VICNET ZINE - SEPTEMBER 1999
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In this edition:
1 - THE ELECTION
2 - NOW YOU SEE IT... SOON YOU WON"T!
3 - ROYAL MELBOURNE SHOW
4 - COMMUNITY SAFETY WEEK
5 - 1999 VCE ENGLISH TEXT LECTURES
6 - EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
7 - SKILLS.NET VISIT TO THE USA
8 - OVER 20,000 PEOPLE TRAINED
9 - A SKILLS.NET PROJECT STORY
10 - VICNET TOP 10 SITES
11 - NEW COMMUNITY SITES ON VICNET
12 - ENDING OFFENDING
1 - THE ELECTION
The Victorian State Election is being held 18 September.
Have your say on the issues. Add your comments online:
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~forum/webboard/
Links to all the latest election info are here:
http://www.vicnet.net.au/news/election99.htm
They include:
ABC Election News Coverage
http://www.abc.net.au/vic99/
The Age Election News Coverage
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/election2000/
Victorian Electoral Commission
http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/
Jeff Kennett
http://www.jeff.com.au/
2 - NOW YOU SEE IT... SOON YOU WON"T!
Online Content Regulation starts 1 January in Australia
The Internet Industry in Australia is pparing a Code of Practise that will soon become enforceable by law. Read the draft and have your say!
INTERNET INDUSTRY CODE OF PRACTICE
A code for industry self regulation
in areas of internet content, privacy,
e-commerce, and related areas
This version of the code is intended for public, industry
and regulatory consultation and comment prior to
its registration with relevant authorities.
Written comments are to be provided to the iia no later than
30 september 1999 and may be done so by emailing: code@iia.net.au
Read the code here:
http://www.iia.net.au/Code5.html
Further information:
http://www.aba.gov.au/
http://www.iia.net.au/
http://www.vicnet.net.au/issues/censorship.htm
3 - ROYAL MELBOURNE SHOW 16 - 26 September
Details here:
http://www.royalshow.com.au/
The Top Spot to start showtime surfing:
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~showtime/
...and did you know:
About 800 eggs a day are laid by the poultry exhibits.
About 60 tonnes of animal manure is removed from the Showgrounds (by mushroom farmers) everyday!
Every year at the Show, visitors consume about 110,000 hotdogs, 160,000 cups of chips and 200,000 soft drinks.
4 - COMMUNITY SAFETY WEEK - September 5-11
Community Safety Week is an award winning initiative of the Victorian Safe Communities Network (VSCN). Injury (intentional and unintentional) in our homes, at work and school, during sport and leisure activities, on the road and in public places is a sign
ificant cause of death, illness and disability in our community. Most of these deaths and injuries are pventable. All members of the community can take simple action to reduce the injury risks that we encounter in our daily lives.
Community Safety Week in Victoria features a number of local and state events, competitions, and public displays/events by a variety of agencies that have some connection with injury pvention and community safety promotion.
For further information:
http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/events/safety/
5 - 1999 VCE ENGLISH TEXT LECTURES
Examiners, assessors and practicing teachers will consider themes and psent ideas on
each text to assist students wth CAT 3.
BAIRNSDALE Friday 10 September 1999
CHURCHILL Sunday 12 September 1999
WARRNAMBOOL Friday 8 October 1999
psented by State Library of Victoria
Details: http://www.slv.vic.gov.au./slv/educate/vce1999/
6 - EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/events/
See Community Events in September
http://cf.vicnet.net.au/events/list.cfm?Emonth=September
Add your event online:
http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/events/addevent.htm
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Victoria MultiCultural Week 5-11 Sep
http://www.cse.rmit.EDU.AU/~vmw1999/
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Australian UNIX and Open Systems User Group
Open Source - AUUG'99
http://www.auug.org.au/winter/auug99/
September 8-10
psentations by local and international speakers, with a lively exchange of ideas based on the most critical IT issues facing us today
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GOOLENGOOK - East Gippsland's Living Museum
Slide Show & Information Night
Come on a spectacular journey through Goolengook's wild forests. See the landscapes, plants & animals that make this forest a remarkable biological treasure.
Tuesday 14th Sept. at 7.30pm
Victorian Field Nats Hall
1 Gardenia St. Blackburn
Entry by Donation
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~goolengk/
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Parliament House Open Day
Sunday, 26 September
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/open.html
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Community Information Victoria
and the
Australian Community Networking Alliance
invite you to
Engaging Regionalism: Australia's pmier community networking conference
29 September - 1 October, 1999, Ballarat
http://communityconference.vicnet.net.au/
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Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Open Day
Saturday 23 October
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~aigs/openday.htm
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MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS
http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/events/
7 - SKILLS.NET VISIT TO THE USA
http://www.skills.net.au/association/usa_trip_rpt.htm
By: Adrian Bates, Skills.net Coordinator and Sandie Downey, Skills.net Roadshow Coordinator.
The Skills.net program began two years ago as a $5 million dollar program to seed fund community based organisations to setup ongoing community Internet access and training venues, aimed especially at members of the Victorian community who had never pvi
ously used or been exposed to the Internet. The funding for Skills.net came from Multimedia Victoria. The day to day management of the project is handled by VICNET: Victoria’s Network.
