It took me about six months to get a response to my first letter. The second letter (as an email, since I wasn't in Aus) got a slightly faster response (just under two months).
http://freelancing-gods.com/posts/internet_censorship_in_australia http://freelancing-gods.com/posts/correspondance_on_censorship Sometimes I consider going to harrass Conroy in person (since he's a Victorian senator), but I wonder if that's just a waste of time anyway, given his attitude as reported by the media. And whether he'd bother responding to an appointment is another matter. Still, it might result in a somewhat more human response than the bullshit spin he's responding with to the media. I'm not sure what we can do as a community - seems several of us are writing to him, and that's not (visibly) getting us anywhere. ISP employees' opinions don't seem to carry much weight either. If it gets rolled out (although the trial results give me hope it's just not feasible enough even for Conroy to go through with it), then I guess we do what we can to publicise how easy it is to circumvent? I'm seeing a lot of pissed off tweets lately about the issue... but getting a Government to drop a policy they've been so solidly behind is far from easy. Still, suggestions for action welcome :) -- Pat On 26/10/2008, at 6:07 PM, Gary Barber wrote: > > At least you got a response, I have yet to get that for any of the > three > emails I have sent over the previous months and several phone calls. > > -- > Gary Barber > Freelance User Interaction Designer/ Information Architect > > Web: radharc.com.au > blog: manwithnoblog.com > > > > Elias Bizannes wrote: >> This issue really, really, really pisses me off. >> http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/how-government-tried-to-gag-censor-critics/2008/10/23/1224351430987.html >> >> I've already written to the minister, and got a lame response: >> http://liako.biz/2008/07/internet-censorship-in-australia/ >> >> What's the most effective thing we can do as a community? Surely >> something is better than ignoring it... >> >> >> >>> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
