jeff waugh wrote "What sort of strategies do you suggest for educating the DoE, both at the bureaucratic and teaching levels, Jon? We need to get cracking on our side to encourage this (worthy) goal."
first, we need to educate board members and senior exec on technology issues. as the only technology literate member of the board of nsw tafe for the 2 years i served on that board i spent a considerable amount of time & energy bringing other board membs & senior exec up to speed on technology issues. it was too easy for the techos on the staff to "blind the decision makers with science". i had the same experience when i was the only techo on the 'computers in schools' cttee in the 80s. this situation is not limited to the nsw doe. many of our biggest companies have similar probs at top management/board level. i could tell stories on how tech decisions are made by non techs that would make your hair curl!!! its a shame that top management & boards have such a distrust of techos that they exclude them from v senior positions. as a woman, i've possibly found it easier in my career to get to the people at the top with a little 'gentle education' over a cup of coffee or a quiet lunch. most think the average tech head is a smart arse who just wants to spend money on trinkets & toys!! annm ************************************ Ann Moffatt EXoCaT Pty Ltd 49 Raintree Avenue BURRUM HEADS QLD 4659 tel +61 (0) 7 4129 5796 fax +61 (0) 7 4129 5916 *********************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Waugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Mail List - LINK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mail List - SLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 3:37 PM Subject: [LINK] Re: [SLUG] NSW DET to be urged to use OSS > <quote who="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > > > This is a good start, but it remains to be seen whether or not Education > > actually listen.... Generally speaking, they have their heads up their > > collective bums when it comes tho this sort of thing (appologies to any > > Teachers on the list). > > What sort of strategies do you suggest for educating the DoE, both at the > bureaucratic and teaching levels, Jon? We need to get cracking on our side > to encourage this (worthy) goal. > > - Jeff > > -- > ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI. > ---------- > For Link list information see http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/link/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
