Council Meeting 9th November 2022 – Minutes

Council Meeting 9th November 2022 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Wil Brown (Vice-President) Clinton Roy (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neil Cox (Council) Apologies  - Joel Addison (President) Not Present - Lilac Kapul (Council)   Meeting opened at 20:02 AEDT by Wil Brown  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Clinton Roy   2. Log of correspondence 2022-11-02 Email from Bret Busby regarding uceprotect 2022-11-02 Email from Bret Busby regarding Noel Butler, SpamAssasin, and uceprotect   3. Items for discussion Clarify uceprotect does not send out any .eml attachments causing further email list blocks. Uceprotect is an RBL. It does not [...]

2022-11-23T19:44:01+11:00November 23rd, 2022|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting 26th October 2022 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Clinton Roy (Secretary) Neil Cox (Council) Lilac Kapul (Council) Not Present - Meeting opened at 20:05 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Jonathan.   2. Log of correspondence 17th October, From Marcus Herstik, Subject: Request for information Minutes from committee and subcommittee meetings A copy of any emails that are meeting minutes Financial statements for 2021-22 and 22 YTD List of members including contact details for the purpose of contacting members 18th October, From Marcus Herstik, [...]

2022-11-09T20:49:54+11:00October 26th, 2022|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting 12th October 2022 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Clinton Roy (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neil Cox (Council) Apologies none Not Present Lilac Kapul (Council) Meeting opened at 20:00 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Clinton 2. Log of correspondence Joomla Australia Subcommittee - Patrick Jackson Joomla Australia - Linux Australia Subcommittee - Proposal Submission Oct 2022.pdf 3. Items for discussion Dave Sparks, speaking on Drupal conference. 210 tickets sold, 50 are sponsors, 30 are speakers, expecting another 10/12 from various sponsors/speakers. Income in $45 speakers, $80 odd k [...]

2022-10-21T19:20:20+11:00October 12th, 2022|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Introducing Everything Open

Linux Australia introduces a new grassroots open technologies conference starting in 2023, Everything Open. The past two years have taken their toll on open source communities within Australia. We have seen communities around many projects go from holding regular meetups, sometimes multiple in the one city, to now being close to non-existent. This is something that we were starting to see signs of prior to 2020, with a number of community group leaders looking to step back after having run meetups and other events for several years. Unfortunately COVID-19 exacerbated this situation, preventing many people from running community events, which [...]

2022-09-29T23:03:22+10:00September 29th, 2022|Categories: General Updates, Linux Australia|Tags: , |

Council Meeting 28th September 2022 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Clinton Roy (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neil Cox (Council) Lilac Kapul (Council) Apologies  Wil Brown (Vice-President) Meeting opened at 19:33 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Clinton   2. Log of correspondence Request for funding from Kathy Reid, on behalf of Dawn Collett and Matt Cengia “In the background, Dawn has kindly reached out to some contacts about setting up a data trust, in an effort to clarify costs and the path forward. We are in a chicken and egg situation now - [...]

2022-10-21T19:21:02+11:00September 28th, 2022|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting 14th September 2022 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Clinton Roy (Secretary) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neil Cox (Council) Lilac Kapul (Council) Apologies  none Absent Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Meeting opened at 19:35 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Clinton Roy   2. Log of correspondence Grant application from Robyn Willison for E-Textiles Course Grant amount $800. Community consultation closes Sun 18 Sep 2022. Decision to be made at Council’s next meeting. Aim of the project: 6 week course to introduce cosplayers and others to Arduino and E-Textiles using the Little Bird EagLED board. [...]

2022-10-21T19:21:12+11:00September 14th, 2022|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting 31st August 2022 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Clinton Roy (Secretary) Neil Cox (Council) Not present Lilac Kapul (Council) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) As of 20:00 a quorum was not achieved.  An informal discussion was held by those in attendance. Notes taken by Jonathan.   2. Log of correspondence No correspondence received.   3. Items for discussion Sponsorship request from OSGeo Oceania and the Pacific Geospatial and RS Council for the Pacific Geospatial Conference in Suva, Fiji in the week of 28 Nov 2022. Prospectus is at https://osgeo-oceania.org/pgc2022-sponsorship/. A decision on this [...]

2022-10-21T19:21:22+11:00August 31st, 2022|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting 17th August 2022 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neil Cox (Council) Lilac Kapul (Council) Apologies  Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Clinton Roy (Secretary) Meeting opened at 19:35 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Jonathan.   2. Log of correspondence No correspondence received.   3. Items for discussion Sponsorship request from OSGeo Oceania and the Pacific Geospatial and RS Council for the Pacific Geospatial Conference in Suva, Fiji in the week of 28 Nov 2022. Prospectus is at https://osgeo-oceania.org/pgc2022-sponsorship/. A decision on this was deferred last meeting to give council members [...]

2022-10-21T19:21:34+11:00August 17th, 2022|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting 3rd August 2022 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Wil Brown (Vice-President) Clinton Roy (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neil Cox (Council) Lilac Kapul (Council) Apologies  None Meeting opened at 19:35: AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Clinton. 2. Log of correspondence None. 3. Items for discussion Dave Sparks speaking on behalf of the Drupal group. Thanks the council for the budget review. Have signed the contract for the venue. Sent first invoice off to Wil and Russell. Wants to double check the procedure to get them paid via mail. Announced the conference [...]

2022-10-21T19:21:43+11:00August 3rd, 2022|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting 20th July 2022 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Neil Cox (Council) Apologies -    Clinton Roy (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Not Present Wil Brown (Vice-President) Lilac Kapul (Council) Quorum was not achieved by 19:50 AEDT, at which time Joel declared that the meeting would not be formally opened. Minutes of the resulting informal discussion were taken by Jonathan Woithe, with contributions from Joel. 2. Log of correspondence None tabled. 3. Items for discussion NetThing sponsorship NetThing have responded to our queries about sponsorship opportunities we were suggesting: “The main areas of investment for our D&I funding [...]

2022-10-21T19:23:38+11:00July 20th, 2022|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |
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