Meet the Committee!
The committee members detailed below were elected to the committee unopposed at the 2007 AGM under the LMUG constitution.
To contact the committee directly, visit the members page.
Chairman
Paul Foster - is a long standing (if
intermittent!) member of LMUG.
He has been a member this time around since 2004 (I think), but was previously a member in the early to mid 1990s, when he used a Mac IIsi in his student days. He remembers helping with Soundbyte when it had to be stuffed into envelopes
(800 copies!) and taken to the post office near Charing Cross. Now nearly everybody gets their copy on line and only 20 have to be snail mailed each month. At home he has a G4 Cube with iSub and a MacBook. In the top of the wardrobe there are two iMac G3s, both non runners which need some time to fix. Also he confesses to having a Black Dell tower, on which he hopes to give Linux a try (when he gets around to it). For work, he is supplied with a Toshiba Tecra with Windows XP, Office 2003 Adobe Creative Suite & MicroStation CAD software, though he often finds it easier to take the MacBook when out of the office. At home he uses Macs for organising music and photos, and keeping in touch with the world. He also support his parents’ iMac G5.
At work he uses Windows XP and MicroStation CAD software for designing retail developments, amongst a team of architects. He runs OS X 10.3 & 10.4 with (mainly) iTunes, iPhoto, Mail, Safari & Firefox. He have been using iTunes as a jukebox since the day version 1.0 was made available for download, but so far resisted the temptation to buy an iPod. There is Windows Vista on the MacBook using BootCamp, and he reports that it does improve on previous versions of Windows, but still fails to impress, particularly with the annoying way that security is implemented.
He has been a member this time around since 2004 (I think), but was previously a member in the early to mid 1990s, when he used a Mac IIsi in his student days. He remembers helping with Soundbyte when it had to be stuffed into envelopes
(800 copies!) and taken to the post office near Charing Cross. Now nearly everybody gets their copy on line and only 20 have to be snail mailed each month. At home he has a G4 Cube with iSub and a MacBook. In the top of the wardrobe there are two iMac G3s, both non runners which need some time to fix. Also he confesses to having a Black Dell tower, on which he hopes to give Linux a try (when he gets around to it). For work, he is supplied with a Toshiba Tecra with Windows XP, Office 2003 Adobe Creative Suite & MicroStation CAD software, though he often finds it easier to take the MacBook when out of the office. At home he uses Macs for organising music and photos, and keeping in touch with the world. He also support his parents’ iMac G5.
At work he uses Windows XP and MicroStation CAD software for designing retail developments, amongst a team of architects. He runs OS X 10.3 & 10.4 with (mainly) iTunes, iPhoto, Mail, Safari & Firefox. He have been using iTunes as a jukebox since the day version 1.0 was made available for download, but so far resisted the temptation to buy an iPod. There is Windows Vista on the MacBook using BootCamp, and he reports that it does improve on previous versions of Windows, but still fails to impress, particularly with the annoying way that security is implemented.
Joint Secretarys
Tim Simmons
Elizabeth Shaw - Elizabeth is a retired NHS consultant.
She equipped her department with Amstrads in the 1980s but did not manage to master the skills herself. On retirement, a friend suggested she buy a Mac and she has not mastered it either. Her
committee experience
started during her student days and continued
almost without a break until and into
retirement. She joined LMUG in the hope that
she would be able to find help with her
computer problems. Her hopes have been
fulfilled many times over, so many members
have given so generously of their knowledge
and continue to offer her help as and when she
gets a problem.
Elizabeth Shaw - Elizabeth is a retired NHS consultant.
She equipped her department with Amstrads in the 1980s but did not manage to master the skills herself. On retirement, a friend suggested she buy a Mac and she has not mastered it either. Her
Treasurer and Membership
Chas Wilshere - Chas was introduced to Macs in 1994
In 1994 after 18 years with BT he left and became self employed and needed a computer. A company he
was working for used Macs
so they suggested he got a one which he did.
Chas now uses the computer for Web page
Design, Database design, DTP and to do all his
accounts and correspondence.
Chas joined LMUG in 1995 at an apple Expo and enjoys being a member. He became Membership Secretary about 3 years ago. It does take up quite a bit of his time but it's all for a good cause!
In 1994 after 18 years with BT he left and became self employed and needed a computer. A company he
Chas joined LMUG in 1995 at an apple Expo and enjoys being a member. He became Membership Secretary about 3 years ago. It does take up quite a bit of his time but it's all for a good cause!
Soundbyte Editors
Laurie North has been the
main editor of SoundByte for the last few years, and
a member for 4 year. He has been a Mac user since the
90’s when he started using his wife’s Macintosh
Classic whilst in Italy. He progressed through a
Power PC (6100/60) to a G4 733. He is currently using
a Mac Mini 1.42 with a 19 inch Neovo screen. Never a
Windows PC user he can use them - but only just and
with very little enthusiasm.
His peripherals include a Epson Perfection 1660 Photo scanner, Epson Stylus R300 printer, Seagate dye sublimation photo printer, a couple of external drives, Elgato TV, Terratec audiotape to computer converter, an old Zip drive, an iSight (use with iChat) and a VOIP phone used with Skype to keep in
contact with his family
across the world. AppleWorks is the favourite
software for general DTP, but he also uses
Tex-Edit Plus, InDesign is for SoundByte and
Word for communicating with PC users. For
conversion of audio to digital sound he uses
Amadeus. For photographs iPhoto is very good
for general correction, otherwise Photoshop.
He used to be a bad pianist and an only slightly better clarinet player. Foreign travel looms large in his life for family reasons!. As a retired lecturer in microbiology he still keeps up his interest in science.
Maurice Baker
His peripherals include a Epson Perfection 1660 Photo scanner, Epson Stylus R300 printer, Seagate dye sublimation photo printer, a couple of external drives, Elgato TV, Terratec audiotape to computer converter, an old Zip drive, an iSight (use with iChat) and a VOIP phone used with Skype to keep in
He used to be a bad pianist and an only slightly better clarinet player. Foreign travel looms large in his life for family reasons!. As a retired lecturer in microbiology he still keeps up his interest in science.
Maurice Baker
Webmaster + Mailing List Manager
Chris Mahon - discovered the Macintosh at University
He has been a mac user since 1995 from Classic II to iMac Core 2 Duo! A regular browser of blogs,
Chris discovered LMUG and
joined in 2000. Sadly his Mac is for play only
as he has to use dreadful Dells at work. Chris
uses his mac for wireless web browsing,
managing his digital photos, instant
messaging, email, iTunes, word processing,
basic web design and video chatting. He likes
to dabble in technical support and speculation
on the future of the Mac platform.
He has been a mac user since 1995 from Classic II to iMac Core 2 Duo! A regular browser of blogs,
Technical Officer
Andy joined LMUG in 2005. Although working on Windows
& Linux platforms most of the time he
perfers to use Macs for
development where possible because of their
tools & reliability. When not programing
some fiendish new system he uses his Mac for
Home Media & DJ Production. Andy presents
our AppleCore session which delves a bit
deeper into the more technical aspects of how
Macs & IT in general work
Publicity
Barrie Smith
Committee Members
Drew Straughan
John Convey
John Convey