[AusNOG] Flooding in Rockhampton - What can AUSNOG do? NBN --> Rockhampton.

[Don Gould]

Bevan,

*That is an amazingly good idea!!!*

1.  Watching the media coverage does not give you a real scope of the 
problem up there.

You need to actually go there to see what's going on and get a real feel 
for what's needed.  You need to look for your self, even if your looking 
is just out of the window of your taxi while you drive from the event to 
the pub and back it makes a measurable difference.

2.  Donated funds just don't get there in time if at all.

You must go there and simply spend some money buying a simple pie for 
lunch.

You will do more for the people than giving $10,000 dollars to the Red 
Cross to help - and yes, I well know that there are many on this list 
who could simply give $10,000 without it really having much personal 
impact past choosing a lesser BMW for the next 2 years.

.nz collected ~$ 15,000,000.00 for chc.nz.  So far less than 10% has 
actually made it out of the bank account.  35% of applications for 
hardship money have been rejected last time I checked (3 weeks ago) and 
doctors in Christchurch are now complaining in the press that they're 
spending their time seeing people who simply want medical chits to say 
they're stressed so they can get some extra pre-xmas help - trust me, 
every one in Christchurch is stressed!

If you really can't be without that new M3 this year then fly to 
Rockhampton and at least buy it from their BMW dealership - I'm sure you 
see the logic in my point.

In .chc.nz we've now had truck loads of small business simply fold.  If 
you really want to help these people then go buy some pies, a loaf of 
bread from a small bakery and a piece of meat[1] from a butcher and hold 
a AuNOG BBQ.

3.  NBN --> Rockhampton

I don't know if it's already been suggested, but if as an IT community 
you really wanted to help the area then you'd get NBNCo refocused on 
fibre roll out in to that area this year.  Yes I do actually understand 
the implications of that and just how complex a question it would be 
because you're not only trying to push out something new but also 
dealing with a disaster area.  But now much public works investment 
would having 100 fibre crews working in the area bring?

How many extra local pies would be sold?

D - Living in a disaster area, with daily earthquakes.chc.nz


[1] Anyone with small kids will get the reference to Mr Men, Mr Noisy.

On 8/01/2011 12:56 a.m., Steve Lisson wrote:
>
> Would probably be better to donate to current efforts than setup a 
> total new one for a minimal amount, for example can just stop into an 
> Office Works and donate at the cashier and would encourage people to 
> do so.
>
> I doubt we could setup a large enough fund to warrant the 
> administrative costs of doing so. For starters we would need a trusted 
> entity to receive the funds and then have oversight to ensure that 
> funds are donated properly.
>
> I would also recommend that people watch where they donate, warnings 
> have already gone out about being wary about door knockers, if you 
> would donate and am unsure about who's collecting keep the money and 
> donate it properly (or donate it to another charity that you are sure 
> of, better that it goes somewhere useful instead of to a scammer!).
>
> Steve
>

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