Profile: funnelbc
Name
Nathanael Jeanneret
Website
http://www.onetonnegraphic.com
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RE: AGDA - give it a try on 26th May 2011 @ 4.41 PM in Discussion
Dan: Fair call. I think the bring on the hate mail bit at the end really meant he was keen to stir up at least a bit of discussion ;)
RE: AGDA - give it a try on 26th May 2011 @ 4.16 PM in Discussion
:: "One thing I'd like to see gone is all this AGDA QLD, AGDA NSW, AGDA VIC BS. It's either Australia or it's not. I see the need to organise things at a local level but there should still be a united front, right at the top, across the whole of Australia."
We have AGDA National to coordinate the state councils and our high level stuff. The day to day stuff happens by state councils. Where possible we're as united as possible, but we're geographically separated and it makes it impossible to have one central body responsible for everything for simple practical reasons.
::"I find it silly watching different representatives from different states putting forward their views with disclaimers that they aren't official. If they can't talk on behalf of AGDA then find someone who can, and if noone can, then you have yourselves a problem."
Mate, if I claimed to represent all of AGDA then I'd be bonkers. We have thousands of members and heaps of people on state council (12+ per state). I can't claim to represent all views in the organisation. If I did I'd be sending substantially more emails than I currently do ;). I'm an AGDA representative, and I stand by what I've said, but it's unfeasible for me to claim that I represent everyone's view. That's why the disclaimer, not because I'm trying to sidestep responsibility here.
justin: I didn't think Andrew's original article was a hit job or anything. I thought that that it's a fair call if you're only into awards then maybe AGDA membership isn't worthwhile, but its my feeling that we do a lot more than that. It's fair to say that we need to do more too (we always need to do more).
I think Andrew was looking to stir up discussion and that's exactly what has happened. So from my point of view it's a win. Speaking personally, I've put a lot of time into AGDA and I believe in the value of what we do. My big insight from this has been how little of what we do beyond the day to day visible stuff (events & awards) is actually known in the wider design community. I'm making it my business to try and fix that.
Davidwho: Me too!
::"Storm in a teacup anyone?"
Dan: I agree! A lot of the stuff which has been raised has been things that have been ongoing discussions and activities that AGDA has been working though. If you read it without responses from the AGDA folks you'd be convinced that AGDA does nothing.
Hopefully AGDA can redress some of that lack of information going out into the design community, but at lot of things people are very hot under the collar about, we're already doing things about them (from well and truly before the original piece in Desktop).
RE: Talk to me about "stand up" desks on 25th May 2011 @ 1.29 PM in Technical
Seriously considering this myself. Sit of sitting on my arse all day!
RE: AGDA - give it a try on 25th May 2011 @ 1.02 PM in Discussion
::"It makes me wonder if the AGDA representative have really read it or understand what it says?"
Yep. I read it in Desktop (I subscribe) before Simon's post on the website. I had been meaning to write a proper reply when I saw the post on the Desktop site.
Andrew, you note that there has been an absence of commentary by AGDA NSW did you read the post by Sean Aley on the Desktop thread?
As I have said several times before, we're listening and already moving to action the things we can *right now*. Other longer term projects which are already underway, we're working out how to articulate them without announcing things before they're done. Finally the stuff we can't do, we're also working out how to best communicate those and why those decisions have been made. Any move towards more transparency and discussion is good in my books. No dramas there.
::"Answering member questions with questions, and shifting the responsibility back on to members is not the way to get things done- it simply causes more frustration and aggravation for members."
Wherever possible I have responded in full and as honestly as I can. I'm sorry if the responses don't adequately address the questions – If there's something you feel that hasn't been covered, please feel free to let me know and I'll try and answer them in more detail?
Gidget said it better than me:
::"I am not sure what the quibbling is about? No organisation is worth its salt without member participation. AIF would be nothing without people 'getting involved'. "
As I write (repeatedly) if you really have a desperate want to make the changes happen, then you need to roll up your sleeves. AGDA like all communities, is a the sum of it's parts and it only changes when we make it happen. Things will happen irrespective of your involvement, but if you do get involved then you can be the voice within the organisation for those issues.
Bjarni: I'd like us to be able to do a lot more for Rural members. We've been talking about the idea of recording events so that we can share them with our members no matter where they are geographically located (there's a few issues with that: Less incentive to attend the actual event proper, one of the other main benefits of events is network and in that case the members end up missing out). I still want to see it happen, and I'll put it back on the table for discussion.
RE: AGDA - give it a try on 27th May 2011 @ 11.02 AM in Discussion
Packing up for a few days away (picking up a car in Sydney and doing the road trip back), but just wanted to chime in and say thanks to everyone for their thoughts. I'll see if we can match our words with actions, and will report back in with some developments as they are ready to announce! If in the mean time you want to ask any direct questions, feel free to get in touch with anyone in the state council in your respective state http://www.agda.com.au/about/council or just give me a hoy via my website :) Happy friday everyone!