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A Burial, Many Papers and Presentations, East Timor, A New Journal, and State Conference
Very touched by comments left for Monte in the last entry. Thank you. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
caseopaya and I buried Monte yesterday and he has an obituary. Rogue and Vagabond now have their roles to play in the cycle of life.
Have been invited to give the annual address for Prosper Australia on September 1st, and they're publishing my presentation on The Gifts of Providence and Common Wealth in their journal. Have recently received confirmation that my paper on IT Infrastructure in Community Organisations will be held at the SAGE-AU Conference on September 9. Also looks very likely that I will be giving a presentation entitled "Citizenship, Local Autonomy and Universal Rights: Prospects for Timor Leste" at Deakin University's East Timor Studies Symposium and following that, a presentation on Information Technology Development in Timor Leste at Victoria University of Technology's Cooperating With East Timor Conference.
Whilst on-topic,severina_242 and I went to an East Timorese National Day celebrations (May 20) on Friday. A good opportunity to catch up with some old Timorese friends (one of whom, Cesar, I thought was in the United States!). Discussed the periennal issues of poverty, development and politics.
Tentative steps have been arranged by yours truly to establish a peer-reviewed journal of roleplaying and simulation games based at Swinburne University and edited by Dr. Cameron Jones, at the Centre for Mathematical Modelling. BTW, I can also say that Blue Velvet is definitely re-opening.
Just returned from ALP State Conference, which had a big bun fight over branch stacking in which even the Premier has had to intervene. Not surprisingly, those who benefit from the stacks voted against any effective changes and are unwilling to compromise. The inevitable results is that the laundry will be aired in the media and the courts. Speaking of which, I'm sure everyone's read George Galloway doing politics like it should be.
caseopaya and I buried Monte yesterday and he has an obituary. Rogue and Vagabond now have their roles to play in the cycle of life.Have been invited to give the annual address for Prosper Australia on September 1st, and they're publishing my presentation on The Gifts of Providence and Common Wealth in their journal. Have recently received confirmation that my paper on IT Infrastructure in Community Organisations will be held at the SAGE-AU Conference on September 9. Also looks very likely that I will be giving a presentation entitled "Citizenship, Local Autonomy and Universal Rights: Prospects for Timor Leste" at Deakin University's East Timor Studies Symposium and following that, a presentation on Information Technology Development in Timor Leste at Victoria University of Technology's Cooperating With East Timor Conference.
Whilst on-topic,
severina_242 and I went to an East Timorese National Day celebrations (May 20) on Friday. A good opportunity to catch up with some old Timorese friends (one of whom, Cesar, I thought was in the United States!). Discussed the periennal issues of poverty, development and politics.Tentative steps have been arranged by yours truly to establish a peer-reviewed journal of roleplaying and simulation games based at Swinburne University and edited by Dr. Cameron Jones, at the Centre for Mathematical Modelling. BTW, I can also say that Blue Velvet is definitely re-opening.
Just returned from ALP State Conference, which had a big bun fight over branch stacking in which even the Premier has had to intervene. Not surprisingly, those who benefit from the stacks voted against any effective changes and are unwilling to compromise. The inevitable results is that the laundry will be aired in the media and the courts. Speaking of which, I'm sure everyone's read George Galloway doing politics like it should be.
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Ahh, that's a bit of bad luck. I'll post a pre-presentation version to you for your comments.
State Conference
Re: State Conference
Well the solution is probably for the Premier to rejoin the Independents and take the decent people in Labour Unity (and they know who they are) with him, leave the grubs behind (the know who they are) and build an alliance of, what was the Premier's term back then?
"This is a victory for dignity"
You said it Bracks. Go man, go.
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Is there a market for that kind of thing?
The Timor Sea thing... is wierd.
I think Timor-Leste and Australia should team up and declare war on Japan.
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No. That's entire point of a peer-reviewed journal. It's not about dollars, it's about sense.
The Timor Sea thing... is wierd.
In an international court, the Timorese would get more. What I am more referring to is that monies that the Timorese gain goes to a public trust, rather than a private interest. That model could be applied to all of East Timor - it is not taxes on labour and investment one pays, but a rental of the national resources.
I think Timor-Leste and Australia should team up and declare war on Japan.
No more surreal that Australia invading neutral East Timor in 1942 to draw attention from Japan.. Ooops. Mr. Aussie did that didn't he? And they still helped us.
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Ahh, Monte will be OK now. Just a damn shame that living things die.
Blue Velvet will be good. It's been a long time between drinks.
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Do you know any more than that?
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Yep. The owners have spent three years fighting a neighbour through the courts to get an extension on their building. They've finally won, so it's full steam ahead.
I suspect said owner will give me more details as they arise...
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Woot I say!
Woot!
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Yes, there will be quite a few drinks on the reopening eve I imagine...
Condolences
Best Wishes to you & yours,
Keeper of Castle Clear
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