..on Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:11:10PM +1300, Pohio, Nathan wrote: > Re: Another submission we could make: CNZ strategic plan > > Big Elephants: > Also can see the value in that our institutions do need to think through > how to best get the necessary equipment they need for artists. Most of > the larger Elephants in the room are getting a bit better , and seem to > come more often in their budget considerations. Still , a well paid > individual(s) to assist seems a good and idea and could make for a very > interesting part of a carrier for someone , especially considering how > many institutions currently talk to each other and negotiate the sharing > of equipment...
As I mentioned last post, I wonder whether the digital arts scene in NZ could benefit here from a corporate computer recycling program akin to that of http://recycle.lowtech.org/ Lowtech has donations of hundreds of computers at a time - often just a couple of years old and - sent from corporations and government offices rather than shipped off to China or India for 'recycling' (or simply made into landfill). They throw on a modern Linux distribution and distribute them to arts organisations in turn. A formalised recycling program like this could pump PC hardware - at the least - into events and workshops where needed, reducing the portion of the budget otherwise spent on this hardware. Cheers, Julian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, 7 October 2009 12:02 pm > To: [email protected] > Subject: Ada_list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 31 > > Send Ada_list mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/ada_list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ada_list digest..." > > > ADA list Digest Version > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Another submission we could make: CNZ strategic plan > (Ian Clothier) > 2. Re: Another submission we could make: CNZ strategic plan > (trudy lane) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:00:42 +1300 > From: "Ian Clothier" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ada_list] Another submission we could make: CNZ > strategic plan > To: "trudy lane" <[email protected]>, "Robert Appierdo" > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Great discussion, > > How about a network of events - every year there are ADA Agm's there's > SPARK, SCAPE, SCANZ every two years, etc - it would be possible to > create social networks and move workstations and gear around to each > event (equipment needs budget). There would need to be a local > co-ordinator who facilitated events, that takes budget, as does some > form of national co-ordinator. In regions, the schools often have > established communication infrastructure, these could be co-ordination > points. It would be good to see something spread wide and throughout the > country, predicated on a vision of reaching the widest possible > community via electronic media and engaging with it. There would need to > be interaction with groups outside of the art context - like the Linux > groups that are every where. > > Ian M Clothier > intercreate.org > ianclothier.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] on behalf of trudy lane > Sent: Wed 10/7/2009 10:46 AM > To: Robert Appierdo > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ada_list] Another submission we could make: CNZ strategic > plan > > > On these... > > > > 2. ADA summer camp > > Based on something that Zita wrote.... > > > 3. Getting it out to rural areas aka. freaking the locals out. > > Great idea. Love it. > > > I don't have the gears -- but I have a 3-bdrm farmhouse with a nice > outlook and two outside buildings, lots of lawn & 43 acres of paddocks > around it if that might be useful. If someone wanted to help organise > a bit of a summer camp there you'd be more than welcome. It's an hour > south of Auckland in the country area of Miranda (the beach is > mudflats & mangroves and international-traveller birds, but there is > also the 'largest natural hotsprings in the southern hemisphere' (last > i checked) nearby) and good fish and chips. :). > > //t. > > > Trudy Lane Intercreate Research Centre > .- --- - . .- .-. --- .- .-. .- .-. .- -. --. .- - .- -. --. .- - .- > http://www.intercreate.org/ e: [email protected] m: +64 21 > 528 321 > > > > > > > > > > This communication - including any attachments - may contain legally > privileged > information, and is confidential to the addressee. > > If you are not the intended recipient you should delete the > communication and contact the sender immediately. > > If you have received this e-mail in error, you must not read, copy, > disseminate, > distribute or otherwise use or disclose any part of this communication, > or any > information on matters or persons to which it refers. > > WITT reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications sent > through its network. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:01:54 +1300 > From: trudy lane <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ada_list] Another submission we could make: CNZ > strategic plan > To: Aotearoa Digital Arts <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > Yes, agreed in that it would again be encouraging to existing networks > and efforts, and would fit in nicely with CNZ aims Phil was > mentioning. It would also be nice to find ways to strategically > develop the cohesion that we have. > > Equipment does have all those known issues of coordination, storage & > security, maintenance, updating, transport, and other logistics as has > been discussed on the list around the lab idea earlier. To apply for > funding one coordinator from one of these groups does seem an > appropriately distributed approach. It would at minimum allow for > these and other events/organisations to hold things off-grid in terms > of institutional locales. > > The part I am not clear on is that with the huge variation of skill > and knowledge sets that are often with particular people, and have a > specific set of gear requirements to match, I am wondering whether > there would be a set of stuff that be useful across these events/ > networks/groups. What would that wish list look like? > > OK I better do the day job... ! > Douglas? Your turn? ;) > > //t. > > > > On Oct 7, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Ian Clothier wrote: > > > Great discussion, > > > > How about a network of events - every year there are ADA Agm's > > there's SPARK, SCAPE, SCANZ every two years, etc - it would be > > possible to create social networks and move workstations and gear > > around to each event (equipment needs budget). There would need to > > be a local co-ordinator who facilitated events, that takes budget, > > as does some form of national co-ordinator. In regions, the schools > > often have established communication infrastructure, these could be > > co-ordination points. It would be good to see something spread wide > > and throughout the country, predicated on a vision of reaching the > > widest possible community via electronic media and engaging with it. > > There would need to be interaction with groups outside of the art > > context - like the Linux groups that are every where. > > > > Ian M Clothier > > intercreate.org > > ianclothier.com > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] on behalf of trudy lane > > Sent: Wed 10/7/2009 10:46 AM > > To: Robert Appierdo > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Ada_list] Another submission we could make: CNZ > > strategic plan > > > > > > On these... > > > > > > > 2. ADA summer camp > > > Based on something that Zita wrote.... > > > > > 3. Getting it out to rural areas aka. freaking the locals out. > > > Great idea. Love it. > > > > > > I don't have the gears -- but I have a 3-bdrm farmhouse with a nice > > outlook and two outside buildings, lots of lawn & 43 acres of paddocks > > around it if that might be useful. If someone wanted to help organise > > a bit of a summer camp there you'd be more than welcome. It's an hour > > south of Auckland in the country area of Miranda (the beach is > > mudflats & mangroves and international-traveller birds, but there is > > also the 'largest natural hotsprings in the southern hemisphere' (last > > i checked) nearby) and good fish and chips. :). > > > > //t. > > > > > > Trudy Lane Intercreate Research Centre > > .- --- - . .- .-. --- .- .-. .- .-. .- -. --. .- - .- -. --. .- - .- > > http://www.intercreate.org/ e: [email protected] m: +64 21 > > 528 321 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This communication - including any attachments - may contain legally > > privileged > > information, and is confidential to the addressee. > > > > If you are not the intended recipient you should delete the > > communication and contact the sender immediately. > > > > If you have received this e-mail in error, you must not read, copy, > > disseminate, > > distribute or otherwise use or disclose any part of this > > communication, or any > > information on matters or persons to which it refers. > > > > WITT reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications sent > > through its network. > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/ada_list > > > End of Ada_list Digest, Vol 80, Issue 31 > **************************************** > > ********************************************************************** > This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. > > The views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch > City Council. > > If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the > sender and delete. > > Christchurch City Council > http://www.ccc.govt.nz > ********************************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ -- Julian Oliver home: New Zealand based: Berlin, Germany currently: Berlin, Germany about: http://julianoliver.com _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
