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The thread of discussion about FVM (Film & Video Maker - the magazine for members of IAC) has thrown up many ideas. I was intrigued by the notion of an Editorial Board ... but not as we usually think of such a group, applying criticism and censorship, tying the hands of the editor and so on ... ...

Stingman - your spelling is terrible ... and you know it. (':wink:') We don't care, we value your ideas and enthusiasm more than such details. I think that's what Mike meant ... we need lots of good ideas but they get more respect from people who don't know you, if they are written properly. Try htt...

Hi Juliet, Much more important is what happened to those family films. If he took good care of his camera, it is likely your dad also took care of the films. Whatever images they have will be much more valuable than any camera. If the films have not already been transferred to video get that done as...

No, Mike, you're as sane as the next person ... oh ... I have just noticed who is next to you (!) ... We do have a registration system on the forum to keep out the spam robots but we do not ask people to identify themselves as IAC members or not. [We get around 70 attempts a day by spam robots to lo...

this forum is restricted (for posting purposes at least) NO ! Where did you get that idea, Mike? This forum is proudly open to anyone interested in taking part. There has been for many years a private IAC round-robin email group dealing with NLE issues ... but the website has remained a public reso...

What are the advantages of being a charity against being a 'not for profit etc' organisation. GIFT AID. (That is part of the taxation system which allows a charity to reclaim the tax which has been paid by its supporters on the money they donate. A Full Membership fee of £37.50 paid under Gift Aid ...

Ever since I first got involved with the website about a decade ago, I have been trying to get at least one issue of the magazine online - if only as a sample, so that people would know what they are missing. Liz Donlan, when she was editor would not countenance it. Garth Hope, the current editor, i...

Is this, then, a world wide phenomena, or just the IAC? It is worldwide - at least in the western world. Australia, Canada and the USA all have aging membership in their clubs and national organisations. I am told the same is true in several other European countries. It is certainly true of UNICA -...

The publicity is great! It is a perfect story for most newspapers and a model of how to get press coverage: give them something they want to print. Here the contrast between the staid image of bank staff and the silly fun of a Star Wars pastiche are irresistible. But as of 3pm Saturday 20th Septembe...

Only IAC members living in the North East Region will know that Billy also had an article in "Noreaster" the NERIAC region's magazine. It is part of a special edition of the magazine celebrating the 80th birthday of Newcastle ACA - the club he belongs to.

Dave

If we have talked the age issue into the ground ... there are other problems in FVM ... I am still astounded to read in the Events Diary about club evenings - in come cases even "club evening to be announced" ! The website has a much wider ranging diary but Garth never seems to look at it....

CforT - wow! You have summed up so many things, so well in that posting. You are right that we should try to expand into social networking groups - though as a member of Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Twitter myself it seems to me that these are all designed for individuals and the various organisation...

We have been used to three international level festivals in the British Isles. Now that the Cotswold Festival has come to an end, should we be agitating for a new one? If so where? The Lily is, of course, tied to the Island of Guernsey in the south. BIAFF moves between Worthing on the south coast an...

The 9th Cotswold International Film & Video Festival, 2008, was the last one. For more news see its website http://www.cotswoldfilmvideofest.co.uk/ Lee Prescott, founder and organiser of the event, announced his retirement at the end of the award presentations. At that point there were plans for...

When a new projector arrives ... After all the unpacking, plugging together etc ... try it. It will almost always work and you may be delighted with the image. But most projectors are not setup perfectly "out of the box". Check the manual for notes on how to make adjustments and invest in ...