Software in the City of Casey's Draft Budget
Hi, The City of Casey has released their draft budget. In it, they propose to spend more than $1 million on software. Some examples: $45000 is allocated to upgrade Windows, Office and Exchange, $420000 is allocated to venue booking software and $40000 is allocated to "business process software purchases". Many of these software solutions could be replaced by free software, which would save Council money. They're accepting submissions for their draft budget until 21 June at 5pm. If we make submissions, we might be able to convince Council to switch some of their devices to free software. You can see the full draft budget here[1] the IT costs are on page 39 of the PDF Making a submission doesn't take a long time, and there's no set format. Send it to caseycc@casey.vic.gov.au. You also have the option of speaking in person at a council meeting on the 28th; if you want to do this, you need to mention it in your email. Thanks, Riley Baird ---- [1] http://caseyconversations.com.au/budget/documents/36443/download
Hi, On 14/06/2016 12:43 PM, Riley Baird wrote:
The City of Casey has released their draft budget. In it, they propose to spend more than $1 million on software. Some examples: $45000 is allocated to upgrade Windows, Office and Exchange, $420000 is allocated to venue booking software and $40000 is allocated to "business process software purchases".
Uggh, they are my council too. The biggest trouble with councils is that they are corporations that we are forced to do business with if we own property in their area; like it or not. The rates they levy are exhorbitant and related to the so called "value" of a property -- the Victorian government legislated that the councils can charge so much per $1,000 value of the property (or something like that). Now, if we save them money, that actually probably won't make any difference to the rates they charge us, it will just be more cream for them and their high staff salaries -- especially the excecutive. Oh and don't ever allow the Australian Constitution to be changed to make them local government as that will only make them worse and they'll get away with ripping us off much more. Of course I don't want their monies or anyone elses to go to the likes of Micro$oft ... that alone would be a good reason to make a submission, but I wouldn't hold my breath as councils effectively have very large budgets and they don't seem to care about waste.
Thanks, Riley Baird
---- [1] http://caseyconversations.com.au/budget/documents/36443/download
I do hope that people make submissions just the same, but I hope you don't waste too much time with it unless there is a real prospect of winning business in the right areas. I won't have time to make any kind of useful submission by the deadline myself. Kind Regards AndrewM
Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> writes:
Uggh, they are my council too.
Will you come to tonight's regular meeting at Electron Workshop?
I do hope that people make submissions just the same, but I hope you don't waste too much time with it unless there is a real prospect of winning business in the right areas.
I have a printed copy of the report that I will bring to tonight's meeting. Is there anything you think we should discuss with paper in hand? -- \ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, | `\ Brain, but three round meals a day wouldn't be as hard to | _o__) swallow.” —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney
Hi Ben, On 16/06/2016 10:53 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> writes:
Uggh, they are my council too.
Will you come to tonight's regular meeting at Electron Workshop?
I am hoping to attend tonight; I haven't been for a while now.
I do hope that people make submissions just the same, but I hope you don't waste too much time with it unless there is a real prospect of winning business in the right areas.
I have a printed copy of the report that I will bring to tonight's meeting. Is there anything you think we should discuss with paper in hand?
I won't have time to read through the draft budget and I probably won't have much that I can discuss about it. It is more likely that I will attend as an interested party to this group and in support of the group's goals, but right now there are limitations on how much I can contribute for all sorts of reasons. Having read Adam Turner's articles over the years, I would be very interested in what he has to say; but again, mostly as an observer and supporter. I don't have the answers that I think I should have with my experience. Thanks AndrewM
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