked at, these do however include comments made as well as articles.
   Stewart Wallace was a good contributor over the years.
   As you know i am fairly clued up on the Weller engine as i am re-making most of the major castings etc, one of the problems for members is that not all people have computer access so if the data is built up then copies in hard copy form might be helpful to those members!
   Perhaps each of the Registrars might give some thought to this together with John Spencer Librarian.
   
   Regards
   
   Robin