Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.

Mother Theresa
VISE forum
13 April 2008

On 12-13 April CASE President Darrell and programmer Dane Lipscombe attended a forum for VISE coordinators from all over the country and the VISE Management Committee. The forum was held to look at the structure that will be required to keep VISE operating and ensure sustainability.

Darrell and Dane were there to launch the latest revision of the Online Volunteer Management System (OVMS) which will have a different appearance and many additional features .

Spinning windmillOver the years VISE has found that the use of this system to manage their volunteer tutors has made the difference between being able to meet the needs of outback families or not.

 
ACT 2020 Summit
30 March 2008

Paper BoySenator Kate Lundy and ANU Adjunct Senior Lecturer Tom Worthington will co-chair 'Foundations of Open: Technology and Digital Knowledge' at a local 2020 summit in Canberra, ACT Thursday 3rd April 2008 at the Australian National University.

CASE President, Darrell Burkey, will present 'A CASE Study in Community' to demonstrate how effective open technology can be in creating and supporting community development initiatives. He will outline the partnership between CASE and member organisations Volunteers for Isolated Students Education (VISE) and the National Women's Justice Coalition in providing online venues for their members.

 
Community Lists
27 March 2008

CommunityLists We are pleased to announce the launch of a new service designed to provide full featured mailing lists to member organisations.

CommunityLists was established with the generous support of the auDA Foudation and is available to members at no cost.

The CommunityLists project is based on the very popular open source mailing list software 'Mailman'. The software has been optimised for privacy and includes online web based archives that are fully indexed. 

For more information or to establish a mailing list visit the CommunityLists web site.

 
Joomla Day
04 February 2008

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Melbourne Joomla Day is a one day event where participants have the opportunity to learn directly from the developers of the software, share ideas, ask questions and meet other Joomla users.

This year CASE President Darrell Burkey attended Joomla day and came back with a wealth of information that will be used to improve the web hosting services we provide to members.

We like Joomla! so much that we will be offering Joomla! web site hosting to members in the near future. Watch this space for more information.

 
linux.conf 2008
03 February 2008

CASE uses the Linux operating system to ensure members have secure and powerful computing resources to meet their IT needs.

Linux logo Tux the penguinDarrell Burkey, President of CASE, has just returned from a week at Melbourne University where he attended linux.conf 2008, one of the best Linux conferences in the world. He had the opportunity to learn from the best and meet many of the skilled people who make open source software available.

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No Censorship!
13 January 2008

No censorship

Don't be fooled by the current Australian Labor Party's 'Mandatory ISP Filter Policy'.

We recommend that all members make a point to become informed about this issue. A good starting point is to visit the web site of Electronic Frontiers Australia who specialise in promoting on-line civil liberties.

 

 
Senator Kate Lundy
09 October 2007

Senator Kate LundyWe are very pleased to welcome Senator Kate Lundy as Patron to our organisation.

Some of you may remember that Kate was the guest speaker at a public meeting held in 1998 where the issue of providing information technology support to community organisations as a method of building social capital was explored. This led to the formation of a steering committee which established CASE late in 1998.

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