If you're pissed off with the $4 mil site please get back to this guy by Monday lunch.
Cheers Mark ______________ Mark Stanton Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 9956 6388 Mob: 0410 458 201 Fax: 9956 8433 www.gruden.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Australian Webdesigners.Net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 4 April 2003 6:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Support the Australian Web Design Community > Importance: High > > > Dear Community Members, > > IMPORTANT: Please take the time to read this and show your > support for the Australian web design community. > > In an article in the Australian Newspaper today (you can find the > article online at > http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6235082%5E15306,00 > .html) it was revealed that the federal Department of > Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has spent > over $4.2 million building their website (http://www.dcita.gov.au). > > The design and construction was handled by Fujitsu, a > multinational corporation, and it appears Australian web design > firms were completely overlooked for the job. Since the article > came out this morning we've had numerous expressions of outrage > from community members who can't believe the amount of taxpayer's > money the government has wasted, and have said they could build > the same website for an awful lot less than $4.2 million. > > The Australian Newspaper will be running a story in next > Tuesday's IT section about the reaction of our community's > members and they would like everyone to have a look at the > department's website (http://www.dcita.gov.au) and give an > estimate of what they would charge to build the same thing. > > They would also like to get as many comments as possible from > community members on the issue, so if you have an opinion on the > website in question and the amount of money that was spent on it, > please forward your comments to me as soon as possible. > > The newspaper's deadline is Monday (7.4.03) lunchtime, so if as > many members as possible could get back to me with quotes and > comments by then that would be great. > > So you know exactly what was spent, here is a breakdown of costs > the government has paid to build http://www.dcita.gov.au: > > Tendering process started in 1999. > > Tender development/assessment, advertising: $71,771.18 > Web site development: $1,212,809.58 > Hardware: $661,426.00 > Software: $927,705.90 > Hosting and Support services: $956,046.51 > Enhancements: 181,677.64 > Stamp Duty: 7,369.00 > > TOTAL: $4,018,805.81 > > A further $200,000 will be spent to 'complete' the project this > year, so if you think you can do it for less, there's no harm in > letting us know! > > Regards, > > Paul Cotton > Business Manager > Australian Webdesigners.Net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
