An Order of Australia (OAM) was was awarded to Brenda Aynsley, President of the Australian Computer Society today. This is a recognition well deserved.
No doubt many who know Brenda have stories to tell about her community work. One of mine is that 21 April 2009 I was standing at a tram stop in Adelaide on my way to the beach, after attending an ACS training session for on-line tutors (which I was one of). Brenda called to invite me to see the ACS PC Recycling SIG, which she said was near a tram stop (it was as if it was as if she knew where I was and that I was skiving off). Brenda headed the group of volunteers refurbishing old computers donated by business for those in need. This is no slipshod operation with a tidy well run workshop, with a careful procedure to erase any data on old computers, test the hardware and then installing new licensed software: https://www.acs.org.au/networking-and-events/sigs/pc-recycling-group --- The Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION Ms Brenda AYNSLEY ... For service to the information and communications technology sector. * Current Chair, IP3, International Federation for Information Processing. * National Vice-President, Australian Computer Society, 2002-2003 and 2010-2011; Honorary Life Member, since 2008. * Chair, National Community Engagement Board, 2009-2010. * Chair, Ageism Task Force, 2010. * Lead Tutor and Academic Program Coordinator, Professional Year Program. * Founding Member, Electronic Frontiers Australia, 1994. * Honorary Secretary, South Australian Branch, Australian Computer Society; Chairman, 1999-2001 and 2004-2006; Member, since 1989; Founder and Manager, PC Recycling Group, since 2000. * Chair, SA Committee, The Pearcey Foundation, 2006-2012. * Opened South Australia's first Internet Café, 1995. * Founding Member, South Australian Internet Association, 1995. * Fellow, South Australian Branch, Australian Computer Society, since 2003. From: Australia Day 2014 Honours Lists, Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division (A-E), Sunday 26 Jan 2014: http://www.gg.gov.au/australia-day-2014-honours-lists --- ps: They left out "President of the Australian Computer Society, 2014". But that must have been after the nomination was submitted. -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
