Wednesday 31 October 2007

Week 11

Lecture: This week we learned about Data, Information and Knowledge. There are some definition we were taught that are important which are: Datum - a fact or proposition, Information - a collection of facts or data, Knowledge - learned information. These 3 definitions also have characteristics which are: Data - factual, non-judgemental, non-inferential, transient, has no meaning and has no value. Information - summative, relational, dimensional, permanent, has meaning and uncertain value. Knowledge - inferential, experimental, judgemental, subjective and is very valuable. Also the definitions have importance like: data - must be quantitative and representative, information - must be inform, relational and meaningful, and knowledge - origins should be clear, must have a logical conclusion and have justification of data. Some examples of these are: data - price, shares, weather and census data. Information - tables of census data, almanacs and budgets. Knowledge - white pages, press release and marketing strategies. they all have relationships to each other which starts with data and then moves to information to where it can be stored as knowledge.

Workshop: We were given some tasks to do which are: to visit some dictionary websites to find the definitions of data, information and knowledge.
Data - raw facts and figures which is turned into information.
Information - is a collection of raw data but can also be data itself.
Knowledge - there was no term for knowledge as it is only what the person knows.

The relationship between data, information and knowledge is, raw data is recorded and transferred into readable accessible information and then we learn the information to which it becomes knowledge.

5 organisations that collect information are Bureau of Statistics, Australian Medical Association, City of Gosnells, Westpac Bank, Health Department of Australia, and Census of Australia.
They all collect information to produce statistic data so it can be analysed.

as posted on Jud's Blog

Monday 29 October 2007

Deadlock over vote for Mayor ....

You really need to take the effort and check out the minutes for the "Meetings" held on the night of 22nd October, these can be found on the COG site, it appears that two meetings were held that night to resolve the issue of a deadlocked vote in the first meeting ... all was resolved after the councilors had an adjournment of 30 minutes ... after which a new meeting started and Cr Searle was elected Mayor.

So one must say that during the adjournment - some councilor(s) changed their vote, the vote still went down to second preferences again but with a new result, unfortunately it was not reported how the votes were cast ... one can only guess, but then again I should of been their to witness it, but I wonder why it was not reported in the local press ...

Saturday 27 October 2007

Don't forget to wind the clocks forward

IF it feels harder than usual to get up tomorrow, it's probably because you've missed out on an hour of sleep.

It's that time of the year again - the start of daylight saving -- with the clocks jumping forward one hour at 2am tomorrow. Daylight saving is scheduled to end on March 30 but there is a Bill before State Parliament (NSW??) to extend it until April 6.

The ACT, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia will join NSW in starting daylight saving tomorrow while Tasmanians wound their clocks forward an hour on Sunday, October 7.

as posted on news.com.au

Friday 26 October 2007

Meeting Minutes ...

usually the minutes for meetings are posted on COG site on Thursday, but as yet they have not been posted, hopefully they will be posted early next week, updates on the website have been very slack lately, and the coverage of the election was very poor to say the least ...

New era for City

The City of Gosnells has entered a new era with the election of Councillor Olwen Searle as Mayor and the arrival of new Chief Executive Officer Daniel Simms.

Cr Searle was elected Mayor by Councillors at Special Council Meeting.

“It is an enormous honour to be elected Mayor and it brings great responsibility,” said Mayor Searle.

“The City has taken great strides in recent years and we need to maintain that pace of development and improvement.

“Having worked as a Councillor for over 20 years, I will look to bring that experience to the position of Mayor.

“We have a wonderfully diverse community and we need to ensure our City provides a great environment where people can live, work and relax.

“Fortunately we have a great team of Councillors and staff who work well together for the good of the City. I sincerely welcome those who are new to the Council and look forward to working with the group.

“My predecessor as Mayor, Cr Patricia Morris, worked tirelessly for the City and the Council and I will build on those efforts,” Cr Searle said.

“I am also delighted to welcome Daniel Simms as CEO,” said Mayor Searle. His reputation for strategic planning expertise will be of great value to a City which has an enviable reputation in local government for its award winning financial management and commitment to long-term planning.”

This is Mayor Searle’s second term of office as Mayor. Cr Searle’s served previously from 1993 to 1996 and becomes the 22nd leader of the City since 1907.

Cr Julie Brown was elected Deputy Mayor.

as posted on COGsite

Day one ..

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