[committee] DRAFT: Available Mon 2024-08-19? , was Re: Fwd: UWA Computer Club History

[Nick Bannon]

To: Bobbie Oliver <bobbie.oliver at uwa.edu.au>
Cc: committee at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au

Hi Associate Professor Bobbie, President Grace!

Grace and I are free on Monday - could we meet you then?

I hope we're successfully communicating the mid-sized scope we're aiming
for - that this can be a real, fully-paid, maybe portfolio-building job?
and it would be wonderful if a current or past student/postgrad who's
visited the Guild buildings, Tav, Cameron Hall... was involved. :)

As a rough summary:

We (the University Computer Club, UWA) are turning 50 years old this
year, and we were hoping to have a manuscript written, detailing our
club's history. When we turned 25, we commissioned a 10,000 word piece,
attached, by Emma née Hawkes, UWA alumna. We were hoping to have another
manuscript made, roughly the same size - updating the last 25 years.

A draft would be needed within the next four weeks, including a night of
interviewing our club members at our 50th Anniversary Dinner on Saturday
the 21st of September, 6pm, University Club. The historian's ticket and
dinner would of course be covered by us.

We have:
- an email questionnaire prepared and can send the historian the answers
  (unless they want to ask more directly)
- as well as the information we already have such as committee member names
- we also have a folder of images that we would like the historian to
  choose from as they see fit to add to the manuscript

Thanks,
Nick Bannon, UCC life member, ex-Secretary

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 12:07:19PM +0000, Grace Fowler wrote:
> From: Bobbie Oliver <bobbie.oliver at uwa.edu.au>
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2024 9:26:13 AM
> To: fowleg20 at gmail.com <fowleg20 at gmail.com>
> Subject: UWA Computer Club History
> 
> Hello Grace,
> Jenny Gregory has passed your request to me. You may not be aware that the Centre for Western Australian History, based in Humanities, is expert in assisting with such projects.  We are located in the Arts building at Room 1.23.
> I'd be happy to meet with you sometime this week to discuss the project including:
> – how much computer knowledge would be required (eg. are you looking for someone who expert in computer knowledge as well as being competent to write the history?)
> – are the records easily accessible?
> – what funds are available for the project?
> It appears that your deadline is quite short.
> I look forward to hearing from you.
> Kind regards,
> Bobbie
> 
> 
> Associate Professor Bobbie Oliver
> Director, Centre for Western Australian History
> Book Review Editor, Labour History
> Vice President, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
> Honorary Research Fellow
> School of Humanities
> The University of Western Australia

-- 
   Nick Bannon   | "I made this letter longer than usual because
nick-sig at rcpt.to | I lack the time to make it shorter." - Pascal
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