Linux Australia Community Update & LCA2021 Information

Linux Australia Community Update & LCA2021 Information

Dear All, Wow, suffice to say this isn’t something that I thought I would need to send. But then again, is anything we are currently doing “Business As Usual”? This is about the time that we start our full planning mode for linux.conf.au, assemble our Session Selection Committee, announce our Grants program and our subcommittees start making their announcements. But this year is a little different. You may have already seen that the PyCon AU subcommittee has announced PyConline AU for 2020 and everything is underway to deliver this to our community. Which brings me to an update for you [...]

2020-05-06T17:42:09+10:00May 6th, 2020|Categories: General Updates, Linux Australia|Tags: , , , , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 5th May 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies None   Meeting opened at 1933 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien.   2. Event Review Drupal Admin Team Pycon LCA 2020 LCA 2021 3. Log of correspondence From Anchor Systems: renewal of slug.org.au due by 28 June 2020. Admin team has this in hand. From: Agileware, New Invoice, due 30/05/2020, Amount Due: $275.00, linux.org.au hosting. Agreed to just pay. Also agreed the upcoming support invoice will be paid. From Michael [...]

2021-01-07T21:01:59+11:00May 5th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 21st April 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Apologies  Benno Rice   Meeting opened at 1932 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien.   2. Log of correspondence Kathy re grants. “Inquiring regarding Grants Program for 2020” AI: Sae Ra will respond 3. Items for discussion None 4. Items for noting Postponement of LCA2021, confirmation of 2w block in 2022 has been set. AI: Sae Ra & Russell to sync to review LA budget before next meeting. AI: Joel to look into export [...]

2021-01-07T20:59:08+11:00April 21st, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 7th April 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Russell Stuart Julien Goodwin Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies None   Meeting opened at 1931 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien.   2. Event Review (Times are planned times) Pycon Admin Team LCA 2020 LCA 2021 3. Log of correspondence DrupalSouth 2021 proposal, opening 10/Mar/2021. MOTION: Russell Stuart moves the Drupal South 2021 conference committee be accepted as a Linux Australia event subcommittee as defined in subcommittee policy v3, and all they be authorised to make all payments in their [...]

2021-01-07T20:57:29+11:00April 7th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 24th March 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies  None   Meeting opened at 1934 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien.   2. Log of correspondence Ampache grant progress update 2 (email to council@ on 23 Mar 2020). Clarifications about COVID-19 venue cancellation policies for DrupalSouth Wellington 2021 (email to council@ on 24 Mar 2020 from Pamela Barone). JoomlaDay 2020 rescheduled to 2021 (tentative dates are 9-10 Oct 2021) due to COVID-19. Email to council@ on 24 Mar 2020 from [...]

2021-01-07T20:55:47+11:00March 24th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 10th March 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies Sae Ra Germaine Lisa Sands   Meeting opened at 1929 AEDT by Jonathan and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien.   2. Event Review Drupal Pycon Tech Team LCA 2020 LCA 2021 3. Log of correspondence JW: email from Kathryn Tyree to council@ on 1 Mar 2020 about sponsorship of Kohacon20 conference. Koha is an Open Source library management system. See also the conference sponsor information page. Thread is “[LACTTE] Enquiry from Kathryn Tyree via the Linux Australia Website Contact Form” [...]

2021-01-07T20:53:41+11:00March 10th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 25th February 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison   Apologies  Benno Rice   Meeting opened at 1932 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien.   2. Log of correspondence From: Nicky Veitch, Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:11:58, Subject:    Subcommittee for JoomlaDay Australia 2020 Sae Ra moves to approve, seconded Jonathan Approved From: WordCamp Brisbane, Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:44:12 +1000, Subject: [LACTTE] Event Subcommittee Request - WordCamp Brisbane 2020 Sae Ra moves to approve, seconded Jonathan Approved Reply-To: Miles Goodhew, [...]

2021-01-07T20:51:56+11:00February 25th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 11th February 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies Sae Ra Germaine   Meeting opened at 1932 AEDT by Jonathan Woithe and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien.   2. Event Review WordCamp Drupal Pycon Tech Team LCA 2021 LCA 2020 3. Log of correspondence GPO Box renewal 4. Items for discussion Face 2 Face timing, we’re down to 16/17 May. Which city? Melbourne or Brisbane? Melbourne it is. AI: Russell to find us a place to stay. Fly down for night of the 15th (arriving by 10pm). [...]

2021-01-07T20:49:55+11:00February 11th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 28th January 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice   Apologies  None   Meeting opened at 1931 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien.   2. Log of correspondence Linux.com.au domain registration Domain regos are going through Kathy’s card, which is being cancelled. This is going to move to Sae Ra or Russell’s card. 3. Items for discussion Face to Face timing? Putting LA’s financial reserves to better use? Russell’s idea of finding a higher-return, but similar risk parking garage for it [...]

2021-01-07T20:47:46+11:00January 28th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

2020 Linux Australia AGM Minutes

Meeting opened at 18:02 (AEST) 13th January by Sae Ra Germaine Minutes taken by Julien Goodwin 1. President’s welcome MS SAE RA GERMAINE, President 2. Approval of the minutes from the previous - Annual General Meeting 2019 MOTION by MS SAE RA GERMAINE that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2019 of Linux Australia be accepted as complete and accurate. The minutes are available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15SrEONbKUBEdj2BYhrAe12FXjCzxMvDbGxzBGLYTnzc/edit Seconded by Andrew Pam, passed with 4 abstentions. 3. To receive the REPORTS of activities of the preceding year from OFFICE BEARERS MS SAE RA GERMAINE - President MR JULIEN GOODWIN - Secretary [...]

2020-01-21T17:48:23+11:00January 13th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |
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