[committee] [ucc] Constitution Changes: Change of Objectives

[Scott Young]

I don't agree.

-  I think computer science deserves to be expressly acknowledged, having
regard to the club's history and membership.

- I'm not a big fan of the phrase "computer science and technologies", but
it arguably means "computer science and computer technologies".

- I think "computerized technologies" is even more vague (and a misspelling
in Australian English).

[SJY]
Le 11 févr. 2015 18:30, "Frames" <oxinabox at ucc.asn.au> a écrit :

>  Hi all.
> While we are changing the constitution,
> I suggest we also change the Objects of the club,
> to more accurately and clearly reflect our focus.
>
> Current:
>
> The objects of the Club shall be as follows:
>
>    1. To be an organised association of students attending The University
>    of Western Australia, and supporters, for the advancement of computer
>    science and technologies, both at the University and in the broader
>    community.
>
>
> Advancing computer science and technologies isn't was we do.
> We also use them.
>
> Also computer science is generally taken to be a incredibly narrow field
> with in the greater clould of IT/IS/Software Eng/Sys admin/DBA. etc.
> Computer science is more closely related to pure math, than it is to real
> most world programming tasks.
> CS is a narrow subset of what we do.
>
> Conversely technologies is much broader than what we do.
> While it includes things like coke machine,
> it also includes things like Cars, and trains.
>
> I feel much better wording would be:
>
> The objects of the Club shall be as follows:
>
>    1. To be an organised association of students attending The University
>    of Western Australia, and supporters, to promote the advancement and use of
>    computerized technologies, both at the University and in the broader
>    community.
>
>  I think that is much clearer.
>
> Regard
> Frames
>
>
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