[MLB-WIRELESS] ITNews Story.

[bede]

The angle the reporter was going for appears to be little david taking on goliath,
to make it a bit more sensational and to get a bit more passion for whats going on.

if they didnt do that youd wind up with a piss poor press release of what would sound like
a bunch of boring geeks playing with computers which tends to turn alot of people off.

the jurno isnt interested in just repeating what got published a week or a month 
ago to the same questions that have been previosly answered, 

and this article seems to have progressed from a typical what is wireless networking
and what it can do for me to a more nuts and bolts type report.

overall it leaves a hint of rivalry about sydney wireless vs melb wireless 
and some what of a threat to established broad band providers who are currently 
sitting on there laurels.


Bede


Robert Tchia wrote:
> 
> Maybe it's time we have a PR person for melb-wireless. This is in no way
> insinuating that Mr President is not doing a good.
> 
> Vote 1 - Matt Chipman for Mr PR  ;-p
> 
> Cheers
> Rob
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au [mailto:owner-
> > melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Matt Chipman
> > Sent: Tuesday, 23 July 2002 9:12 PM
> > To: Ryan Abbenhuys; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] ITNews Story.
> >
> > Ahhh yes the tall poppy syndrome is alive and well.  All those that
> think
> > they can perform better in front of a camera or over the phone or a
> face
> > to
> > face interview please put up their hand.  Before you do, just remember
> the
> > questions come thick and fast, there is no rehearsal of questions cos
> they
> > like the Human side of the reactions to the questions they ask.
> >
> > Knowing full well that whatever you say will be not good enuff, the
> wrong
> > thing, taken out of context and ultimately can be turned and
> manipulated
> > totally out of context.  And what is the alternative?  Don't do any
> > interviews don't promote any Wireless networking and then allow the
> major
> > players to take the cream off the top.
> >
> > What this article has done is take the wireless cause and promoted it.
> > People will read the article and logon to the website.  They won't
> > remember
> > the news article but they will remeber this crap going on if they
> decide
> > to
> > read the forums.
> >
> > People not in Melbourne Wireless that do have interview time with
> > journalists, should thank their lucky stars they have not had an out
> of
> > context writing journalist.  It is almost a guarentee you will get one
> > eventually.  When you do, lets hope you can handle it as well as
> Steven
> > Haigh has.
> >
> > -Matt Chipman
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ryan Abbenhuys" <sneeze at alphalink.com.au>
> > To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 6:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] ITNews Story.
> >
> >
> > > xfesty,
> > > by your strong stance and views against steve I assume you must be
> from
> > > melbourne. Will you be attending the next Melbwireless meeting to
> sign
> > up
> > as
> > > an official member as I'm sure something could be entered into the
> > agenda
> > > for you to speak about your view.  Also, I'm sure there are lots of
> > other
> > > people who would like to see/speak to you in person.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: xfesty
> > > To: syd-wireless at lists.sydneywireless.com
> > > Cc: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 3:48 PM
> > > Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] ITNews Story.
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=10341
> > >
> > > Just read that URL.  I'm a slight bit peeved after reading it.  I
> don't
> > > understand how one man could make Melb Wireless look so freakin'
> bad.
> > >
> > > I think this one quote is relevant, where the incompetency shines
> out:
> > >
> > > > Melbourne Wireless president Steven Haigh said his organisation is
> not
> > > trying to undercut the ISPs. "At the moment, we are not trying to
> rival
> > the
> > > ISPS at all," he said.
> > > > "Not yet, but you never know what happens," he added.
> > >
> > > ....thankyou for the great representation of community networks, Mr.
> > "War
> > on
> > > ISP's".
> > >
> > > I've not heard a lot from Haigh, but I've heard him *continually*
> > contradict
> > > himself, and generally make Melbourne Wireless (and community
> wireless
> > > groups in general) look very taunting to telecommunication
> corporations.
> > > Its evident even in that one article.  Thank god Duane has half a
> clue
> > on
> > > how to explain things, which stopped the article from going the way
> it
> > > seemed to be headed.
> > >
> > > I'm strongly of the opinion that Haigh may mean the end of free
> > community
> > > wireless in Australia.  Statements that he makes *all the time* is
> going
> > to
> > > get us killed.  The reason we are here is because this is a hobby,
> not
> > > because we're deliberately trying to rip off a company.  Our
> represented
> > > attitudes is directly dependent on how the 'giants' handle us.  I
> > honestly
> > > do believe its possible that they could kill us completely off, if
> they
> > > wanted.
> > >
> > > Melb Wireless - I'm not sure if I'm the only one who feels this way,
> but
> > you
> > > may want to re-evaluate who you have as your head man.  Remember -
> these
> > > people are representing YOU, and the future of community networks.
> > > Personally I'm satisfied with people like Craig and Duane, who in
> > media-type
> > > situations have expressed the community's general interest
> accurately,
> > and
> > > not make us look like a bunch of warez kiddies.  That's certainly
> not
> > why
> > > I'm here.
> > >
> > > My general problem is the fact that anything Haigh says to represent
> > Melb
> > > Wireless just doesn't nessecarily reflect them; it actually reflects
> any
> > > community group in Australia.  And as a result of that, we get the
> > > repercussions of such statements that he may make.  I'm not
> comfortable
> > with
> > > that, or the way things may be headed if this keeps up.
> > >
> > > I think we all need to look at the big picture again and realise why
> we
> > want
> > > this.  People are getting a /tad/ distracted.
> > >
> > > - Ryan
> > >
> > >
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