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This web site does NOT accept non-Waterguard advertisements.
However, a Waterguard Notice Board is incorporated on the site which is NOT available from the indices on the site's pages. This page is provided for ex-Waterguard staff to advertise 'Waterguard' events etc. The content of the page will not be the responsibility of the editor or the web master of HM Waterguard who, however, still reserves the exclusive right of editorial control. To advertise on the Waterguard Notice Board, potential advertisers should submit their 'copy' to waterguard.notice.board@hm-waterguard.org.uk in the body of an e-mail or as a file attached to an e-mail - preferably a PDF file. Potential advertisers should also clearly indicate the dates they wish their advertisement to be available - a loose maximum of 30 days?
When a new notice has been posted on the 'board' it will be announced via the Waterguard Mailing List.
Pre 1972 contributions are always welcome for ALL AREAS of this web site - Anecdotes - Drawings - Documents - Film Clips - Forms - Information - Instructions - Photographs - Regulations - anything and everything!
If the contributed material is under Copyright please give the name & address of the Copyright owner if you know it.
However, it should be borne in mind that the Waterguard site was not designed or intended for 'transitory' items - Articles offered for sale or for free, Notices of meetings, Obituaries or Tributes - such items can, and should be, posted on the associated Rootsweb e-mail list - hm-customs-waterguard-l@rootsweb.com.
All contributions can be made by post. Your items will be scanned into digital form and returned to you immediately. If you don't want your contributed material returned to you please say so. Contributions are also acceptable by post on disk, CD and DVD.
Contributions by e-mail, or sent as attachments to an e-mail, should be sent to trevor.tomasin@hm-waterguard.org.uk and, where possible, should be in one of the formats mentioned below. DO NOT send attachments via HM-CUSTOMS-WATERGUARD@rootsweb.com
There is a limit to the size of any e-mail attachments that can be transmitted via the internet - regardless of any ISP's claims - so check the file you attach is less than 2.5MB before sending.
I can receive larger contributions by FTP. Files of almost unlimited size can be transferred by this method if the contributor has FTP software. The latest version of the Mozzila Firefox browser has a free FTP 'add on' - FireFTP - that is easy to use. If you wish to use this method, you will require access to my FTP account. I can arrange access by specific request - trevor.tomasin@hm-waterguard.org.uk
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Select the button on the right for instructions to transfer by FireFTP. |
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NB - FTP transfers are between you, the contributor, and my ISP 'host'. I will not know that the transfer has been made unless you advise me by e-mail after the transfer!
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This site incurs many maintenance costs - annual domain fees, annual web site hosting fees, copyright fees, software purchases and updates, legal charges & fees, post & packing charges etc. If you would like to make a contribution towards these costs by making a donation, you can do so by selecting the 'button' on the right |
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Attachments sent with an e-mail may have a 'unique file number' to you the sender, but what about me, the recipient? My in-box attachment directory will only hold one 'Photo01.jpg' at a time so it either overwrites what's already there or ignores the new.
I always move identifiable attachments to a unique sub-directory as soon as they arrive but to make sure yours are not lost due to duplicate file naming. I recommend you use the prefix WGD and include the date you sent the attachment and your initials as part of the file name, then any name or 'unique' number. For example 'WGD 07-06-2007 AFW Photo 3.jpg' or 'WGD 19-10-2006 PTJ Text.doc' or even 'WGD 28-02-2007 VJT Output.pdf'
Either in the body of the e-mail or as a word processed document as an attachment to the e-mail.
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Your Waterguard CV details will appear on the People-Colleagues - CV pages in the format shown below. You can provide the details by selecting the 'button' on the right. |
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Alternatively the form can be completed, printed and then posted to me.
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TREVOR JOHN TOMASIN
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You can post the document to me and I will scan it and send it back to you by return of post - but if you don't trust the post and wish to scan the item yourself please follow the following advice:
Photocopies:
A4 documents, or smaller, can be photocopied at their original size - without any reduction or enlargement - and the copies sent, unfolded, by post. But as I will have to scan the photocopies they should be very good quality, clear copies and aligned with the edge of the paper. If the original is smaller than A4, the copy should be positioned in the centre of the paper.
'Legal', 'Foolscap' or larger documents & papers:
All documents & papers larger than A4 size should be posted to me and I will arrange to have them scanned to a PDF and send them back to you by return of post.
You can post the document to me and I will scan it and send it back to you by return of post - but if you don't trust the post and wish to scan the items yourself please follow the scanning tips above.
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The 'Obituary' page needs careful management in order keep it accurate and in keeping with the relatives wishes. Neil Bailey has agreed to take on this management task and any submissions should, in the first instance, be made to him at neilhbailey@gmail.com. He will handle all liaison with the 'next of kin', obtain any permissions and ensure accuracy of facts etc. He will not have an editorial role.
For those not e-mail enabled, contact by post should be addressed to Neil Bailey c/o Ground Floor Flat, 1 Woodland Road, CLEVEDON, Somerset. BS21 7QD
If taken especially for contribution to the site, photographs should include the actual subject in the centre and a margin or background of approx 15% all round the subject to allow for final editing.
Can be forwarded in their 'native' file format but I would prefer them in either JPEG or TIFF formats if possible. Do not reduce or increase from your original size.
You can post the photograph to me and I will scan it and send it back to you by return of post. But if you don't trust the post and wish to scan the photograph item yourself please use the JPG or TIF file formats, but I can convert most graphic file formats. Please DO NOT reduce or increase the size from your original and please make sure you scan the whole photograph - beyond the edge of the image if possible - not just to the edge.
Generally photographs, either black & white or colour, will not photocopy well enough for the photocopies to be scanned for reproduction on the Internet. If you can't scan and e-mail them to me as attachments yourself, please post them to me and I will scan them and send them back to you by return of post.
My scanner can handle these with ease. Please post them to me and I will scan them and send them back to you by return of post.
Digital video clips in the Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player and RealOne Player (RealPlayer) formats can be forwarded as e-mail attachments or by post on data CD or DVD.
Movie film footage - 8mm, 16mm or 35mm - and digital tape can only be used AFTER conversion to one of the digital file formats above. I do not have the funds, expertise, equipment or computer programs to handle this conversion, sorry.
If the contributed material is under Copyright please give the name & address of the Copyright owner if you know it.
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