The Skills.net trip to the USA (in July 1999) was a very worthwhile trip especially in terms of taking the Skills.net program to many communities across the USA and in confirming that the Victorian government, the State Library and VICNET really are leadi
ng the world in community use of the Internet with innovative projects like Skills.net.
Read the report in full here:
http://www.skills.net.au/association/usa_trip_rpt.htm
A complete pictorial record of the USA trip can be found on the Skills.net Roadshow website at http://www.skills.net.au/roadshow - just click on the month of July.
8 - OVER 20,000 PEOPLE TRAINED!
http://www.nevernever.net.au/skillsnet/roadshow/
One of the most exciting initatives of the Skills.net program has been the creation of the Skills.net Roadshow. The roadshow has been travelling from one end of Victoria to the other working with local community organisations to promote and raise awarenes
s of the Internet in local communities - showing people the benefits the Internet can bring to their life.
Over 20,000 people, mainly Victorians, have now received the benefit of Skills.net training :-)
9 - A SKILLS.NET PROJECT STORY
Another Day in the life of Newlands
by Clare and friends
Organisation: Newlands: Community, Education and Multimedia Centre
Today we're a week and a half after the official launch of the Newlands
Project, and I am asking what have I done wrong?
My name is Clare, I am 67 on Tuesday 31st, I am sitting next to Eddie who
is 87. In the same room is Max who is 66 and Florence who is 73. What a
collection we look. But at least we can say there is never a dull moment,
why should we sit in the noon day sun.
Today is a collective first or second session. All of us have had no
prior experience with computers. In my case I have been lent a computer,
to see if I want to buy one. At the moment this long term loan is sitting
in my unit in five pieces. Newlands is great for me to find out what to do
when I get it put together.
Florence was told about Newlands by a friend of hers. Max saw the sign
outside the house where Newlands is. Eddie saw an article in the local
paper. We enjoy helping each other, and I hope soon to be able to e-mail
my daughter in Canada. At the moment I want to find out why I keep loosing
the text on the screen...
from: http://www.nevernever.net.au/skillsnet/story.cfm?id=209
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10 - VICNET's TOP 10 SITES
See some of the most visited sites hosted by VICNET
http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/top10.htm
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11 - NEW COMMUNITY SITES ON VICNET
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GreyNet
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~greynet/
The GreyNet project aims to provide the 50 years and over residents of the City of Port Phillip, and wider area, with the opportunity to gain skills and confidence to access and surf the World Wide Web, in order to access and participate in the global net
work of information, including Victoria’s proposed ‘Electronic Service Delivery’ (a plan to make many government services accessible on-line). The GreyNet project is a member partner of the International Year of Older Persons and run by the Elwood/St Kil
da Neighbourhood Learning Centre.
Australian Nursing Federation
http://www.anf.org.au/
Just released, an updated version of their website.
The CyberNurses have had assistance from VICNET Web Developers
many times since their site first launched, back in 1996.
Australian Skeptics
http://www.skeptics.com.au/
This week, we welcome aboard the Skeptics.
The Skeptics home page gets a healthy number of
hits but they seriously doubt the method used to gather the stats!
Newlands Project
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~newlands/
Helping the Community catch up with Computers and related Technologies
North and West Melbourne Neighbourhood Centre Inc.
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~nawmnc/
Adult, Community and Further Education (ACFE) Skills.net Project
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~acfenmr/acfesn1.htm
City of Whitehorse Bicycle Advisory Committee
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~cowbac/
Enfield Forest Alliance
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~enfield/
Moorabbin & Districts Obedience Dog Training Club
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~mdodtc/
Boroondara Bicycle Users' Group
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~bdarabug/
Victorian Standards for Disability Services
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~stan/
Melbourne Playback Theatre Company
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~playback/
Spanish and Latin American Welfare Centre Inc.
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~celas
Collective Of Self Help Groups
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~coshg/
Box Hill Choral Society
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~bhcs/
Friends of the Organ Pipes National Park
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~foopnp/
Adult, Community and Further Education
Southern Western Port Region
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~swpacfe/
Keilor Historical Society
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~khis/
Merlynston District Cricket Club
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~merlyncc/
Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League Inc
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~mbcl/
Catalonian Broadcasting Society Inc
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~catalan/
Glaucoma Support Group
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~glaucoma/
Eastern Cricket Association Inc
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~ecainc/
Wimmera Growers of Australia n Plants Inc.
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~wgapinc/
Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc.
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~casvic/
Cohousing Melbourne
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse/
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Interested in Netball? Then look here:
http://www.vicnet.net.au/sport/netball/
12 - ENDING OFFENDING
http://www.ourmessage.org/
This site allows you, the public, an opportunity to see what goes on inside Northern Territory Correctional facilities. It also provides prisoners with an opportunity to address their offending behaviour in a positive and constructive way and to give some
thing back to their community.
Alcohol-related offences account for approximately 75% of all imprisonments in the Northern Territory. Combined with a relatively high recidivism rate and a prisoner population consisting in the majority of Aboriginal people from remote and rural communit
ies, the need to develop culturally appropriate and relevant alcohol interventions in the custodial setting is self-evident.
The Ending Offending 'Our Message' project repsents an innovative and collaborative approach to such interventions.
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