I think that's a great idea. Back when I trialed DocuSign, they had a feature for online form filling from a PDF you upload. I wonder if there's a way we can integrate more easily with form filling apps like that.
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 16:56, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Seems to me that we could improve the CLA submitting page to explain how to > sign the .pdf. > > On my Mac, I can save the icla.pdf from Safari, open it with Preview, fill > the form with the keyboard and then apply a signature to the form via > Tools/Annotate/Signature, "save as" myicla.pdf and send it off as an > attachment to an email. > > Most of the received .jpg files are printed and then scanned with a phone. > > But modern phones also allow you to download the icla.pdf and fill the form, > including to add a signature. You can then share it to mail and send it off. > > I've just tested this on the live site. The first attempt used Google Chrome > to navigate to the icla.pdf, opened with Adobe Acrobat, filled the form (only > one field as an exaple), signed it with a pretty good signature, and then > shared a link to a document in the cloud which is not acceptable. The second > attempt shared a copy of the document which was attached to an email message. > The second attempt can produce an acceptable iclaxxx.pdf suitable for filing. > > So I think we should be able to document a few good ways to get a signed ICLA > without printing or scanning. > > WDYT? > > Craig > > > On Jan 23, 2021, at 8:00 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Surely it would be simpler to do a screen print of the image? > > > > However, both options are likely to degrade the quality of the scan. > > > > Also, it's not essential to convert everything to PDF. > > > > On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 15:32, Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >> If you have a modern all-in-one printer. You can print the image and then > >> scan to pdf. > >> > >> Does the secretarial team have that equipment? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Dave > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Jan 23, 2021, at 4:50 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 00:48, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Sebb, > >>>> > >>>> Since years ago we have converted ICLAs to .pdf, and I think this is a > >>>> good approach. > >>> > >>> I was not suggesting that we should abandon doing so, but that it was > >>> an alternative. > >>> > >>>> I asked the submitter to send a single .pdf and he did so. So this case > >>>> is closed. > >>> > >>> Fine, but that might not always be possible. > >>> > >>>> Craig > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> On Jan 15, 2021, at 4:02 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Looks like there is an issue with the image which img2pdf cannot handle: > >>>>> > >>>>> https://gitlab.mister-muffin.de/josch/img2pdf/issues/61#note_912 > >>>>> > >>>>> Is it not possible to save the JPGs without converting to PDF first? > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 06:46, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Currently in the secretary queue there is a two-page document for Wei > >>>>>> Li. Trying to pdf-ize either page results in an error. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Exception: #<RuntimeError: Failed to convert liwei-ICLA-1.jpg to PDF> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Any ideas? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>> Craig > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Craig L Russell > >>>>>> c...@apache.org > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Craig L Russell > >>>> c...@apache.org > >>>> > > Craig L Russell > c...@apache.org >
