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Old 13th October 2008, 07:36 AM   #1
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A landmark and test case is brewing.

Following a long documented thread of a specific school's trees here in Brisbane a contractor has threatened to sue me over publishing pictures of them doing the wrong thing.

The entire thread is here.

Chatswood Hills State School Tree Issues| NT school tree kills boy and were advised!

Read through it all.

As this case will be the first in Australia it will attract huge media attention. Only facts have been reported in the case, and the case so far has meant Q-Build (public works dept in QLD) has changed policy nationally and QAA is also amending it's advertising criteria. This alone, from a guy that has worked in the tree business for 10 years here, is a major breakthrough and came from my persistent efforts to expose the poor state of affairs and how the industry is so far behind the 8-ball here. As a former QAA member it was continually suppressed that things needed to change, but now from external pressures they have had to address it.

What this means to you all is that your right to take pictures and show them, your right to have an opinion is going under the hammer of a judge. If this case is lost then you can pretty much say that future changes and exposure that causes such spontaneous change will be hampered severely, and as seen in this example even suppressed by the organisations themselves.

I encourage you all, members or not to offer your support. At this stage we have merely received a threatening email from a solicitor, should that progress to a legal case I will then provide the avenue of accepting $'s for fighting the case. Any corporations providing legal assistance or size-able funding will be given advertising in the form of a thread in the sponsors section.

This will be a case watched across the globe, already the eyes are upon it. The damages to the whistle blower (me) so far is size-able with the principal of the school denying my advertising, the gardener threatening to come around my house and a pissed off climber on the phone. A number of QAA members have also voiced their concerns about the publishing of pictures, seems they're caring for their own more than the bigger picture.

In addition the contractor has not attempted to post or have his say on the forum. They just want it all swept under the carpet and are considering an injunction which means a Judges order to pull the thread.

Register your interest and support here. I reiterate, this will be a global landmark case for all forums owners. Think about it. Think about all those comments on blogs and You-Tube, your rights for an opinion denied.
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Old 13th October 2008, 09:00 AM   #2
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No problem and
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Old 13th October 2008, 03:33 PM   #3
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Im in put me down for supporting it
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Old 13th October 2008, 03:35 PM   #4
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We will help as much as we can.
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Old 13th October 2008, 03:46 PM   #5
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I've updated the blue Navigation Bar for both registered and non registered people to have a direct link to this thread called Legal Donations.

If you belong to other forums etc please post a link to this thread, this affects millions of people globally. Get the word out there now.

To clarify a situation that occurred when 2clix dropped it's case against Whirlpool Broadband Forums (details here 2Clix (no longer) sues Whirlpool founder (part 6) - Forum feedback) any over funding or surplus will be donated to tree preservation, forestry and wilderness society types of places. There will be absolutely no profiteering from this what-so-ever. I funded treeworld from my pocket as a place for people to learn from, use and voice the industries problems. This is clear evidence of how "systems" are not working, how decent qualified people are getting shafted, and how people dont want to accept the new age of freedom and internet.

For the record, 2clix was also a Queensland company, funny that!

I quote a great post from Whirlpool forums in that thread above.

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All 2Clix did was publish WORLDWIDE how stupid they were imo, google was not their best friend during the battle either
If anyone copies the pictures and posts them elsewhere or continues the story elsewhere .... well, there's not much I can do about that, maybe Lance will have to sue the world.
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Old 13th October 2008, 04:50 PM   #6
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i m in
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I'm in.I'll have a few bucks shortly.Eric consider the link posted at all 6 forums i'm a member of.Lance gonna sue them too?
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Old 13th October 2008, 04:55 PM   #8
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count me in
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Old 13th October 2008, 05:09 PM   #9
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I'm in.I'll have a few bucks shortly.Eric consider the link posted at all 6 forums i'm a member of.Lance gonna sue them too?
Doubt that. Did you ever see the movie "The Man Who Sued God" with that funny bugger Billy Connelly?

Well, might be a new movie 'The Man Who Sued The Internet and Everyone On it"

Here in Australia we have an active forum called Not Good Enough. They like to expose stuff.

