Linux Australia has a few sub-committees that consist of enthusiastic individuals from the community who share a common passion.
Check out what the various committees below are up to, and even get involved if one tickles your fancy 🙂 Or start your own after reading through the sub-committee policy.
If a group wants to start a subcommittee, they can write to the LA council with the proposed subcommittee name, members of the team, purpose, expected duration, any funding requirements and methods of engaging with the broader community.
The committees are expected to read and agree to the sub-committee policy.
Sub-committees are considered to be official part of the LA structure and can as such speak on behalf of LA in the context of their particular project.
Admin
A team of system administrators who manage the Linux Australia infrastructure.
Steve Walsh
Julian De Marchi
Mike Beattie
Mirror Team
To provide an Australian mirror of both local and international Free and Open Source software and related multimedia content.
http://mirror.linux.org.au/
Responsibilities:
Maintain the mirror server hardware and software.
Assess, respond to and action requests for specific content.
Liaise with bandwidth / colo provider.
Steven Hanley
Everything Open
Everything Open is a conference focused on open technologies, including Linux, open source software, open hardware and open data, and the communities that surround them. The conference provides technical deep-dives as well as updates from industry leaders and experts on a wide array of topics from these areas.
Everything Open embodies Linux Australia’s values, providing a space for the community to come together to learn from each other and participate in discussions.
Upcoming Events
- Everything Open 2025 – Adelaide, SA
- Mike O’Connor – Lead
PyCon AU
PyCon AU is the national conference for the Python programming community, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers, sysadmins and operations folk, students, educators, scientists, statisticians, and many others besides, all with a love for working with Python.
PyCon AU informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on.
Subcommittee Members
- Christopher Neugebauer
- Clinton Roy
- Richard Jones
- Russell Keith-Magee
- Katie McLaughlin
Drupal South Steering Committee
- Owen Lansbury: Chair. Seat to May 2023
- Sohal Khatwani: Treasurer. Seat to May 2023
- Nicole Ritchie: Seat to May 2023
- Janna Malikova: Seat to November 2022
- Dave Sparks: Seat to November 2022
WordPress Steering Committee
WordPress meetups and WordCamps run in Australia come under the auspices of Linux Australia through an agreement with WordPress. The WordPress Steering Committee oversees these events and works with the organisers of each to ensure they are a success.
Upcoming Events
Python New Zealand
Python New Zealand supports and promotes the use of Python in New Zealand. Their members volunteer their time, expertise, and effort to promote and educate New Zealanders, both experienced and new to coding about Python all over the country. Python New Zealand runs Kiwi PyCon, the annual Python conference in New Zealand.
Joomla Australia
- Patrick Jackson
- Stuart Robertson
- Tim Plummer
- Nathan Morrow
- Nicky Veitch
- Shayne Bartlett
Linux Users Victoria (LUV)
The subcommittee to run the Linux Users of Victoria (LUV).
Russell Coker
Andrew Pam
Alexar
Media and Communications Subcommittee
The Subcommittee assists the Council and Linux Australia in producing and managing social media collateral, and with communications activities such as press releases and reports.
