IRC

Internet Reality Check

5:30pm Drinks, 6pm talk, on Monday, 24 November 1997

Bar & Corporate Lounge, National Press Club, Canberra

Topic: Searching for Search Engines

Special Guests: The Search Engine Working Group

The Search Engine Working Group (SEWG) was established in October 1997 by the Chief Government Information Officer to consider proposals for the development of whole-of-government entry point services for, including both browse and search services. They will be making recommendations to the Commonwealth/State Navigation Working Party on the functional requirements of search engines used by government agencies.

Warwick Cathro (National Library of Australia) is the Group's convener and current members are:

Gail Finlay (Dept. of Workplace Relations and Small Business), Kaveri Chakrabarty (National Library of Australia), Charu Sood (National Library of Australia), Simon Hawkins (Health Insurance Commission), Prue Deakin (Health and Family Services), Jenine Borowik (Australian Bureau of Statistics), Saima Tuisk (Dept of Communications and the Arts), Bruce Arnold (Dept. of Communications and the Arts), Adrian Cunningham (National Library of Australia), Richard Scherer (Dept. of Industry, Science and Tourism), Julie Murphy (Centrelink), Ian Barndt (Office of Government Information Technology), Tom Worthington (Dept. of Defence), Dagmar Parer (Australian Archives), Carole Palmer (Office of Government Information Technology), Tony Boston (Dept. of the Environment, Sport and Territories), Chander Vohra (Australian Taxation Office), David Nissen (Dept. of Primary Industries and Energy), Stephen Dodt (Dept. of Primary Industries and Energy), Kim Nelson (Australian Government Publishing Service).

IRCs are free (but you have to buy your own drinks) and open to anyone interested: just turn up, no need to book. Internet Reality Check (not to be confused with Internet Relay Chat) is designed so that members of the 'net community can meet and exchange the small amount of very important information which is not suitable for digital transmission. ;-)