From secretary at linux.org.au  Thu Jan  4 09:05:14 2024
From: secretary at linux.org.au (secretary)
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 09:05:14 +1100
Subject: [Announce] Notice of Linux Australia 2024 Annual General Meeting
	(AGM)
Message-ID: <f247c3db-d3f1-4ac1-8ce2-11f38c8c58e2@app.fastmail.com>

Pursuant to Clause (24) of the Linux Australia Constitution [1], I

hereby give notice that the Annual General Meeting of the organisation

will be held Saturday 20 January 2024 at 2:00pm AEDT (UTC+11).


The meeting will be held by video conference using Zoom. Attendees must

pre-register at this URL using the same email address that they use for

Linux Australia's member site:

_https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItcO2tqjktEtXqxvxxb67TPpDfwKfFqlkU_ 


Once registered, you should receive a confirmation email (please remember to check your spam folder).


The meeting will


   (a) confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual general meeting

and of any special general meeting held since that meeting,

   (b) receive from the committee reports on the activities of the

association during the last preceding financial year,

   (c) elect office-bearers of the association and ordinary committee

members, or to announce the results of a ballot held prior to the annual

general meeting under clause 15(5),

   (d) receive and consider any financial statement or report required

to be submitted to members under the Act.


Please find below the draft agenda for the AGM.


I also hereby call for any agenda items to be tabled for discussion at

the Annual General Meeting.



With kind regards,

Neill Cox

Secretary, Linux Australia


[1] _http://www.linux.org.au/constitution_


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Agenda of Linux Australia - Annual General Meeting 2024


Saturday 20 January 2024, 2:00pm AEDT (UTC+11)

Video conference via Zoom.


1. President?s welcome

MR JOEL ADDISON, President


To note: attendance will be recorded in the minutes


2. Approval of the minutes from the previous Annual General Meeting - 2023


MOTION by MR JOEL ADDISON that the minutes of the Annual General

Meeting 2023 of Linux Australia be accepted as complete and accurate.

The minutes are available at:


_https://linux.org.au/minutes-of-linux-australia-annual-general-meeting-2023/_


To be seconded and voted upon


3. To receive the REPORTS of activities of the preceding year from

OFFICE BEARERS


MR JOEL ADDISON - President

MR RUSSELL STUART - Treasurer

Includes presentation of the Auditor?s Report

MR NEILL COX - Secretary


MOTION by RUSSELL STUART that the Auditor?s Report is a true statement of

financial accounts

MOTION by JOEL ADDISON that the President?s report is correct

MOTION by NEILL COX that the Secretary?s report is correct

MOTION by RUSSELL STUART that the Treasurer?s report is correct

MOTION by JOEL ADDISON that the actions of Council during 2023 are endorsed by

the membership


To be seconded and voted upon


4. To CONSIDER items tabled in the call for agenda items


5. DECLARATION of Election and WELCOME of incoming Council by the

Returning Officer


6. NOMINATION and ELECTION of Members to Vacant Council Positions

<slated if not enough members nominate for council>


7. To HEAR and RESPOND to questions from the floor

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From president at linux.org.au  Sun Jan  7 13:32:08 2024
From: president at linux.org.au (President)
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2024 12:32:08 +1000
Subject: [Announce] Linux Australia Sponsorship of NZ Python User Group
Message-ID: <724bc782-d0d6-4e08-8781-265e6448b601@app.fastmail.com>

Linux Australia (LA) and New Zealand Python User Group (NZPUG) are pleased to announce a sponsorship arrangement between the two organisations. 

Linux Australia was approached by NZPUG for assistance as they deal with some challenges that have since been referred to the relevant authorities. We can not provide much detail regarding the challenge other than to say Linux Australia will assist in any way possible to help NZPUG during this difficult time. 

NZPUG has a long history in supporting open technology in Aotearoa New Zealand and has significant overlap with Linux Australia?s community. The Linux Australia Council believes that our values align closely to NZPUG?s, both in terms of promoting and providing support to open source and open communities.

In the coming weeks, Linux Australia will work with NZPUG to bring the Kiwi Pycon conference under the auspices of Linux Australia as an LA subcommittee and to also assist with governance, auditing, accounting, and infrastructure. The sponsorship agreement will be in place for a period of 5 years to the value of $55,000NZD + GST. 

