[Linux-aus] Grant request: Contribution to Senate voting source code FOI request review.

[Euan de Kock]

+1 from me too - this is something worth supporting and is aligned with
LA's  goals.

Euan.

On Mon, 2014-06-23 at 12:31 +1000, Brent Wallis wrote:
> +1
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Andrew Donnellan
> <ajdlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>         I strongly support this application. 
>         
>         
>         Andrew
>         
>         
>         
>         On 23/06/2014 11:17 am, "Chris Neugebauer"
>         <chrisjrn at gmail.com> wrote:
>         
>                 Hey all,
>                 
>                 One of our members, Michael Cordover, has been going
>                 through the
>                 Freedom of Information process to gain access to the
>                 source code used
>                 by the Australian Electoral Commision to tally Senate
>                 votes in
>                 Australian federal elections.
>                 
>                 Michael's process, including all correspondence with
>                 the AEC, has been
>                 thoroughly documented here at [0].
>                 
>                 The AEC declined the FOI request, and Michael is
>                 currently seeking
>                 appeal through the administrative appeals tribunal, as
>                 the free review
>                 process was performed by the OAIC, a body being
>                 disbanded through the
>                 2014-15 federal budget process.
>                 
>                 The appeal requires a lodgement fee of some $850.
>                 Michael is in the
>                 process of crowd funding this request [1].
>                 
>                 Whilst I'm not a lawyer, I've been following the
>                 process quite closely
>                 since it started, and have been deeply bemused by the
>                 AEC's arguments,
>                 which I personally feel are either technically flawed
>                 or absurd.
>                 
>                 I believe that the goal of the FOI request, and
>                 associated review, is
>                 well in line with Linux Australia's values [2], in
>                 particular, that of
>                 "Freedom", which explicitly states:
>                 
>                 "We value free access to, sharing of and repurposing
>                 of information,
>                 in particular that information held by the public
>                 sector."
>                 
>                 I'd like to request that, as a showing of support,
>                 Linux Australia
>                 make a small contribution, not exceeding $150 to the
>                 crowdfunding
>                 campaign.
>                 
>                 
>                 --Chris
>                 
>                 [0] http://easycount.mjec.net/
>                 [1] http://www.pozible.com/project/183015
>                 [2] http://linux.org.au/values
>                 
>                 --
>                 --Christopher Neugebauer
>                 
>                 Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on
>                 irc.freenode.net --
>                 WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter:
>                 @chrisjrn
>                 
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