New beginnings and D of E

Okay, as alluded to in a previous post on the Mr Tom build, my son Tom, irony huh, is building a boat. I know a youngster building a boat. Isn’t there a thread somewhere about that.
Anyway not to get side tracked, the decision to build was actually based off his doing the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award. He needs a skill as part of the the process. He chose to build a boat. Strange, but true. He has done some woodwork in “Tech” class at school, I have too many unstarted plans, so made sense. I would say some skill too, but the jury is still out on that one.

so, we sat down and looked through all the options available and shortlisted a few models. Sea Princess from Ezebuilt was an option, as was Ellie / Sea Spray by Paul T. Both good looking models but ultimately a little complicated for a first build.

Glynn has some fine models to choose from and the UTE is a good size, easy to build with room for some personalisation. Choice made.

The only other thing required is an assessor to oversee the build and sign off. I have approached Ashley to see if he’s willing to help out and he agreed. So the next few posts will be a build log of Tom’s progress in his first boat build.

A question, though about photo’s with people in them, especially children. How does that work in terms of privacy etc?

Andy

Edited By Andy C on 10/01/2023 08:04:58

Edited By Andy C on 10/01/2023 08:05:27

That all soumds very encouraging Andy, UTE is an excellent choice. Do you have the magazine building instructions as well as the plan?

As far as sharing photos online there is guidance such as on here:

**LINK**

Some of our members may have some useful comments to make. Is there any need to show your son's face? Photos from behind showing him working on the model may be enough to illustrate the build log, after all the focus is on the model.

Colin

Thanks Colin. I will have a look at the photos. By the way the link to the T&C does not work. Comes up with an error page.
Andy

I have the plan and the build article from the original magazine. Should help. You are right others on here will be a big help too

Andy

Andy, I have reported the broken link. It's probably just a consequence of the transfer of the MyTimeMeda software to Mortons. I will update when I get a response.

Colin

Andy,

I'm told the link will be fixed. It should be:

**LINK**

The relevant section is probably:

3.2 You agree that any material (including any Intellectual Property Rights in such material), including but not limited to material sent via chat services, feedback, bulletin boards or articles or any other material submitted for publication on the Web Site or in using any of the Web Site Services (“User Generated Content&rdquo may be retained as the property of Mortons Media Group Ltd.. Mortons Media Group Ltd. shall have no obligations with regard to the User Generated Content to monitor the User Generated Content to ensure that it complies with applicable laws or regulations. You remain solely responsible for the User Generated Content in accordance with Clause 6.

Hope this helps,

Colin

Thanks Colin

I will make sure the photos are of the boat. Just so you know, the link still does not work. The one at the bottom of this page anyway.
Andy

Andy,

I only got the message a couple of hours ago so not surprising really. Mortons have to do a bit of reprogramming to connect the MTM software links to their platform. You need to give them a bit of leeway as the systems are quite different. I know this from personal experience elsewhere.

Colin

Andy c,

Even 30 years ago when I was still an active teacher of CDT, one could not "publish" visual evidence and pictures of other persons children WITHOUT written permission of their parents.

And in todays even more strict climate, it is considered an absolute no no!

I remember many years ago, a Teacher in London was sacked and had his Department of Education licence to teach ever again stripped from him because he used his class of kids to appear as the backing "group" of singers to a very famous band of musitions, who made a record about some bricks and a wall, and hadn't asked some of the parents if their children could perform.

And that was in 1988

Just a thought, but it maybe that young Tom’s face MAY be required in some of the photos, for the purposes of the D o E adjudicators to ascertain it IS him building the boat, however these photos do not need to be posted on-line.

Colins suggestion of a rear-view shot may work, or there again, does he need to be in any of the on-line snaps? We can take your word it is him building it.

Possibly, if I am to assess the overall build, I might need to actually see evidence of him building the odd bit, but these photos could be by personal E-mail and in the strictest confidence.

Ashley