Computerbank Queensland and the [Computerbank] main list

[Ramrods]

Bruce

As long as a few people are on the main list AND they advise the others 
what is happening (as Tony does). What is the need for all people who 
are interested in helping without being involved in the running of the 
group (people like me) receiving 20 Emails about "the Sally affair" etc.
One Email about care with helping people is all the "supporters" need. 
20 Emails will turn away the people who are more interested in helping 
other people rather than wanting to run a group.

The lack of a formal legal structure for people in their own area is in 
my view a very much bigger problem. I repeat Tony's comment the sooner 
the constitutional changes are done in Vic the sooner Qld can build CB 
in Qld.

Thanks 
Rod Harvey (Brisbane)

----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce McCubbery <brucemcc at melbpc.org.au>
Date: Monday, September 10, 2001 1:32 pm
Subject: Re: Computerbank Queensland and the [Computerbank] main list

> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> I understand the need to have specific lists of 'us' for specific 
> focuses,like ones for only 'local' issues, but I think everyone 
> should be on a
> common list like this one, too.
> 
> The more those outside Brisbane know of your development they 
> might have
> some helpful suggestions to make. After all, for much of it, 
> Melbourne and
> Perth have been there and done that.
> 
> To that end, please encourage all of your people to join us on 
> here, I'm a
> big believer in many minds working together and this technology 
> can help us
> do that.
> 
> Melbourne and (I think?) Perth can both tell you the value of 
> finding your
> own premises, but I expect you know that. You need one that is CBQ
> exclusive and accessible at all hours. Our initial "home" here was 
> throughHeritage Victoria, is there a similar body in Queensland? 
> If so, certainly
> try them, it was a walk up start for us. They loved the concept 
> and saw it
> as emminently compatible to their purposes in maintaining the 
> historicalbuildings they have a heap of.
> 
> Down the track, Victoria can use other country premises through 
> HeritageVictoria.
> 
> When you're ready Tony, I have a guy in Bowen QLD ready to set up 
> a branch
> or node. 
> 
> Regards, Bruce
> 
> PS. There's another guy ready to do the same in Snug TAS.
> 
> At 09:17 10/09/01 +1000, Tony Joblin wrote:
> >I think there is about 30+ people on our mailing list. We have a core
> >management group of about 3 people. There is maybe another 8 
> people who have
> >regularly been turning up to stuff.
> >We have not shipped any PCs yet but are getting closer. We did 
> have our
> >first working bee day 1 week ago. Probably didn't achieve much 
> but was a
> >valuable first step and we learnt what we didn't know and what we 
> needed to
> >brush up on. We are planning to have another this coming weekend.
> >At the moment we are operating from under someone's house. We 
> have applied to
> >use an old community centre and are still waiting to hear back 
> about that.
> >We have also started talks with Career Employment Australia, a 
> group that
> >runs work for the dole schemes etc. We will be putting a proposal 
> to them
> >with the goal of being able to share storage and work space in their
> >facilities. In return we will either share some of our PCs with 
> them or our
> >members will perform volunteer work on their projects or something.
> >Apart from premises the other thing holding us back is legal 
> structure. The
> >sooner the constitutional changes go through to set up the branch 
> structure>the better.
> >
> >Tony Joblin,
> >President, Computerbank Queensland
> >Tel: 07 3371 1311 (working hours), Email: cbq-exec at dstc.edu.au
> >http://www.dstc.edu.au/CBQ/index.html
> 
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