Project Management, Resource Rents, More Political Meetings
Have spent the good part of the last fortnight powering my way through my two project management texbooks, surprisingly entitled Project Management and Advanced Project Management. The first emphasises the management of activities with time-dependent, unique and defined outcomes. The second elaborates on the first by applying a more detailed systems approach, dealing with technical ambiguity and high risk areas, and multidisciplinary areas. Whilst very well suited for major developments in "defence, aerospace, telecommunications, transportation, [and] healthcare", I am very interested in appliciability of political campaigns, especially multi-organisational and aimed towards the longer-term.
An nascent example is the project to defend and extend the Mineral Resources Rent with an initial meeting being held this Saturday sponsored by the Isocracy Network. Resource rents, being monopoly profits, are very-well recognised as being highly efficient, effective, productive and ultimately moral means of deriving public income. Although it has been recommended by the Senate Economics Committee, the political campaign to extend this - will of course be challenged by an extremely well-funded opposition.
Last Sunday attended the Unitarians to hear Jan Reilly speaking on International Women's Day, concentrating on reproductive rights in developing countries. On Tuesday went to the Kew branch of the ALP, where the focus was on the many and various failures of the State government (and the lack of media coverage on these issues). A real highlight however was my first visit to the Melbourne Anarchist Collective for the film Okupacion, illustraring how Spanish squatters (Spainards have a constitutional right to housing) have converting empty buildings (real estate speculation is rife) to community-managed "social centres" - good people and inspiring film.
Impending valedictions are sent to Book Affair, a fairly regular haunt of mine in Melbourne over the past 15 years. Unsurprisingly![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
caseopaya and I have picked a small mountain of excellent texts at bargain prices. Finally, as promised, my Sisters of Mercy review on Rocknerd.
An nascent example is the project to defend and extend the Mineral Resources Rent with an initial meeting being held this Saturday sponsored by the Isocracy Network. Resource rents, being monopoly profits, are very-well recognised as being highly efficient, effective, productive and ultimately moral means of deriving public income. Although it has been recommended by the Senate Economics Committee, the political campaign to extend this - will of course be challenged by an extremely well-funded opposition.
Last Sunday attended the Unitarians to hear Jan Reilly speaking on International Women's Day, concentrating on reproductive rights in developing countries. On Tuesday went to the Kew branch of the ALP, where the focus was on the many and various failures of the State government (and the lack of media coverage on these issues). A real highlight however was my first visit to the Melbourne Anarchist Collective for the film Okupacion, illustraring how Spanish squatters (Spainards have a constitutional right to housing) have converting empty buildings (real estate speculation is rife) to community-managed "social centres" - good people and inspiring film.
Impending valedictions are sent to Book Affair, a fairly regular haunt of mine in Melbourne over the past 15 years. Unsurprisingly
caseopaya and I have picked a small mountain of excellent texts at bargain prices. Finally, as promised, my Sisters of Mercy review on Rocknerd.