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Call for Papers: Workshop on E-Learning Security (ELS-2011) ([email protected]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:37:52 +0200 From: adam hyde <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ada_list] OUSA radio station Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed whats the strategy they have for saving it? adam On 07/06/2011 02:12 PM, helen varley jamieson wrote: > i too have fond memories of radio one, back in its earliest days when it > was in those tiny little rooms behind the terrace lounge in the old part > of the building, across the hall from the women's room ... & then when > we were all in the new part & i was on the student exec i was in daily > contact with radio one for 3 years or more. i first came to appreciate > the power of email in about 1991 when news was coming in to radio 1 from > east timor, via email. > > i confess to being a bit slack about keeping up with things & didn't > realise that VSM was really on the cards? from the info i'm finding now, > it looks like it's not that likely - is it? anyway, regardless of > whether it is introduced (& i hope not!) it would be utterly > short-sighted of OUSA to get rid of radio 1. if VSM is introduced, the > radio station is going to be one of the most visible benefits that OUSA > can offer its members, as well as an important communications tool. > > honor, i'd be interested in contributing to a joint submission to OUSA > (in my capacity as an OUSA life member & former president as well as a > former radio 1 announcer/listener/etc). > > h : ) > > On 6/07/11 11:54 AM, Sonja van K wrote: >> Honor thanks for the info! >> In the mid 80s I did 2 radio shows featuring female musicians and 5 or >> 6 short interviews I made with women in Dunedin. >> It was a great experience and I was stoked by the feedback I got. I >> never realized so many listened to the station. >> >> I didn't get further involved only because I was busy with other stuff >> and I only did those shows because someone there specifically asked me. >> Those working there were incredibly open and welcoming and I think at >> the time they had plenty of volunteers probably because of this energy. >> >>> From: Honor Harger<[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [Ada_list] Radio One in Dunedin is in big trouble - can you >>> help? >>> Otago University's Student Association (OUSA) are threatening to sell >>> Radio One's broadcasting licence and assets and close the station >>> down, in an effort to save money. >>> >>> You can read the full story here: http://www.r1.co.nz/faq.php >>> And here: http://www.r1.co.nz/pressreleases.php >>> >>> You might be wondering why this is relevant to ADA, and why we should >>> care about a student radio station in Dunedin. Because it's one of >>> the things that makes Dunedin special. It's the glue that holds >>> Dunedin's cultural community together. Before mailing lists, before >>> Facebook, radio was the original social media, and there are few >>> better examples of this than Radio One. It's importance as a >>> supporter of New Zealand music is obvious, but what is perhaps less >>> visible is the invaluable role radio stations like Radio One play in >>> supporting artists of all kinds. Radio One has been at times a kind >>> of 'art gallery of the air'. >>> It's also the place that a lot of us started our careers. This is >>> where we cut our teeth and learned how to work in cultural >>> organisations. I learned to use a computer at Radio One. It was >>> where I used the internet for the first time. It was there that the >>> whole notion of digital art, and networked practice first began for >>> me. For reasons that are different for different people, Radio One >>> is a big part of the reason why Dunedin's cultural life continues to >>> be as rich and varied as it is. >>> >>> But all that might soon change. >>> >>> Panicked by the possible passing of the National/ACT government's >>> Voluntary Student Membership Bill (VSM), OUSA are taking preemptive >>> action and have earmarked Radio One for closure. >>> >>> The local newspaper, hardly known for it's left-wing artsy leanings, >>> actually summed up quite nicely in an op-ed piece >>> <http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/167870/fixated-price-blind-value>. >>> OUSA are fixated with money and blind to Radio One's value. So we >>> need to illustrate what this value is. >>> >>> Here's what you can do: >>> >>> - Join the Facebook Page >>> https://www.facebook.com/saveradioone91fm >>> This might sound a bit useless, but it sn't. This is the main avenue >>> that the Radio one team are using to communicate with their >>> supporters. Please join >>> >>> - Sign the Peteition >>> http://www.petitiononline.co.nz/petition/save-radio-one-91fm-dunedin/1282 >>> >>> This is really important. the interface is annoying and ridden with >>> ads, but please persevere. If we can get enough signatures, this >>> will carry weight tith OUSA> >>> >>> - Make a Submission >>> OUSA are still accepting submissions from members of the public who >>> want to express their views on their plans to sell Radio One. So >>> there is still time to formally protest against this decision. >>> I'm waiting for instructions from Sean Norling and Gilbert May at >>> Radio One about how exactly these should be put together. If you are >>> interested, I'll post these instructions as soon as i have them. If >>> anyone is interested in making a joint submission, let me know off >>> the list. >>> >>> >>> There are many, many New Zealanders on the ADA list who work in >>> Universities who are in way a better place than me - based in >>> Brighton in England - to talk about why this matters. They are also >>> better placed to talk about why VSM will be disastrous for campuses >>> across the country. I'd be really keen to hear from people on the >>> ground about how this is going to effect things where you are. For >>> 15 years, VSM has been the spectre that those of us who care about >>> the cultural life of our towns and cities, which often revolve around >>> the Universities, their students and their infrastructure, have >>> feared. And it seems it's nearly here. >>> >>> The Radio One story will be frighteningly familiar to any >>> Hamiltonians on the list. Adam might want to tell the painful story >>> about what happened in Hamilton in the late 1990s when VSM was >>> introduced at the University of Waikato, which lead immediately to >>> the sell-off of his beloved Contact FM. >>> >>> Sadly, there's probably more of these stories waiting to be written >>> if the Bill goes through. >>> >>> But in the meantime, please show your support for Radio One. Believe >>> me, the world would be a poorer, less wonderful place without it. >>> >>> x >>> >>> Honor >>> >>> >>> -- >>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>> >>> honor harger >>> >>> present location: brighton, .uk >>> >>> email: [email protected] >>> sms: +44 7765834272 >>> >>> -> w e b >>> bio: http://about.me/honor >>> >>> -> b l o g >>> particle decelerator: http://decelerator.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> -> b l a g >>> twitter: http://twitter.com/honorharger >>> >>> -> l i s t e n >>> radio astronomy: http://www.radio-astronomy.net >>> >>> -> w o r k >>> director of lighthouse: http://www.lighthouse.org.uk >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ada_list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list > [email protected] > http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:34:10 +0100 (BST) From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Ada_list] Call for Papers: Workshop on E-Learning Security (ELS-2011) Message-ID: <656091332.135930.1310150050763.javamail.open-xcha...@oxltgw02.schlund.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Apologies for cross-postings! 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