Welcome
to the ACS SA weekly e-newsletter for the week ending Friday 24th October 2008.
- Notice from
the Returning Officer – Election of Branch Executive Committee (BEC) 2009
- October Computer Human Interface (CHI) Meeting - Tuesday 28th October
- EdXN 4th Quarter - The World Internet
Project - Wednesday 29th October
- IT Project Management Special Interest Group - Monday 3rd November
- Special Event! Dr Terry Cutler presents ... Thursday 6th November
-
IT in the Pub - Monday 10th November
- SA Branch Annual General Meeting and November Branch Forum
- Topic of the Week
- Computer Professional Education Program Update
- 16% discount for Red Hat Courses at Etc… Express Training Connections
1. Notice from
the Returning Officer – Election of Branch Executive Committee (BEC) 2009
As at close of nominations, the following
nominations were received. I provide the
following advice to South Australian Members of the ACS:
Chairperson – 1 Position
1 Nomination – Reg Coutts
As the only nomination, Reg Coutts is elected as Branch Chairperson
Immediate Past Chairperson – Brenda
Aynsley (ex officio)
Vice Chairperson – 2 positions
2 Nominations – Daniel Brown + Jack Burton
As the only 2 nominations, Daniel Brown and Jack Burton are elected
as Vice Chairpersons
Honorary Secretary – 1 Position
1 Nomination – Peter Griffith
As the only nomination, Peter Griffith is elected as Branch Honorary
Secretary
Honorary Treasurer – 1 Position
Joy Whellum
As the only nomination Joy Whellum is elected as Branch Honorary
Treasurer
Ordinary Committee Members – 10 Positions
Nominations: (x 10)
David Benn
Glen Heinrich
Grant Wigley
Joanna Zhai (student)
Kajal Thaker
Kym Teh
Mark Hoolboom
Michael Liddy
Rob Farley
Tapan Dave (student)
Sachin Somali (student) withdrew his nomination.
As there are 10 nominations for 10
vacancies, David Benn, Glen Heinrich, Grant Wigley, Joanna Zhai, Kajal Thaker,
Kym Teh, Mark Hoolboom, Michael
Liddy, Rob Farley and Tapan Dave are elected as Ordinary Members of the BEC.
Richard Busulwa's nomination was rejected because it was received after
close of nominations. Chris
Nettle
SA Branch Returning Officer
2008
2. October Computer Human Interface (CHI) Meeting - Tuesday 28th October
Topic: 'New Jobs for Thinking
Heads'
The Thinking Head, in the persona of Performance Artist Stelarc, has been
gaining attention around the world, including at the Beijing Arts Festival in
the lead in to the Olympics. However we are grooming the Head for a number of
other roles and persona, including as a Teaching Head in a hybrid real/virtual
environment, with initial applications focusing on teaching English and German
as a foreign language.
Speaker: David Powers, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Artificial
Intelligence and Language Technology Laboratories at Flinders UniversityDate: Tuesday 28th October 2008
Time: 5:30 start
Venue: New location same building: Centrelink Useability Centre, Level 1
South Side, 191 Pulteney St, Adelaide (corner Pulteney and Flinders Sts) PCP Hours: 2 - Please update your PCP Hours manually via 'My ACS'
Bookings and further information:
http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10117105008154
3. EdXN 4th Quarter - The World Internet
Project - Wednesday 29th OctoberTopic: What do Australians do
online? The internet is everywhere, at work, at
home, and on the move. If Kevin Rudd's plans come to anything, it will soon be
in every school. The underlying technologies are scarcely three decades old, and
some of the most popular sites, such as You Tube and Facebook, are only a few
years old, but this new world of information and communcation is now, for many
of us, an utterly everyday experience. Speaker: Scott Ewing
Date: Wednesday 29th October 2008
Time: 5:30 start
Venue: Internode, 150 Grenfell Street, Adelaide (Next door to the Griffins Head Hotel)
PCP Hours: 3 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9012&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10116005020705
4. IT Project Management Special Interest Group - Monday 3rd November Topic: 'Things they don't teach
you at PM school' Often we focus on the technical skills required to achieve the goal of
becoming a project manager in our chosen area. When the time comes to
undertake training – we focus on the “hard” PM skills as established
within the PMBOK and other texts. This concentrates our attention on
Planning, Monitoring and Controlling the project and associated
principals covering Risk and Quality Management. Back in the real world
we quickly find that there are a whole heap of skills and tools which
we need but are not familiar with – the ones not covered at the PM
school. Speaker:
Kenn Dolan Date: Monday 3rd October 2008
Time: 5:15 drinks and nibbles for a 5:45pm start
Venue: Excom Education 191 Pultney Street, Adelaide
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10117104974716
5. Special Event! Dr Terry Cutler presents ... Thursday 6th November ...the findings of the Australian Government’s
Review of the National Innovation System. Dr Terry Cutler is an industry consultant and strategy advisor in the
information and communications technology sector. Terry Cutler has authored
numerous influential reports and papers on the Digital Economy and innovation.
