[committee] Greetings + A Couple of Inquires Related to Digital Policy (fwd)

[Jeremy Cole]

On the side of the job:
Better some money than no money. Also, I imagine if someone were to do a good job of it they would probably find themselves a fair amount of work in this arena

On the side of the 'event':
This is an AMAZING idea! My only reticence would be towards how it would be run and who would have control over the discussion. I can see the possibility that someone from the Senators office might try and turn this into a 'LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO' kind of thing.

On 17/07/2012, at 9:49 PM, John Hodge wrote:
> Let's try this again.
> 
> This is the email I mentioned in the committee minutes.
> 
> Personally, the first part smells like a Ting offer (maybe a little sweeter), but the second part sounds like something really interesting.
> 
> John Hodge [TPG]
> UCC President 2012
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:25:32 +0800
> From: Tim Sondalini <sondalini at gmail.com>
> To: president at ucc.asn.au
> Subject: Greetings + A Couple of Inquires Related to Digital Policy
> 
> Hi John,
> My name is Tim Sondalini, i'm currently the VP for the UWA Politics Club, in addition to this I also work for the
> Greens' Senator Scott Ludlam, a WA Senator who holds the party's Communications portfolio. I work for the Senator
> because i'm keenly interested in digital issues and the Senator is probably the most progressive voice in the
> Australian Parliament on the digital environment. I primarily develop small policy projects for the Senator and
> keep a general eye out for important issues which the Senator needs to weigh in on.
> 
> I'm sending you this quick email because i've personally been interested in getting more involved with UCC and also
> because the Senator is need of some help for a project. I have some practical coding knowledge but for this
> particular task i'm hopeless. Thinking of who could potentially help i remembered the small website Ash Tyndall put
> together which helped me with the lecture capture system. I know some of your members are interested in pushing for
> good digital policy, and the UCC is full of awesome coders who might be able to help the Senator put the finishing
> touches on a project. The project is largely to do with data basing and the Senator can offer a limited wage. It
> will probably be under market prices for coders, but its at least something. Can you think of anyone who might be
> interested in helping out?
> 
> Also, i wanted to scope out the University Computer Club's interest in holding an event in conjunction with the UWA
> Politics Club involving the Senator in a relatively intimate discussion. Previously the Senator has presented a
> lecture for the UWA Politics Club, but he is particularly interested in having a smaller, more dynamic event
> related to digital issues. As VP i know that the Politics Club would not provide an ideal audience for this sort of
> event, we tend to pull a crowd which is largely interested in Labor v Liberal discussions and don't really enjoy
> discussing what's wrong or right about the current policies related to digital issues. Would any members of the UCC
> be interested in this sort of event?
> 
> Apologies for the massive email, hopefully i'll speak to you soon.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tim