On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:42:51PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > It depends on what sort of stuff you do. Unless you actually want to > scan in images there's no reason to have a scanner. Computers, net > connections - these things we can expect people to have access to. > Scanners just aren't so generally useful and it's entirely reasonable to > expect that someone doesn't own one and doesn't know anyone that does. This point comes up over and over, and every time someone has to point out that alternative methods of getting the photograph digitized are available. Whenever this issue comes up with one of my applicants, I offer to accept hardcopy by snail-mail and scan it on my scanner. A photocopy of a passport mailed to me should be no problem at all. Nobody has taken me up on this offer, which suggests to me two possibilities: 1. Scanners are not that hard to come by. 2. The photograph requirement is not the problem, assuming there even is a problem to begin with. Neither of those possibilities suggest that anything will be gained by removing this requirement. If you're an Application Manager and your applicant requires access to a scanner, contact me by email and I'll happily offer my scanning services. The only requirement: the applicant assumes responsibility for loss and delay -- so send photocopies, not originals -- and I won't send the hardcopy back unless the applicant encloses payment that I can use for postage. -- William Ono <wmono@debian.org> GPG 2048G/9D28C193 DB71 D233 98AD 502F C7BA 46DC 6AD5 2AD3 9D28 C193 PGP 2048R/93BA6AFD E3 64 C5 43 3E B3 2D A6 C6 D7 E3 45 90 24 78 DE
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