There was just an ewaste day recently in Wellington and from the sounds of it, perfectly good computers were being discarded/shipped off to China. I think something like that would be very useful especially for setting up an opensource community based computer art lab. excellent suggestion.
morgan On 7/10/2009, at 9:56 PM, Julian Oliver wrote: > ..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/ _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
