Tue 17 Mar 2009				Recipient:6123nsa1
REF:EACACHN1				Y/R: 2020 Vision Strategy Mtg 2009/03/06

TO:	Penny HOLLOWAY		cc	North Sydney Councillors
	General Manager			Shorelink Parents
	NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL

Dear General Manager

This email has 3 issues:

A	Question re Shorelink SaaS recommendation
B	Sep 2000 9 NSW Council syndicate requires Volunteer Mgt
C	Feed-back Submission 2020 Vision

A	QUESTION RE SHORELINK SAAS RECOMMENDATION

After we distributed the email about the formation of SaaS evaluation
committee both the "Kids Safe-at-Sport" website and the "Small & 
Medium-size Enterprise EMS" website were unlawfully shut down by 
the US Internet Service Provider without any notice

We are now currently engaged in what appears to be a long and
expensive legal battle.
 
So, given the US Propensity to make every web-page into a 
Marketing opportunity, how will the Shorelink Councils prevent
the SaaS provider from selling page sponsorship for every 
Shorelink Library page ?

B	2000 NSW 9 COUNCIL SYNDICATE REQUIRE VOLUNTEER MGT

In Sep 2000 an Expression of Interest [EOI] from a NSW Syndicate
of 9 Councils (Blacktown, Lake Macquarie, Hornsby, Parramatta,
Wyong, Randwick, Ku-ring-gai, Rockdale and Hurstville) stipulated
a wide rage of requirements including:

a	Standard Name & Address format for

1	Supplier(s)	
2	Employees		
3	Ratepayers
4	Property owners		
5	Developers		
6	Councillors 

b	A Volunteer Management System

c	E-business, Office Automation & Communications

Why is it 9 years later, North Sydney Council has not included
similar requirements in its 2020 Vision Strategy ?

C	FEED-BACK SUBMISSION 2020 VISION MTG 03 APR 2009 

Following the North Sydney Council 2020 Vision meeting Fri 06 Mar 2009, 
please find attached the feed-back submission from the Sustainability Action 
Network [SAN].

This submission has been prepared quickly to enable it to be copied to the 
other attendees at least 2 weeks before the next meeting scheduled for 
Fri 03 Apr 2009.

We have reviewed the documents provide by Council and the proposal that 
the Stanton Library becomes the "Information Hub of a Virtual Town Hall".

We concur with this Vision but only if the Information Technology and skills
are retained locally and not outsourced to an overseas company as stated 
in the last minutes of the Shorelink Library Network.

NEXT STEPS

We look forward to discussing this submission further at the second 
meeting on Fri 03 Apr 2009

In the meantime other Rate-payers why want to ask their Councils
about the proposed Shorelink SaaS provider and their Council
"CIT Systems for the Future"

Yours sincerely


Peter AXTENS  LLB
Official Agent					
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK  [SAN]

M:	0416-009-468

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