This email has been Faxed to the Chancellor of the University of Sydney, 
Her Excellency Professor M. BASHIR AC CVO.

Over the past three weeks the Senior Officers listed on the Universities 
Australia web-site have been sent the emails as "Parents & Residents" 
detailing Public Concern over Council web-sites and the apparent deliberate 
avoidance of how to minimise Rate-payer costs.

The Question for the Council Meeting Tue 07 Apr 2009 on Mosman 
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan [GGRP] can be reviewed here

NB  Two websites www.ksas-au.net and www.smeems.net were
unlawfully shut-down without Notice on Tue 10 Mar 2009 by the US
Internet Service Provider [ISP] www.brinkster.com

This occurred after an email was distributed about a committee to 
evaluate the proposed new contract for "Software-as-a-Service [SaaS]
for the Shorelink Library Network.
(Ref: AASAC8E1.htm)

This contract had been awarded to an outsourced US based "Managed 
Services" company.

This contract had been awarded without going to Tender which is in breach
of the Local Government Act.

www.brinkster.com happens to provide "Managed Services" hence our 
concern that Councils and Rate-payers can be held to Ransom by these
overseas ISPs



Wed 25 Mar 2009				Recipient: 612USa11
 					REF:AACACPN1
TO: 	Her Excellency Professor M. BASHIR AC CVO 
	Chancellor			F: {61}(2)9351-5705
	UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY	cc	Concerned Residents

	CONCERNS ABOUT EMPLOYEE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES

Dear Chancellor

This letter is to request a meeting with you, as the Chancellor of the
University of Sydney a major employer in New South Wales, to discuss 
concerns about Employee Sustainability issues.

Your Employees will be Rate-payers in many different Council areas.
 
A	BACKGROUND TO CONCERNS

Over the last 3 years there have been Federal, State, University and 
Council Tenders that created concerns about Sustainability issues.

Those tenders include:

a	20 Jan 2006 Federal Department of Agriculture tender for "National 
	Market-based Instruments [MBIs]" as Resource Management Tools {Att A}

"Market-based instruments (MBIs) are proving to be a useful addition to 
existing natural resource management tools. 

MBIs use trading mechanisms, auctions and price signals to change behaviour 
to benefit the environment." 

b	05 Apr 2006 Central Queensland University Tender for supply of 
	Electricity

This tender required electricity to be metered electronically every 15 
minutes for 11 main sites {Att B}

c	2009 Council Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan [GGRP] for next 15 years 
	{Att C - Carbon Credits for 2010}		

B	COUNCIL REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS

Over the past two years a group of Parents and Mosman Rate-payers have 
endeavoured to ask a series of questions at Council meetings by following 
the published Council process.

The Mayor, General Manager and Councillors have refused to answer those 
questions.

A Complaint was lodged with the NSW Ombudsman.

In Sep 2008 the Sustainability Action Network [SAN] was formed to contest 
the NSW Local Government Elections.

The Mosman Council web-site appears to have been altered so that the Candidates
faxed the lodgment forms to the wrong fax number. 

The NSW Ombudsman referred the matter back to Council and the Council again 
refused to discuss the issue in a Council meeting.

In Jan 2009 the Council announced a "Community Engagement Strategy  [CES]" 
with a web-site and a series of Community meetings.

The 24 responses to the Council CES have been removed from the Council 
web-site.

NEXT STEPS

We would appreciate the meeting with yourself particularly as the NSW 
Electronic Transaction Act [ETA] 2000 appears to be exploited by State 
Government and Local Government Agencies against the interests of the 
Residents and Rate-payers.

Thank you.				

Yours sincerely				

						
Peter AXTENS   LLB
Official Agent 				
SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN-2088]

M:	0416-009-468

Att	
A	20 Jan 2006 MBI Funding	

B	05 Apr 2006 Central Queensland University [CQU] Tender

C	05 Apr 2006 CQU 11 Electricity Sites and usage

D	03 Dec 2006 Electronic Transaction Act 2000 

E	09 Mar 2009 Council Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan [GGRP] Overview

F	09 Mar 2009 Council 110% Electricity costs error

G	16 Jan 2009 Council Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan [GGRP] Detail

RESPONSES ON EMAILS RE COUNCIL ECONOMICS

Some of the responses on Council Economics can be reviewed on
"Residents' Issues of Concern"

The Background to the 3 Mosman Candidates from the "Sustainability 
Action Network [SAN]" can be reviewed on here

AUSTRALIAN SPAM ACT 2003

The Australian Spam Act 2003 was reviewed in detail at the OIC
seminar on 26 May 2005

The Australian Spam Act 2003 refers to Spam as "unsolicited
commercial emails".   

Emails in the Public Interest such as this email are not classified 
as "unsolicited commercial emails" hence do not require an 
unsubscribe  option.

None of the email addresses were purchased and were collected 
according to the proper processes outlined in the Australian Spam 
Act 2003.