2024-03-27 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Jennifer Cox (Council) Neill Cox (Secretary) Andrew Pam (Council) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Not Present Meeting opened at 20:08 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill 2. Log of correspondence Inquiry: running an information security conference (Purplecon) - Russell Stuart has responded with an outline of what is required. [LACTTE] Kiwi Pycon - Possible to transfer ANZ funds to cover Wise payments ? - Russell Stuart has responded New MoU with WordCamp Central - Russell Stuart has responded Cancellation [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Andrew Pam (Council) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Joel Addison (President) Not Present Meeting opened at 20:00 AEDT by Sae Ra  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill 2. Log of correspondence Add Authoriser to ANZ Direct Online - 417289 Linux Australia (Incorporated) Ideally all council members would be authorised. To be authroised they will need copies/scans of a passport and a utility bill with an address. Take them to a JP to certify. Then scan and email to ANZ [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Andrew Pam (Council) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council)   Apologies    Not Present   Meeting opened at 20:06 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill   2. Log of correspondence MHW Best Practice Program- Letter of Consent  [Julie Daly]  linux.org.au now has an Everything Open page [Kathy Reid] Reconnect with Joomla Event Open source Event [Carlos.Noschang Kuhn] APNIC Membership Renewal - Invoice Attached [Steve Walsh] other issue re: past member ROHAN McLEOD [Russell Coker] Undelivered [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council)   Apologies    Not Present   Meeting opened at 20:05 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill and Jonathan   2. Log of correspondence Lodge Linux Australia Activity Statement October..December 2023 Scrutineers report Fwd: Charity audit (NZPUG) Xero reconciliations Linux Australia - Subcommittee Update [actually Reconnect with Joomla Budget] Council members should have received an email with more details, but basically the previous council had some questions [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Sae Ra Germaine  (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council)   Apologies    Not Present Marcus Herstik (Council)   Meeting opened at 20:02 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill   2. Log of correspondence RISC-V hardware for software development - grant application decision Payment Approval Request - DrupalSouth Community Day A couple of website and social updates in preparation for AGM / elections Open Source AI Definition: Version 0.0.3 released, planning a global outreach Hack the Triangle Workshops - [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Sae Ra Germaine  (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council)   Apologies    Not Present Marcus Herstik (Council)   Meeting opened at 20:05 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill   2. Log of correspondence Steve Walsh: admin team reimbursements Russell Stuart: Draft Proposals (Kiwi PyCon XIII) Russell Stuart: Supporting documents for Kiwi Pycon 2024 Meetup: Meetup Invoice AU2023-16828 Michael Richardson: DrupalSouth Community Day Budget Russell Stuart: Linux Australia's 2022/2023 audit Russell Stuart: Tax invoice attached (for audit) 3. Items [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Sae Ra Germaine  (Council) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neill Cox (Secretary)   Apologies None received   Not present Marcus Herstik (Council)   Meeting opened at 20:07 AEST by Joel and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill.   2. Log of correspondence 2023-11-23 Xero reconciliations 2023-11-27 Action needed for your Wise Business account - Russell has responded Note: This also required supplying birth dates for various council members. 2023-11-24 Linux Australia's 2022/2023 audit 2023-11-24 Activity Statement from ATO Portal for the auditor - From Russell. [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Sae Ra Germaine  (Council) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neill Cox (Secretary) Marcus Herstik (Council)   Apologies None received   Not present   Meeting opened at 20:32 AEST by Joel and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill.   2. Log of correspondence To Russell Coker: Report for Linux Australia grant: Pinephone development No response yet.   To Elena Williams: Report for Linux Australia grant: Girls Canberra #1 Elena has responded and will send in a report.   ASIC: Successful renewal: OPEN SOURCE AUSTRALIA Michael Richardson [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Sae Ra Germaine  (Council) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neill Cox (Secretary)   Apologies None received   Not present Marcus Herstik (Council)   Meeting opened at 20:03 AEST by Joel and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Jonathan and Neil.   2. Log of correspondence 26 Oct 2023 Christopher Neugebauer re Intent to establish Independent Subcommittee for PyCon AU - Joel has responded 28 Oct 2023 Russell Curry re Canberra Linux kernel conference - Joel has responded 31 Oct 2023 Andrew Ruthven re NZ GST - [...]