Council Meeting Tuesday 10th March 2020 – Minutes

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 [...]

Meeting opened at 18:02 (AEST) 13th January by Sae Ra Germaine Minutes taken by Julien Goodwin 1. President’s welcome MS SAE RA GERMAINE, President 2. Approval of the minutes from the previous - Annual General Meeting 2019 MOTION by MS SAE RA GERMAINE that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2019 of Linux Australia be accepted as complete and accurate. The minutes are available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15SrEONbKUBEdj2BYhrAe12FXjCzxMvDbGxzBGLYTnzc/edit Seconded by Andrew Pam, passed with 4 abstentions. 3. To receive the REPORTS of activities of the preceding year from OFFICE BEARERS MS SAE RA GERMAINE - President MR JULIEN GOODWIN - Secretary [...]

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> [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Clinton Roy Jonathan Woithe Apologies Joshua Hesketh Miles Goodhew   Meeting opened at 1932 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review WordCamp Sydney/Port Macquarie 2019 Drupal South Hobart Pycon AU 2020 Tech Team LCA 2020 LCA 2021 3. Log of correspondence None 4. Items for discussion Establishment of a privacy@ LA address to make it easier for people to contact LA on privacy-related matters. It should be directed to president@ and secretary@ and be archived on LA servers [...]

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 1931 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence Gnome foundation donation in progress, they want a media release. Still waiting on an invoice. We have signed the “Secure the Internet” letter 3. Items for discussion AI: Subcommittees (v3 doc; Web page; wind-up et. al.) (M0les) Sae Ra expects draft by tomorrow. Web page /windup, we do list a bunch of possibly dead [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Joshua Hesketh Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Jonathan Woithe Miles Goodhew Apologies Clinton Roy   Meeting opened at 1931 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review WordCamp Sydney/Port Macquarie Drupal South Hobart Pycon AU 2020 Tech Team LCA 2020 3. Log of correspondence Motion on list for GNOME legal defence Sae Ra to contact directly to see about transfer. 4. Items for discussion Kill AWS? Josh thinks it’s on his todo list to clean up. Grant application from Dr Matahar, Development of autopilot [...]