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Conferences, Religion, Telstra
It has caused some anguish and gnashing of teeth, but I've decided to attend the AUUG Conference. I am less than happy with the administrative competence of the organisation (let alone breaching their own constitution), but I do want to meet Marshall McKusick. It must be a month for IT conferences; work is sending me up to Queensland this month to the Access Grid Workshop, and at the end of the month I apparently have been invited to address an ICT Conference in East Timor.
In religious news science has developed a helmet with gives one a "religious experience" (from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
reddragdiva. Actually Timothy Leary did that some time ago... The Unitarian-Universalists (once again) are making a pitch for agnostics, atheists and the like to join the fold with a full page ad in Time magazine. I may be tempted to pitch a Unitarian perspective for a $100 000 reward (although, philosophically, the definition makes it impossible).
Many years ago I worked briefly for Telstra; during that period I wrote a response to their Senate select committee submission which advocated privitisation of the organisation. I took the opportunity to recommend instead that the infrastructure remain in public hands, and the service provision be placed in a competitive market. Some years later Lindsay Tanner recommended pretty much the same thing - the Tories attacked the plan. Now they briefly entertained the plan, dropped it - and once again the good idea is shelved for years to come.
In religious news science has developed a helmet with gives one a "religious experience" (from
reddragdiva. Actually Timothy Leary did that some time ago... The Unitarian-Universalists (once again) are making a pitch for agnostics, atheists and the like to join the fold with a full page ad in Time magazine. I may be tempted to pitch a Unitarian perspective for a $100 000 reward (although, philosophically, the definition makes it impossible).Many years ago I worked briefly for Telstra; during that period I wrote a response to their Senate select committee submission which advocated privitisation of the organisation. I took the opportunity to recommend instead that the infrastructure remain in public hands, and the service provision be placed in a competitive market. Some years later Lindsay Tanner recommended pretty much the same thing - the Tories attacked the plan. Now they briefly entertained the plan, dropped it - and once again the good idea is shelved for years to come.
Re: /me holds the paranoia.
How many of the advertised benefits are a reality?
http://new.auug.org.au/membership/index/
If so then that's something that needs to be addressed, right now.
Too late, she cried. The Constitution requires notification by mail for the AGM. That never eventuated. Indeed, new members are even included on the announce list.
I really don't see why I should renew my membership. The sum total of communication I've received from AUUG has been one email in the past year - and that was a password request that took three weeks.
The AGM is scheduled for Saturday the 13th. make sure your voice is herd then.
AUUG is having two AGMs for 2007?
http://www.auug.org.au/pipermail/auug-announce/2007/000250.html
Re: /me holds the paranoia.
Hmmm. That's not good for an association with a $120 per annum membership fee.
Re: /me holds the paranoia.
My sentiments exactly.