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 [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

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, [...]

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). [...]

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 [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Joshua Hesketh Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Clinton Roy Jonathan Woithe Miles Goodhew Apologies  None   Meeting opened at 1932 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence None 3. Items for discussion Council position documents migration to Markdown (and subsequent changes) Rusty Wrenchers? (11-ish noms) After council has largely voted Julien will contact rusty-wrench@lists list, and the members individually with a top-3 and preference. Sign off on Audited Accounts One cut off text in first round has been fixed. Approved. Need <insurers> [...]