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

[Kai]

Don't forget the Carnarvon/Gascoyne floods in WA, relatively speaking 
there's been bugger all media coverage on that flood but it's not like 
it's any less critical, flood levels not seen since the 1960's, people 
being airlifted out, millions of dollars in damage/loss and mess that 
will take months to clean up.

There's one thing I don't understand, the Federal Government has pledged 
tens (or hundreds) of millions to Pakistan's floods yet they they won't 
help out in their own backyard? Queenslanders are getting scraps in 
comparison and Perth lord mayer is asking for donations for the Gascoyne 
in WA...

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/12/22/3099427.htm

There's a note on www.pakistan.com.au "what if every single Australian 
woke up tomorrow to find themselves homeless?", well a good chunk of 
Queensland doesn't have a home atm and the Gascoyne's just as bad, so we 
can help another country after we've sorted out our own problems.

On 7/01/2011 7:37 PM, Karl Kloppenborg wrote:
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 > Whilst it is a great idea in theory, I think that Steve might be right...
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 > However, what is stopping us from making donations to the relief efforts
 > happening up there?
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 > AusNOG is a big community, we should all join hands as one body and
 > really push to raise some money to go to these people.
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 > That is just my opinion :)
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 > On 07/01/2011, at 22:24, Craig Askings wrote:
 >
 >> Less than 700kms from Brisbane. That's a doable road trip for me.
 >>
 >> Craig
 >>
 >>
 >> On 07/01/2011, at 8:39 PM, Bevan Slattery <Bevan.Slattery at nextdc.com
 >> <mailto:Bevan.Slattery at nextdc.com>> wrote:
 >>
 >>> 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]