Council Meeting Tuesday 28th January 2020 – Minutes

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> [...]

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 [...]

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 1932 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence None 3. Items for discussion LCA 2020 update 5. Items for noting Julien will be travelling during our next meeting, should still be able to attend, but would appreciate someone standing up as backup if can’t do minutes or has to leave early. Grant application submitted: Dr Mohammad, Gravity Challenge. Community consultation period is underway. [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Clinton Roy Jonathan Woithe Miles Goodhew Apologies Joshua Hesketh   Meeting opened at 1931 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review WordCamp Sydney/Port Macquarie 2019 Drupal South Hobart Tech Team LCA 2020 3. Log of correspondence None 4. Items for discussion F2F AI updates. Sae Ra Respond to NetThing Done, invoice pending. Respond to Vala Done, also NAKd sponsoring at a lower rate. Send call for Rusty Wrench nominations (drafted) Hopefully sent today Josh <All Done> Russell: Prep [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Joshua Hesketh Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Clinton Roy Jonathan Woithe Miles Goodhew Apologies Sae Ra Germaine   Meeting opened at 1930 AEST by Julien and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review WordCamp Sydney/Port Macquarie 2019 Drupal South Hobart Tech Team LCA 2020 3. Log of correspondence None 4. Items for discussion Pycon AU 20/21 has updated budget.  Need to consider it, and approve subcommittee status if OK. Other than assuming ticket sales in Adelaide will be the same as Sydney seems reasonable. Russell moves motion to approve the Pycon [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Joshua Hesketh Julien Goodwin Clinton Roy Jonathan Woithe Miles Goodhew   Apologies  Russell Stuart   Meeting opened at 1935 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence None 3. Items for discussion Grant proposals Kelsie Nabben for “The Privacy Project” MOTION BY Sae Ra That Linux Australia Accepts the Grant Proposal “The Privacy Project” submitted by Kelsie Nabben Seconded by Miles Motion did not pass. 2 abstentions, 4 no’s Jonathan to send feedback, after review on council@ Delete AWS account. Tech Team [...]

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Joshua Hesketh Russell Stuart Julien Goodwin Clinton Roy Jonathan Woithe Miles Goodhew   Apologies None   Meeting opened at 1930 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien.   2. Event Review Tech Team WordCamp Brisbane/Sydney/Port Macquarie Drupal South Hobart Joomla Day Brisbane 2019 PyconAU 2019 LCA 2020 3. Log of correspondence None 4. Items for discussion (From last meeting) For AGM, will we bring up constitutional amendments again. (Russell) Yes we should put it forward, but how do we encourage people to vote. Last time [...]