Council Meeting Tuesday 6th October 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Benno Rice Apologies Joel Addison   Meeting opened at 1931 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review Drupal Admin Team Pycon LCA 2020 LCA 2021 LCA 2022 3. Log of correspondence NSW Government Small Business Survey: reminder received via council@ on 23 Sep 2020. Original message received on 21 Sep 2020. We’re not going to complete this survey. Ampache grant progress report 2: received via council@ on 23 Sep 2020.  Not fully final, but [...]

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 1932 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence (Held over) From <a member> to council@ on 27 Aug 2020: Raising the possibility of LA sponsoring applications and attendance at “Superstars of STEM 2020” ($50 application fee, $2600 attendance fee). Applications had ended on the 31st of August, but possibly something for next year. AI: Sae Ra to chat with <the member> 3. Items [...]

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 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review Drupal Admin Team Pycon LCA 2020 LCA 2021 LCA 2022 3. Log of correspondence From Youtube to council@ on 26 Aug 2020: Notification of copyright claim on LCA2015 conference opening by UMG (Universal Music Group) for “I Lived”. Follow up from Ryan Verner (30 Aug 2020) suggests we provide a google account to which he can [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Apologies  Benno Rice Joel Addison   Meeting opened at 1933 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence Grant application from Ben Minerds: Hosting and services for Software Freedom Day and Free Software Melbourne meetups. Received 23 Aug 2020. Community consultation closes 6 Sep 2020. To be discussed at Council meeting on 8 Sep 2020. AI: Jonathan to respond, pointing out the option of an LA subcommittee Participation certificate question around pycon. AI: Jonathan [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies Lisa Sands   Meeting opened at 1932 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review Drupal Admin Team Pycon LCA 2020 LCA 2021 LCA 2022 3. Log of correspondence Points about online conferences, sent by Miles Goodhew to council@ on 30 July 2020 for our information. From: Agileware Support; Subject:  SUP-20808 : linux.org.au - Other bots and nasty stuff poking the website; Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 09:39:00 +1000 (AEST).  Just letting [...]

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 1926 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence <Redacted> requested sponsorship prospectus for LCA2021 via council@ on 23 July 2020. Sae Ra will respond 3. Items for discussion HUMBUG - Request for VM on Proxmox Motion to approve,  by Sae Ra, seconded Jonthan Passed with two abstentions 4. Items for noting None 5. Other business  LCA update <details redacted> Pycon <details redacted> [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Benno Rice Joel Addison   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 LCA 2022 3. Log of correspondence From Kathy Reid to council@ on 6 July 2020: advising that she will not be able to assist with Council elections or the preparation of the LA Annual Report in 2020. From Anchor to council@ on 7 July 2020: taslug.org.au domain [...]

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 1931 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence Kathryn Tyree confirmed that Kohacon will be proceeding as a hybrid conference (email to JW on 23 Jun 2020, forwarded to council@ on 24 Jun 2020). See below Kathy had contacted about a post to linux-aus that hadn’t come through, in the end it was sitting in an outbox. 3. Items for discussion With Kohacon now [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Joel Addison Apologies  Lisa Sands   Meeting opened at 1934 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence Taslug.org.au domain renewal, due by 7 Aug 2020. Admin team on it. Web enquiry from Rob Tihanyi about LineageOS installation. JW responded, no further action needed. Slug.org.au domain: will automatically renew for 2 years on 28 June 2020 using Visa-1149. Admin team on it. IBM interested in continuing on for 2021 (et al.). Also interested in <possible future [...]