[H-GEN] QUT experiences the real world

[James Mcpherson]

On Sat, 2 May 1998, Guess who wrote:
> Im sorry for what you find below but I could not help it.
> I get my email tonight and this IS a HUMBUG list and all I see is people
> complaining about the university.
> Not all humbug people are from the university and like Myself dont really
> want to know about your problems with the university.
> I feel this is not where you should be sending your winges to.

As it happens, Wayne, most of the membership of HUMBUG is found from the
student populations of UQ and QUT. There are also others, like Rob Kearey,
Mark Suter and myself who are UQ staff members. Thus you have got to 
expect that there will be a certain amount of discussion of UQ and QUT on
the mailing lists. I don't recall anybody else having a problem with the
content of the lists. Also, UQ very generously provides us with our net
access and meeting room - it is reasonable to expect that there would be 
some discussion of this also. 

A reason as to why people are sending their "winges" to the list is that
there is really no other appropriate forum for people to air their 
greivances in, where they can be assured that the other members of that
forum actually 
	1) understand what the hell's happening
	2) give a damn.

> 
> Yes I know I haven't been for a long time but I WILL be there tomorrow
> so you can roast me then if you have the need BUT non uni people do not
> want to here about this stuff We have enough real world problems to worry
> about...

I like to think that the non-university-based members of humbug _do_ like
to keep in touch with what is happening at UQ, for the reasons above if
nothing else. Apart from those reasons, thread drift is generally enough
to guarantee that discussions take very little time before moving on to
something else. I also fail to see how you can be speaking for the non-uni
based people, since you are the _only_ person to have ever expressed any
annoyance that I can remember (and I've been reading the list ever since
it started).

> 
> Oh and by the way could someone please call me on 38054311 or 0417631380 to
> let me know where the new room is as not being from the uni I have no idea
> where to go <<< yes this part is directed at you robert...........

how about emailing president at humbug.org.au or robert at zen.humbug.org.au and
asking directly instead of tacking it on to the end of a rant and making it
look like a personal attack?

James C. McPherson
libBofh

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