Computing Assistance Support & Education Inc – CASE Notes

CASE’s Annual General Meeting wrapped up this evening after a small but pleasant gathering. Patron Sen. Kate Lundy arrived just in time to stop the Web 2.0 version of herself stealing the show and what followed was a relaxed, informal talk about human engagement through technology. After Kate’s presentation we briefly looked at the  year behind us, Darrell detailed VISE’s Online Volunteer Management System (developed by CASE over a number of years), our trip to the Dharriwaa Elder’s Group in Walgett, and welcomed new members Hepatitis C Council of NSW, among others.

Business as usual followed, then the nomination of committee members for the coming year. Darrell Burkey maintains his position as President, Amanda Plowright maintains her position as Vice President and I have been returned as a committee member.

Looking forward to the year ahead!

The Sydney Joomla Users Group is putting on “Sydney JoomlaDay 2009″ on the 17-18th of October. The conference itself runs on the Saturday with workshops being held on Sunday. They’ll be looking at the new features of the upcoming Joomla 1.6 amongst other things. Presenting will be Andrew Eddie, Sam Moffat and Brad Bake. At CASE we’re pretty interested in Sam Moffat’s talk on Joomla security and hope to ask some questions of him! For full detail on what will be presented you can view the conference program.

The essential twitter details are @sydjug for their official feed and #SJD09 for the hashtag.

Tickets are only $50 and these days always prove very informative. Head over to the official Sydney JoomlaDay 2009 site to find out more.

CASE is holding it’s Annual General Meeting Tuesday 22 September. We’re please to announce that Senator Kate Lundy will be presenting a talk on Government 2.0 & Citizen Engagement from 5:30pm, preceding the AGM proper. Senator Lundy has been a patron of CASE and involved in web technologies for quite some time now. We’re hoping for an illuminating talk that looks at the recent developments of her #publicsphere initiative and the federal government’s Government 2.0 initiative. The AGM will run from 6.00pm – 7.00pm at the Offices of Volunteering ACT, Canberra Labor Club Community Chambers, 55 Chandler Street Belconnen ACT.

Feel free to join us! For further information make sure to check out the official CASE website.

Last weekend Sen. Kate Lundy held the third installment of her “publisphere” series. This even focused on ICT & Creative industries.

The Australian ICT industry is extremely broad in scope and expertise – from core infrastructure to mobile, Web 2.0 and of course the creative industries such as gaming, film and digital arts. Australia has done quite well on the international scene, however we could still do more to inspire many smart Australian professionals and companies to base themselves in Australia in the long term and to encourage international investment in the Australian ICT sector.

Having a strong Australian-based sector means a positive contribution to a number of important national goals: economic growth and exports, provide opportunities for skills development and experience in Australia’s workforce and finally, reinforcing Australia’s international reputation for excellence.

You can see the whole overview here and here!