Who is Joy Birch?

Of course it makes sense to wait until the thing is launched to make the permanent plaque. That way people don’t whinge when it’s opened on a different date or by a different person and the plaque needs redoing.

wildturkeycanoe said :

But she won’t be able to sack the poor worker who screwed up because they have some issues outside work that are causing them lots of stress and disciplinary action will only inflame the situation to the point that they will have to sue the government department for harassment……

That was really funny. Tell it again.

Lazy I said :

You seriously can’t see the difference?

The plaque posted in this thread is ‘flat’ and looks like the black was digitally printed. The permanent plaque you linked to is made out of cast bronze or the like and is ‘3D’, with raised lettering, far more hard wearing.

This is most definitely a temporary plaque, and I have no doubt the replacement will be cast with raised lettering.

Nope, from the pics presented I can’t see that difference! Perhaps i’ve got sh1t eyesight…
If I worked/lived nearby them and gave a damn perhaps I’d go and check it myself, but it a no from me on both counts! Hahahaha!

1. Minister is a retard.
2. Staffers are all retards.
3. Directorate is just full of retards.
4. ACT taxpayers pay for this incompetent shit.

And:

Given that for many public art launches…

I forgot we are the D-grade public art capital of the world.

dpm said :

..because it looks *so* much like a temporary plaque (It looks the same as all the other paques at art installations. e.g. http://the-riotact.com/on-the-road-again-at-lyons-shops/60948 ). I wonder what the difference between it and the ‘permanent’ one will be? My guess is only the corrected typo! Hahahaha!

You seriously can’t see the difference?

The plaque posted in this thread is ‘flat’ and looks like the black was digitally printed. The permanent plaque you linked to is made out of cast bronze or the like and is ‘3D’, with raised lettering, far more hard wearing.

This is most definitely a temporary plaque, and I have no doubt the replacement will be cast with raised lettering.

switch said :

Couldn’t you just knock the “I” off with a cold chisel and solder on a “U” in situ?

Maybe that’ll happen to the new plaque (in reverse). He-he.

Nah, get rid of the ‘R’, put in a ‘T’.

Doesn’t look very temporary to me. A temporary one to me would have stick on letters and stuff like that. And if using temporary plaques is a planned ACT Govt activity, might I suggest somebody’s budget could usefully do with having a chainsaw taken to it.

And, to nitpick a bit, the word “launched” bothers me. Does one “launch” a piece of artwork? I’d have thought “unveiled” is more accurate.

Couldn’t you just knock the “I” off with a cold chisel and solder on a “U” in situ?

Maybe that’ll happen to the new plaque (in reverse). He-he.

Just change to way it was meant to be spelled, ‘Berk’, and leave it at that.

p996911turbo said :

Also, this is a tiny amount of money. Who cares?

Well, clearly quite a lot of Canberrans do because this “work and rework” BS happens time and time again. Each time means more money that has to be found from borrowings, other projects or deeper in our pockets.

Probably be cheaper and easier to get Joy to change her name by deed poll 🙂