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I have submitted my nomination for the AUUG committee.  As promised,
below is my policy statement.  All AUUG members should also get a copy
of this statement (with all the others) with the voting materials.

Peter

                  Policy Statement for Peter Wishart

Professional Background

I am currently a Technical Manager with EASAMS Australia, a UK based
systems integration house.  I have also worked at NEC Information Sys-
tems Australia (for 4 years) and the Australian National University (8
years).  I have been involved with the development of international
standards (OSI, graphics and POSIX) through Standards Australia com-
mittees for the past 4 years.

Involvement with AUUG

I have been involved with AUUG since around 1984(?).  I was organiser
of the last national winter conference in Canberra in 1986(?).  I have
been active in the local Canberra group (soon to be a formal chapter
of AUUG) since its inception several years ago.

Policy Statement

I believe that AUUG has to deliver more services to members.  Activi-
ties over the past few years seem to have focused on getting more
members through increasing the organisations profile.  I support the
thrust of these activities but we now need to ensure that these new
members (and existing members) are happy to stay with AUUG.  To do
this, I believe that more of the AUUG budget and resources should be
committed to local member services.  Services like:

     regular local technical meetings

     occasional visiting national and international speakers

     access to e-mail and new facilities etc.

These services should be delivered to members in their local area
where practicable.  Not all of these will be appropriate to all local
areas.  Local judgements need to be made about the best way to deliver
more services to members.  Local chapters seem a good way of deliver-
ing these services.  However, to date, there are not many active local
chapters.  AUUG nationally should encourage and foster the local
chapters as a mechanism for delivering services to members.  This can
be done with financial and administrative support.

There is also potential for AUUG to influence the development of stan-
dards be getting representation in standards organisations.  This will
require commitments from AUUG members to participate in these activi-
ties and report back to AUUG members through our publications.  AUUG
could provide administrative assistance and perhaps some funding.

These are my views on where AUUG should go and I hope to be able to
work in the AUUG committee to make them happen.