[plug] Closure of OSWA

[Ian Kent]

On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 22:39 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Oct 2006, Chris Wake wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:56:28 +0800
> > From: Chris Wake <sagenet at sagenet.net.au>
> > Reply-To: plug at plug.org.au, sagenet at sagenet.net.au
> > To: plug at plug.org.au
> > Subject: [plug] Closure of OSWA
> > 
> > Hi All,
> >  It's now pretty clear that the public has been misled and OpenSourceWA is in
> > fact closing on 31st October rather than the relocation claimed by the
> > Department of Imbeciles and Revocations - the server room is now a pathetic 3
> > machine reflection of its former glory and Departmental flunkies have been
> > busily auditing the premises (because they are truly incompetent and "can't
> > find" the asset register) If anyone has any information with regards to the
> > alleged 'relocation' I'd be happy to be informed!

snip ..

> So, why doesn't someone (like the President of PLUG, and, any others who 
> feel strongly about this) send an email message to the state opposition 
> spokesperson for the DOIR, requesting that a question be asked in state 
> parliament, as to whether the office and facilities are in fact being 
> closed down, despite assurances given to the public, that the office 
> and facilities would continue to be provided by the state government, 
> and, if the office and facilities are in fact being closed down or 
> reduced, why the state government has deliberately misled the public 
> about its intentions?

Why don't we, as a group, draft this communication and have the
president send it to the relevant person.

There are a number of people on the list that have been actively
involved in communicating with the people responsible for this and they
will need to help in constructing the communication.

Ian