conference announcement

[RNLD Admin]

Dear all,

It would be interesting to know who they are targeting/reaching. Presumably,
there is an audience who can afford to pay the $1000-$4000 for such a
conference. Government? Mining? Corporate sector? The who and why are
interesting questions. We can assume they want to learn about these issues
and the organisers have put together a strong selection of presenters.

If any of our members are amongst the presenters (e.g. KLRC, Qld Indigenous
knowledge centre, NT libraries), could you give us some feedback?

cheers,
Margaret


On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Paul Paton - VACL <ppaton at vaclang.org.au>wrote:

> We get these all the time and I simply throw them straight in the bin for
> the main reason of the registration fees.
> Totally disconnected from communities it seems..
>
> Paul Paton
> Manager
> Victorian Aboriginal Corp for Languages
> 295 King St Melbourne 3000
> P 03 9600 3811 | F 03 9600 4277 | M 0418 897 842
> www.vaclang.org.au
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KJ Olawsky [mailto:manager at mirima.org.au]
> Sent: 11 August 2010 12:52
> To: David Nash; r-n-l-d at unimelb.edu.au; Margaret Florey
> Subject: RE: conference announcement
>
> Dear David and RNLD mob
>
> I agree that this looks like a business model and quite frankly I'm
> appalled at the rates. It is the second such offer we received in a month
> and it seems organizers and business people have understood there is serious
> money in anything branded Indigenous knowledge transfer or cross-cultural
> training.
> Mirima Language Centre offers a similar course (as a more locally
> specialized "product") for a fraction of the fee. In fact, I wonder who'd be
> able to afford an expense of this size.
>
> Knut
>
>
>
> ================================
> Dr. Knut J. Olawsky
> Senior Linguist/Manager
> Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring,
> Language and Culture Centre
> P.O. Box 2420
> Kununurra, WA 6743
> Phone: (08) 9169 1029
> E-mail: manager at mirima.org.au
> ================================
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Nash [mailto:David.Nash at anu.edu.au]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:00 AM
> > To: r-n-l-d at unimelb.edu.au; Margaret Florey
> > Subject: Re: conference announcement
> >
> > Thanks for this Margaret, first I'd heard of it.  Do you know if they
> > had a call for papers?
> >
> > I emailed the address you provided and received a reply this morning
> > with a PDF brochure (no URL); I've now found the brochure is at
> > http://www.tonkincorporation.com/images/Eureka/ALIABrochure.pdf,
> > linked from http://www.tonkincorporation.com/?m=5&id=636&t=14
> >
> > On page 4 of the brochure the prices are tabulated; the range is from
> > $2748.90 to $4288.90 ...  I guess it includes accommodation; I don't
> > see a price without accommodation, or a day rate perhaps they do allow
> > this if oine inquires).
> >
> > As much as some of the speakers and titles are attractive, the overall
> > picture seems to be a business model tapping into well-padded expense
> > accounts.
> >
> > David
> >
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