2025–05-07 Council Meeting Minutes

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2025–05-07 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Jennifer Cox (Vice-President) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Neill Cox (Secretary) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Lilly Hoi Sze Ho (Council) Not Present Elena Williams (Council) Meeting opened at 19:39 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill 2. Log of correspondence Spreadsheet shared with you: "EOCBR2026 Draft Conference Budget" -  EO2026 has shared a draft budget LA Subcommittee Meeting Time Update - questions from Jack - no response yet Westpac access to WP AUstralia account - Wil has asked for his access to the WP - Australia bank account [...]

2025-05-26T14:04:52+10:00May 26th, 2025|Categories: Council Meetings|Tags: , , |

2025-02-26 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Jennifer Cox (Vice-President) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Neill Cox (Secretary) Elena Williams (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Lilly Hoi Sze Ho (Council) Apologies  Joel Addison (President) Meeting opened at 08:02 AEDT by Jenny  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill 2. Log of correspondence 2025-02-15 Re: [LACTTE] Is it time to shut down the HH LA Subcommittee? - Jonathan has responded 2025-02-01 - NSW Fair Trading Annual Return has been submitted - by Russell 2025-02-01 - Fwd: [APNIC #5872438][LINUXAUS-AU] - APNIC Membership Renewal - Invoice Attached - Russell has responded 2025-02-03 - Tax Invoice [...]

2025-05-26T14:03:50+10:00May 26th, 2025|Categories: Council Meetings|Tags: , , |

2025-02-12 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Jennifer Cox (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Elena Williams (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Lilly Hoi Sze Ho (Council) Meeting opened at 20:08 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill   2. Log of correspondence 2025-01-08 Letter to Linux Australia Inc. 11.12.24 - Russell has responded to Clayton Utz pointing out that the image on the LCA site is copyright by the European Space Agency, not Reuters 2025-01-09 [Linux-aus] EO2024 videos - questions about EO2024 videos - Joel has responded 2025-01-13 Enquiry from DAVID [...]

2025-05-26T13:57:52+10:00May 26th, 2025|Categories: Council Meetings|Tags: , , |

2025-04-23 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Neill Cox (Secretary) Elena Williams (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Lilly Ho (Council) Apologies  Jennifer Cox (Vice-President) Meeting opened at 19:35 AEDT by Joel.  Quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill and Jonathan.. 2. Log of correspondence This is correspondence which was sent to Council. Any communication sent directly to the secretary or other executive addresses is not included. Today's Meeting [Drupal Con Japan] - Russell has responded PyCon AU 2025 Proposal - Russell has informed PyCon Au that they have been approved as a subcommittee Congratulations [from [...]

2025-05-26T13:54:34+10:00May 26th, 2025|Categories: Council Meetings|Tags: , , |

2025-04-09 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Jennifer Cox (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Elena Williams (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Lilly Hoi Sze Ho (Council) Meeting opened at 19:32 AEST by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill 2. Log of correspondence [LACTTE] BAS Time Grant Application - Makerspace Adelaide Big News for Open Source—From the UN to the OSI new directors Amazon Web Services Billing Statement Available [Account: 103334912252] Kiwi PyCon 2025 subcommittee financial access Word Camp Brisbane Conference 2025 has been accepted Payment Processed for 411597 - Payment of Zoom account [...]

2025-05-26T13:51:31+10:00May 26th, 2025|Categories: Council Meetings|Tags: , , |

2025-03-12 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Jennifer Cox (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Elena Williams (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Lilly Hoi Sze Ho (Council) Meeting opened at 20:18 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill 2. Log of correspondence Julie Elliott: Adelaide Convention Centre  - SYDNEY  potential coffee catch up / meeting Kathy Reid: Logitech sponsoring unihack Various Drupal South: Purchase Approval Request DrupalSouth Russell Stuart: Comments on upcoming conference budgets Michael Richardson: DrupalCon Japan - Proposed Budget Russell Stuart: Example conference budget spreadsheet Alex Leith: Sponsorship request from [...]

2025-05-26T13:52:50+10:00May 26th, 2025|Categories: Council Meetings|Tags: , , |

2025-03-26 Council Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) (from approx 20:45 AEDT) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Neill Cox (Secretary) (approx 20:30 to 21:00 AEDT) Elena Williams (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Jennifer Cox (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Lilly Ho (Council) Meeting opened at 20:30 AEDT by Russell.  Quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Jonathan. 2. Log of correspondence This is correspondence which was sent to Council. Any communication sent directly to the secretary or other executive addresses is not included. Vladimir Roudakov: Follow ups to Wordcamp Brisbane meeting with Joel and Russell. Clinton Roy: Updates about PyCon AU steering [...]

2025-05-26T13:49:14+10:00May 26th, 2025|Categories: Council Meetings|Tags: , , |

Minutes of Linux Australia – Special General Meeting April 2025

Wednesday, 9th April 2025, 8:00pm AEST Meeting started at 8:00pm AEST. 1. President’s welcome MR JOEL ADDISON, President As was flagged earlier and at the AGM, we need to go through a process of amending our constitution if we want to remain as a not for profit. The deadline for this process is 30 June 2025 Thank you Russell for the hard work in preparing the necessary changes as a series of pull requests. Thank you to everyone who reviewed and provided feedback on the changes. Before we vote, is there anything anyone wants to bring up for discussion? [No [...]

2025-04-09T20:31:10+10:00April 9th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorised|

Notice of Special General Meeting for Linux Australia

We hereby announce that a Special General Meeting of Linux Australia will be held on Wednesday 9 April 2025. At this meeting a special resolution will be tabled to adopt a new constitution, in response to updated requirements from the Australian Taxation Office for not-for-profit organisations. Details of the meeting: When: 8pm Wednesday 9 April 2025 (AEST) Where: Online via Zoom. Registration is available at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dlzE7POETyWfQ_ffTaqAag Nature of business: Special resolution to adopt a new constitution for Linux Australia The special resolution to be voted on at this special general meeting is as follows: That the complete constitution, as set [...]

2025-03-19T20:51:07+11:00March 19th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorised|

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: |
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