[AusNOG] Malcolm Turnbull to Comms role

[Roland Chan]

I think your success would be about the same in either direction.

On 16 Sep 2010 19:22, "Mark Smith" <
nanog at 85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:46:31 +1000
> "Sean K. Finn" <sean.finn at ozservers.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Did anyone invite communications minister Conroy to attend AusNOG..
>>
>> We should invite Malcom Turnbull or other shadow minister as well as
>> current Comms minister in advance for next year as this is a fairly
>> relevant event, a refusal to show up or snub AusNOG would be
>> considered very very bad form, with the opportunity for the shadow
>> minister to cease on a now show to publicly display non interaction
>> between industry and govt.
>>
>
> It'd probably be easier to turn a network engineer into a politician
> than the other way around ... politicians aren't going to be able to
> make value judgements on mechanisms, and conversely sometimes choose
> not to listen to the limitations of the mechanisms (URL
> filtering/recordig at NBN speeds and coverage?) if it doesn't suit their
> policies.
>
> Politicians should stick to policy, because that's their job.
>
>> And if he does show perhaps some of us can educate the ministers,
>> straight from the horses mouth.
>>
>> S
>>
>> On 15/09/2010, at 7:15 AM, "Noel Butler" <noel.butler at ausics.net> wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 06:50 +1000, Steve Baxter wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I do not think you will find many who thought Tony Smith was the best
>> >> communications shadow available.
>> >>
>> >
>> > *nod*
>> >
>> > Nick Minchin would have walked all over Conartist , err I mean,
>> > Conroy...
>> >
>> >
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