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 [...]

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 [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Not Present None Meeting opened at 19:35 AEST by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill and Jonathon. 2. Log of correspondence Re: Incoming Funds - discussion about dealing with funds in SGD - Russell has responded Reminder: Evidence is due soon for a dispute on Drupal Singapore 2024 - a dispute has been raised for a Drupal Asia invoice. Russell has responded Fwd: Re: Merri-bek Tech course [...]

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  Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Not Present Meeting opened at 19:38 AEDT by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill 2. Log of correspondence Jonathan Woithe:  Merri-bek Tech course - grant application decision- Jonathan has informed Jade that the grant application was successful Wil Brown: Scanned Post - three items of mail received at the PO Box and scanned to the drive folder (ATO NFP review, Westpac Statement and a copyright demand on [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  None Not Present None Meeting opened at 19:34 AEST by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Jonathan. 2. Log of correspondence AWS Billing Statement Sports Connection Australia Grant Update Write the Docs Grant Proposal Business Activity Statement Lodged DrupalCon Asia Treasury Tasks Request for grant partner - Lyndsey Jackson Admin Team Subcommittee Update 3. Items for discussion Drupal South Subcommittee A revised community day budget has been sent [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Not Present Meeting opened at 19:35 AEST (UT+1000) by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill. 2. Log of correspondence RSEAA24 accessibility fellowship - grant application decision - Jonathan has informed Morgan that the grant application was successful Enquiry from Felicity Brand via the Linux Australia Website Contact Form - Felicity was asked to submit a grant proposal for sponsorship of Write The Docs Australia Grant Application from [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Andrew Pam (Council) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Apologies  Not Present Meeting opened at 19:33 AEST by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill 2. Log of correspondence Grant Application from Rowland Mosbergen for RSEAA24 Accessibility Fellowship - Rowland has expanded on the alignment of this grant request with LA’s values Canberra Python User Group - grant application decision - Jonathan has informed the Canberra Python User Group that their application was successful [purplecon] Is it OK [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Not Present Meeting opened at 19:40 AEST (UT+1000) by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill. 2. Log of correspondence Enquiry from Felicity Brand via the Linux Australia Website Contact Form - Enquiry re sponsoring Write the Docs Australia - Jonathan has responded Grant Application from Rowland Mosbergen for RSEAA24 Accessibility Fellowship - Jonathan has responded Re: [LACTTE] Payment to Acquamarina Hotel - DrupalCon Asia [LACTTE] [Connecting Up] [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Andrew Pam (Council) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Apologies  Not Present Meeting opened at 19:36 AEST by Sae Ra  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill 2. Log of correspondence Fwd: DrupalCon License Agreement [Needs review by LA council, esp VP and Treasurer] The data debate: AI training datasets are the bone of contention [discussion of an Open Source AI Definition] Tax Invoice #1717290 - Please Do Not Reply [receipt for renewal of slug.org.au and taslug.org.au [Announce] Linux [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joel Addison (President) Sae Ra Germaine (Vice-President) Neill Cox (Secretary) Russell Stuart (Treasurer) Andrew Pam (Council) Jennifer Cox (Council) Jonathan Woithe (Council) Apologies  Not Present Meeting opened at 19:36 AEST (UT+1000) by Joel  and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Neill. 2. Log of correspondence WISE topup to pay Germans - would you authorise please [Kiwi PyCon - Russell has responded]  Linux Australia Registered Charity Australian Business Number? [Drupa South/Asia query. Russell and Joel have responded] Question about "address of recipient" wrt to 029 [Donation from PSF for Kiwi PyCon - Russell has [...]