During 2008 he chaired the Australian Government’s Review of the National
Innovation System. Date: Thursday 6th November 2008
Time: 5:15pm for a 5:45pm start
Venue: Riviera Hotel, 31-34 North Tce, Adelaide
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10119057857908
6.
IT in the Pub - Monday 10th November
Topic: Visit to the Traffic Control Centre, Norwood IT in the Pub for November is our final gathering for the year and it's the
long awaited visit to the Traffic Control Centre, Norwood. This tour will take
up to 2 hours from 6-8pm and following it, we will be crossing The Parade to the
Colonist Tavern for a drink and nibbles to wind up the IT in the Pub year for
2008. Date: Monday 10th November 2008
Time: 6:00pm sharp - 8:00pm
Venue: Traffic Control Centre, Corner of Sydenham Rd and The Parade Norwood, enter from
Sydenham Rd
PCP Hours: 3 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings need to be made by 31 October 2008 to confirm numbers with TCC
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10120168764924
7. SA Branch Annual General Meeting and November Branch Forum
Branch Forum Topic: SharePoint
"SharePoint is a hot topic in business right now! CIOs, CEOs and managing
directors are all talking it up, but what exactly is it? What and where is this
so called power? During this presentation Daniel will discuss and give an
introductory overview of what SharePoint is , what it can do and what are the
benefits of implementing such a eco-system." Speaker: Daniel Brown
Date: Wednesday, 26th November 2008
Time: 5:30pm for a 6:00pm start.
Venue: Cliftons, Level 1, 80 King William Street, Adelaide
For further information and to advise of your attendance, please book here
8. Topic of the Week
ACS applauds Gershon Report's recommendations on ICT efficiency - but
cautions against knee-jerk response to ICT spending, job cuts
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) today
welcomed the Federal Government’s release of Sir Peter Gershon’s report and
final recommendations on the Australian use of Information Communication
Technology (ICT) within the public sector. ACS Chairman, Kumar Parakala said he
applauds the Report’s emphasis on improving efficiency through a centralised and
strategic whole of government approach on ICT policies and the need for ICT to
support wider policy agendas.
“We are encouraged by the recommendations
which align with many of our own views and recommendations to the Review,” said
Mr Parakala. “The ACS concurs with Sir Peter Gershon’s thinking around the
potential to minimising ICT spending by focusing on efficiency rather than
needless sacrifice of ICT jobs. ICT performance is key to our overall economic
strength and productivity in Australia and we are concerned that knee jerk
cost-cutting based on the current financial climate will result in medium to
long term pain for the overall economy. This issue is as pivotal in the private
sector as it is within the public sector.”
The ACS submission to the
Review included key areas where ICT in Government required improved
efficiency, with particular emphasis on reducing ICT contractors and increasing
in-house ICT professionals, a whole of government skills development, retention
and training system for improved ICT professionalism in the public sector, the
need for greater Government investment in piloting testing ICT SME’s innovation
and ICT governance and risk mitigation.
More: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=notice&temID=noticedetails¬ID=905
9. Computer
Professional Education Program
Did you know that
the subjects in the ACS CPE Program can be credited towards many leading MBAs?
Find out more about our postgraduate education program by visiting www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram
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