They've had their share of attempted suings. Not Good Enough - Australia's Customer Complaints Website :: Home

I have contacted them about this case too, see what happens.
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Old 13th October 2008, 08:34 PM   #10
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I'll help however i can
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Old 13th October 2008, 09:01 PM   #11
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funny, all he needs to do is say "Got it wrong this time guys, these are the measures I have taken to correct.........." And thats it. We all make mistakes. Fighting to back something that is not correct is the first place stupid!!

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Old 13th October 2008, 09:36 PM   #12
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Nothing like kicking the big guy in the goolies
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Mr. Frei,

Pictures and thread have been copied. If further groundless threats of legal proceedings are made against you, consider them posted on 5 forums in North America. I remind the solicitor and his client that many ISA chapters have their own forums as well.

The quality of work illustrated is abominable, and a threat to the safety of the workers, the contractors, the employers and the public. Organizations must do more than mandate a few basic safety items sometime next year. Don't they care about their dues-paying members today?

If they are to be credible they must take a stand NOW on their members' work following not only safety standards but tree care standards. Every QAA member who sees the current response, which was made in their name, should advocate for more responsibility all around.
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Old 14th October 2008, 04:16 AM   #14
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I'm in just let me know what to do.
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I've placed the Email on the ducth forum.
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Old 14th October 2008, 07:44 AM   #16
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QAA mailed over 600 Tree Business May 2007 OHS Kit


QAA mailed not only it's entire member base a comprehensive OHS package including brochures and disks but also mailed it to as many tree people and businesses it could find ... they actually had telemarketers ringing up businesses from ads etc to get the info to them.

I then straight away loaded it up here in a Zip file.

OH&S for tree works Queensland zip file

There's no EXCUSE!
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Old 14th October 2008, 09:52 AM   #18
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I'm not really understanding this.
So they want to sue because you posted pictures of something they done?
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I support your cause intellectually and financially if it goes to court.

The photographs and subsequent reaction by Lance Tree Care screams...........
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PS. Hope you got some deep pockets Lance old buddy, cause as you can see, Ekka's got a whole lot of buddies and I doubt if that lawyer is a relative of yours and..........................................................................................................









......you're in the wrong, my friend!
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Oh,lance is pretty much stuffed.
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Thats pretty crappy! Sue the internet and everyone on it Some people need a life!
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He's jst mad that Eric made him look bad,as well as the qaa.Good on him for fighting relentlsly.
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He's jst mad that Eric made him look bad,as well as the qaa.Good on him for fighting relentlsly.
made himself look bad. needs to get out there and manage that crew. you're only as good as your weakest link.
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Old 14th October 2008, 04:06 PM   #25
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Dont forget, this was a public school (taxpayers own it) and a public works dept (tax payer funded Q-Build) job and jobsite. If this proceeds does it mean that you no longer are allowed to comment on how the govt spends your money and on who? Think very clearly on the whole range of issues here.

If indeed under the hierarchy of responsibility that contractor is deemed an employee of Q-Build then there's also some conflict as here in 2005 Uniform Defamation laws were passed that prohibit govt taking action, after all it's not like govt depend on sales and goodwill for their business to run, they just tax you.

For the record, on the job site I spoke with Byron in depth, and told him about treeworld and told him I would be publishing the pictures and told him to let Lance know etc. No doubt, Lance knows of this and many other threads, it was the the Chatswood thread that was used the whole time as the reference point. Lance's employer (Q-Build) whilst not making comment on this forum did send a letter and make time for one of their Directors to come and talk about the whole thing, and the changes they've made ... they knew it had to be fixed.

There's other cases if you look, here's another one where the tree company was identified ...

http://www.treeworld.info/f9/arboris...cture-674.html

... for the record that tree company has changed hands and has a new owner with different staff.

The easiest, fastest and safest way to get results, as seen from my previous attempts, is to show the world what is going on. To sweep all of this under the carpet and sue people would create a culture Hitler would be proud of.
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