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

[mjpomery at ucc.asn.au]

I personally feel that "computerized technologies" is much narrower than 
"computer science and technologies". To me it reads as "any technology 
that is now a computer", were as the current one covers anything related 
to computers. As for the addition of "use", that is already covered as 
using a technology is a valid way of helping advance it.

But as was said in IRC, it's too late to bring up changes to the club 
objectives.

Kind Regards,
Mitchell Pomery
UCC President 2014


On 2015-02-11 22:10, Frames wrote:
> On 11/02/2015 7:15 PM, Scott Young wrote:
> 
>> - I'm not a big fan of the phrase "computer science and
>> technologies", but it arguably means "computer science and computer
>> technologies".
>  I guess it does
> 
>> - I think "computerized technologies" is even more vague (and a
>> misspelling in Australian English).
>  I agree about spelling, but I think it is exactly vague enough.
> 
>  You haven't commented on the other change
>  From Advancement, to Advancement and Use.
>  I'ld be interested to hear your thoughts>
> 
>  [*OX]
> 
>> 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:
>> 
>> * 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:
>> 
>> * 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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