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

[Steve Baxter]

It is a great idea (maybe in the winter). Getting it out of Sydney
should be good for the event.

The one thing I know is that organising a conference like AusNOG
requires a lot of on the ground time in the same city (I doubt AusNOG 1
and 2 would have happened without James [or an equivalent] in Sydney).
You can get around this but it requires the insertion of cash to get the
boots on the ground in your place and invariably it never goes the same
way unless organisers have an active presence. Are there volunteers up
that way that can help ?

I actually spent longer in Emerald than Rocky as a kid - I have seen a
few floods in my life, maybe I should start sand bagging my place
here...

SB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-
> bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Bevan Slattery
> Sent: Friday, 7 January 2011 8:39 PM
> To: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
> Subject: [AusNOG] Flooding in Rockhampton - What can AUSNOG do?
> 
> Hi Nogger's,
> 
> Now this maybe an impractical request, but it's one I would like the
> Ausnog community to consider.  As some would know I am a Rocky old boy
> (and so is Steve Baxter).  In fact my first job was working at
> Rockhampton City Council.  The people of Central Queensland are doing
> it tough at the moment and will do so for some time.  I still have a
> few friends in Council up there and I spoke to the Mayor yesterday and
> offered any support I could provide.
> 
> One of the points the Mayor made was that everything is being done,
> that can be done, but one thing he thought would really help is for
> Australian's to know that Rockhampton/CQ will get back on its feet and
> is open for business.  I couldn't help but feel that one thing that
> would be great is that if there was an "industry" event up in
> Rockhampton - and AUSNOG came to mind.  I really appreciate that
> Rockhampton is out of the way and that many people that go to Ausnog
do
> so locally from Sydney.
> 
> But I want to ask, would AUSNOG be interested in hosting AUSNOG in
> Rockhampton this year?  If people were interested, I would be happy to
> see if we could get a semi-sponsored direct charter from Sydney to
> Rockhampton for a reduced fee, and I'd personally be happy to charter
a
> boat for a day trip to Great Keppel Island for attendees.  Maybe we
> could have it at Rydges resort at Yeppoon?  I'm sure the Mayor could
> give a presentation on disaster management and a few telco folks give
a
> run down on how telecommunications were affected and how it operated
> during the disaster and thereafter.
> 
> I'm just reaching out with an idea and wondering if the friends of
> Rockhampton can come half way (commercially) would this industry be
> able to do the same?  I understand there would be inconvenience and
> additional cost, but would Nogger's (and their bosses) be prepared to
> do that for the greater good?
> 
> Over to everyone...
> 
> Cheers
> 
> [b]
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