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

[Bobbie Oliver]

Hi Nick and Grace,
With my son's aid, I managed to get a Word version of the document and have read it.
Are we meeting tomorrow (Monday) afternoon at 3pm?
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



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From: Nick Bannon <nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
Sent: 16 August 2024 15:42
To: Bobbie Oliver <bobbie.oliver at uwa.edu.au>
Cc: committee at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au <committee at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Available Mon 2024-08-19? , was Re: [committee] Fwd: UWA Computer Club History

On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 07:12:43AM +0000, Bobbie Oliver wrote:
> Hello Nick and Grace,
> What time on Monday would you be free to meet?  Afternoons tends to be easier for me regards parking.  Would 3pm suit you at the Centre for WA History (Arts 1.23)?

Works for me - Grace?

> I had a difficulty with the document you sent. It appears in Rich Text Format on my laptop. Could you please convert it to Word?

No worries - RTF is quite literally a MS Word format and it should open
in MS Word with no problems at all, either File->Open, or a default doubleclick.

For a quick preview, try the draft text:
https://www.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/aboutucc/history.ucc
https://www.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/aboutucc/histmain.ucc

(the footnotes are detached and available there, too)

I'll aim to bring a printout, too.

Nick.

> Thanks,
> 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
>
> ________________________________
> From: Nick Bannon <nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
> Sent: 16 August 2024 14:38
> To: Bobbie Oliver <bobbie.oliver at uwa.edu.au>
> Cc: committee at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au <committee at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
> Subject: Available Mon 2024-08-19? , was Re: [committee] Fwd: UWA Computer Club History
>
> 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 - as a not-too-large but 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 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

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