Queer Collaborations (QC or QC's) is a national Australian queer conference. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Queer has traditionally meant odd or unusual but is now also used to refer to anyone who is not heteronormative. In a meeting, two or more people come together for the purpose of discussing a (usually predetermined topic such as business or community event planning often in a formal setting The conference is held annually, usually in July. In recent years, the conference has attracted 300-400 delegates.
It is often referred to as a student conference, although that is not strictly true. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" The majority of delegates are students, but the facilitation collectives have not usually restricted registration. A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest or work together on a specific project(s to achieve a common objective The conference has traditionally been supported by the National Union of Students of Australia (NUS) and has used the NUS Standing orders, but officially the conference is autonomous and not affiliated with NUS. Rules of order, also known as standing orders or rules of procedure, are the written rules of Parliamentary procedure adopted by a Deliberative assembly
History
The conference began in 1991 as a one day meeting of students from universities around Sydney. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Eventually QC expanded to its current format of a one-week national conference.
A recent challenge to the conference occurred in 2001 in Newcastle, when a political dispute caused the conference floor to split. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Many of the delegates left the conference, and formed their own conference in a bar down the street.
This year (2007) it was held in Hobart, Tasmania. In 2008, it will be held in Melbourne, Victoria.
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