2025 Scrutineer’s / Returning Officers Report

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2025 Scrutineer’s / Returning Officers Report

Good Afternoon All, Here is a link to a copy of the Returning Officer's report and the results of the recent election: LA AGM 2025 Returning Officers Report The report will be also presented at the AGM on Monday at Everything Open in Adelaide. TL;DR the successful candidates are: President - Joel Addison Vice President - Jennifer Cox Secretary - Neill Cox Treasurer - Russell Stuart Ordinary Council Members: Elena Williams Jonathan Woithe Lilly Hoi Sze Ho Thank you to everyone who participated either as a candidate or a voter, and a special thanks to Julien for acting as the [...]

2025-01-16T18:01:24+11:00January 16th, 2025|Categories: Elections|Tags: |

2024 Linux Australia AGM Minutes

Minutes of Linux Australia - Annual General Meeting 2024 Saturday 20th  January 2024, 14:30pm (AEDT) Video conference via Zoom. Attendance record is available upon request Meeting started at 14:35pm AEDT.   Apologies: Lyndsey Jackson Jennifer Cox   1. President’s welcome MR JOEL ADDISON, President Acknowledgment of the traditional owners of the lands on which we meet   2. Approval of the minutes from the previous Annual General Meeting 2023 MOTION by JOEL ADDISON that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2023 of Linux Australia be accepted as complete and accurate. Seconded by Neill Cox Motion Passed with 82% Yay [...]

2025-01-15T09:52:15+11:00January 15th, 2025|Categories: Annual General Meetings|Tags: , |

2025-01-08 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Neill Cox (Secretary) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council)   Apologies  None   Not Present   Meeting opened at 20:07 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill.   2. Log of correspondence Not sure what happened here, but................. - some confusion caused by the mailing list migration Fwd: Re: Advice on a letter of demand - advised to respond to the letter accusing LA of copyright violation Thank you for advancing Open Source in 2024 - [...]

2025-01-11T12:24:52+11:00January 11th, 2025|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia, Uncategorised|Tags: , , |

2024-12-18 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Neill Cox (Secretary) Jennifer Cox (Council) Andrew Pam (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council)   Apologies  None   Not Present None   Meeting opened at 20:11 AEDT by Joel and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Jonathan.   2. Log of correspondence Change of meeting software - there was some confusion about which video conference software we were using. We got it sorted. [Purplecon] Update on the status of Purplecon 2024 - final report on the status of Purplecon 2024 Linux Australia's 2023/2024 audit - [...]

2025-01-11T12:22:34+11:00January 11th, 2025|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

2024-12-04 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Neill Cox (Secretary) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  None Not Present Meeting opened at 20:05 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill. 2. Log of correspondence Oracle Linux & offerings | Increase Security and Reduce Cost -  Neill has sent the EO2025 sponsorship prospectus Re: US Tax Paperwork Questions - Query from Joe Chin re sponsorship of DrupalCon Singapore Request for approval of >$5k invoice - request for approval of payment for the PyConAu [...]

2024-12-05T17:18:53+11:00December 5th, 2024|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

2024-11-20 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Jennifer Cox (Council) Andrew Pam (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Not Present Meeting opened at 20:03 AEDT by Joel and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill Cox 2. Log of correspondence Get ready for Write the Docs Australia 2024 - update on conference progress, Andrew will attend. Missing info for NZ GST - Russell following up in preparation for LA’s audit Oracle Linux & offerings | Increase Security and Reduce Cost - Offer from an Oracle Linux salesperson to [...]

2024-12-05T17:12:35+11:00December 5th, 2024|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

2024-11-06 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Neill Cox (Secretary) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  None Not Present Meeting opened at 19:34 AEST by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill. 2. Log of correspondence Re: DrupalCon Singapore Bill Payments - Wise verification done and payments sent Get ready for Write the Docs Australia 2024 - Update on Progress from Felicity Brand Missing info for NZ GST - questions about KiWi PyConand NZ GST - Russell has responded admin team reimbursements  - Russell [...]

2024-12-05T17:12:01+11:00December 5th, 2024|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

2024-10-23 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jennifer Cox (Council) Andrew Pam (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Not Present Meeting opened at 20:06 AEDT by Joel and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill Cox 2. Log of correspondence Fwd: Request for ATO advice - 1-1474HXZI [SEC=OFFICIAL] - ATO response to an LA request - forwarded to council byRussell Fwd: Your Stripe transactions have exceeded a tax threshold in France - email from Russell to LA treasurers about implications of accepting overseas payments [LACTTE] Joomla Meetup Group [...]

2024-12-05T17:11:30+11:00December 5th, 2024|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

2024-10-09 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  None Not Present Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Meeting opened at 19:35 AEST by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill . 2. Log of correspondence Announcing conference speakers, talks and the full schedule - WriteTheDocs grant update Re: RSEAA24 Accessibility Fellowship grant invoice - Russell has paid the RSEAA24 sponsorship Written notes from tonight's Council Update - PurpleCon Update Re: Insufficient funds - Python NZ - Russell has responded Re: PyCon AU [...]

2024-12-05T17:10:57+11:00December 5th, 2024|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

2024-09-25 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Andrew Pam (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Jennifer Cox (Council) Not Present Meeting opened at 19:44 AEDT by Joel Addison and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill Cox and Jonathan Woithe 2. Log of correspondence Joomla sub-committee - some confusion over meeting invite. Now resolved. ACTION: Council to look over the proposed agreement for us to sign off on. Bring any amendments for the next meeting. DrupalSouth Melbourne Budget Proposal - budget has been approved and the subcommittee notified [...]

2024-12-05T17:10:00+11:00December 5th, 2024|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |
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