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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As you can see below, the business of the day seems to be focussed on digital rights and what’s moving in the internet surveillance scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve told Tim that I’m happy to go ahead with this; he’s going to get back to me with a date and venue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The UCC committee has been asked to put forward a chairperson for the event – is anyone particularly keen? I’d take it myself but I don’t think I’m quite conversant in the issues at hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dylan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Tim Sondalini [mailto:sondalini@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 23 January 2013 1:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> Dylan Kerr<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Up For Another Event?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Dylan,<o:p></o:p></p><p>To be frank, I'm not interested in an Assange-fest either. <o:p></o:p></p><p>I'm organising this event to increase the reputation of the Politics Club, not out of an ulterior motive. I gather that the Senator's motivation is simply to try and increase his name brand. Ms Robinson is being brought to Australia by CASE for Refugees, the Greens have simply managed to persuade her to speak at the event. She will probably speak about Wikileaks and Assange, but i gather her focus will be on digital rights.<o:p></o:p></p><p>If you look at the schedule below, you'll see that a lot of the emphasis is on digital rights and human rights. Wikileaks is just a way to catch a crowd.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The current plan is for the event to follow this hesitant schedule:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'>So we’ll have</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'>Chair –</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> Welcome and introduce speakers - Rep from Comp or Politics Clubs</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'>Julian Assange</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> – video message – not yet confirmed but he’s thinking about it – message to students</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'>Senator Scott Ludlam –</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> confirmed – general setting of the scene on trends in the erosion of our human rights and civil liberties online, treatment of whistleblowers alarming data retention proposals and increasing surveillance laws that allow governments and corporations to assemble detailed commercial profiles and intimate details of our online and offline lives.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'>Jen Robinson</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> – confirmed – The Wikileaks case – the legal and human rights significance 9of what’s happening to Julian and Wikileaks</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'>Benny Wenda</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> – confirmed – state surveillance that impacts and deters activists, human rights and social justice work (the West Papua example)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'>Jacob Appelbaum</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> – Skype – not confirmed - All about TOR and why encryption is the key to protecting our privacy – issues arising from his book with Julian et all called Freedom and the Future of the Internet</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'>Michael Sinclair-Jones</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> – not yet asked – will think more about it tomorrow – it might be distracting to get into the whole media / press and the internet thing, but I’ll run it by Scott</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:72.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'>Wrap up</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#222222'> – Thanks for coming - Rep from Comp or Politics Clubs</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope that reassures your concerns.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tim<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>