[LINK] Order of Australia for Brenda Aynsley, President of the Australian Computer Society
Tom Worthington
tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Sun Jan 26 09:30:48 AEDT 2014
An Order of Australia (OAM) was was awarded to Brenda Aynsley, President
of the Australian Computer Society today. This is a recognition well
deserved.
No doubt many who know Brenda have stories to tell about her community
work. One of mine is that 21 April 2009 I was standing at a tram stop in
Adelaide on my way to the beach, after attending an ACS training session
for on-line tutors (which I was one of). Brenda called to invite me to
see the ACS PC Recycling SIG, which she said was near a tram stop (it
was as if it was as if she knew where I was and that I was skiving off).
Brenda headed the group of volunteers refurbishing old computers donated
by business for those in need. This is no slipshod operation with a tidy
well run workshop, with a careful procedure to erase any data on old
computers, test the hardware and then installing new licensed software:
https://www.acs.org.au/networking-and-events/sigs/pc-recycling-group
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The Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General MEDAL (OAM)
OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION
Ms Brenda AYNSLEY ... For service to the information and communications
technology sector.
* Current Chair, IP3, International Federation for Information Processing.
* National Vice-President, Australian Computer Society, 2002-2003 and
2010-2011; Honorary Life Member, since 2008.
* Chair, National Community Engagement Board, 2009-2010.
* Chair, Ageism Task Force, 2010.
* Lead Tutor and Academic Program Coordinator, Professional Year Program.
* Founding Member, Electronic Frontiers Australia, 1994.
* Honorary Secretary, South Australian Branch, Australian Computer
Society; Chairman, 1999-2001 and 2004-2006; Member, since 1989; Founder
and Manager, PC Recycling Group, since 2000.
* Chair, SA Committee, The Pearcey Foundation, 2006-2012.
* Opened South Australia's first Internet Café, 1995.
* Founding Member, South Australian Internet Association, 1995.
* Fellow, South Australian Branch, Australian Computer Society, since 2003.
From: Australia Day 2014 Honours Lists, Medal (OAM) of the Order of
Australia in the General Division (A-E), Sunday 26 Jan 2014:
http://www.gg.gov.au/australia-day-2014-honours-lists
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ps: They left out "President of the Australian Computer Society, 2014".
But that must have been after the nomination was submitted.
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