?Linux Australia has a long history of supporting open technologies communities within Australia and New Zealand. Through this sponsorship agreement, we are confident that NZPUG will recover from their difficulties and continue to serve their community into the future. We are proud to be able to support such a like minded organisation.? *said Joel Addison - President, Linux Australia*

"The New Zealand Python User Group has been fostering and growing the Python and open source / free software community for fifteen years. This past year we faced an existential challenge, and we are beyond grateful to Linux Australia. With their support, we are able to recover and to continue our mission and purpose." *Tom Eastman - President, NZPUG*


Contact for more information:

Joel Addison

President, Linux Australia

E: _president at linux.org.au_


Tom Eastman

President, New Zealand Python User Group

E: _president at nzpug.org_ 


About Linux Australia

Linux Australia is the peak body for Open Source communities in Australia. Linux Australia represents approximately 5000 Australian users and developers of Free Software and Open Technologies, and facilitates internationally-renowned events including Everything Open ? Australasia?s grassroots Free and Open Source Software Conference. Linux Australia exists to support like minded communities by acting as a legal entity to run communities and events focussed on free and open source software, hardware, technology and communities.

Linux Australia is voluntarily bound by the principles embodied by its statement of values and the articles of association, and undertakes to operate at all times in an open, transparent and democratic manner. 

About New Zealand Python User Group

The New Zealand Python User Group aims to foster an inclusive community which invites diverse groups of people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, body size, race, gender, gender identity and expression, sexuality, disability, or religion to discuss and learn about all things Python in an environment of mutual respect, tolerance and encouragement.

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From s.germaine at gmail.com  Mon Jan  8 09:38:59 2024
From: s.germaine at gmail.com (Sae Ra Germaine)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:38:59 +1100
Subject: [Announce] Linux Australia Annual Report & Council Voting is now
	Open
Message-ID: <CABoPxHPENmYf7eO_KUB0GcErG1sSJykYeTS3UuLM3S0hySeoWw@mail.gmail.com>

Good Morning All,

## Annual Report
The Linux Australia 2023-2024 Annual Report, including the audited
financial statements for 2022-2023, is now available on the LA website at:

https://linux.org.au/about-us/annual-reports/

## AGM
If you have any questions please send them through to council at linux.org.au
or come along to the AGM. Registration Details and Agenda is available at:

https://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2024-January/024442.html

## Voting
Nominations have closed, and voting is now open for the elections for
the Linux Australia Council.

Voting will close on January 14th, 2024 11:59 PM (GMT+11:00)

The results will be announced at the Linux Australia AGM during
linux.conf.au then posted to the website.

To view and participate in the election please visit https://www.linux
.org.au/
   * Select ?Member Area? located on the top right hand side of the
page and log in.
   * Select ?Elections?.
   * Select ?Vote in the Election? for the ?Linux Australia Council
Election? of this year.

Kind Regards,

Sae Ra Germaine
Linux Australia Ordinary Council Member
https://linux.org.au
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From s.germaine at gmail.com  Thu Jan 11 09:38:48 2024
From: s.germaine at gmail.com (Sae Ra Germaine)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:38:48 +1100
Subject: [Announce] REMINDER: Linux Australia Annual Report, AGM Details,
 and Council Voting is now Open
Message-ID: <CABoPxHNe8h-_3ny_zmX-Z=dohvop-ZCnB_gspHm-ac70D428rw@mail.gmail.com>

Good Morning All,

## Annual Report
The Linux Australia 2023-2024 Annual Report, including the audited
financial statements for 2022-2023, is now available on the LA website at:

https://linux.org.au/about-us/annual-reports/

## AGM
If you have any questions please send them through to council at linux.org.au or
come along to the AGM. You can Register for the AGM at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItcO2tqjktEtXqxvxxb67TPpDfwKfFqlkU

You will need to be a Linux Australia member to register.

## Voting
Voting is open for the elections for the Linux Australia Council.

***Voting will close THIS WEEKEND on January 14th, 2024 11:59 PM
(GMT+11:00)***

The results will be announced at the Linux Australia AGM

To view and participate in the election please visit
https://www.linux.org.au/
   * Select ?Member Area? located on the top right hand side of the
page and log in.
   * Select ?Elections?.
   * Select ?Vote in the Election? for the ?Linux Australia Council
Election? of this year.

Kind Regards,

Sae Ra Germaine
Linux Australia Ordinary Council Member
https://linux.org.au
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From contact at everythingopen.au  Tue Jan 16 11:12:56 2024
From: contact at everythingopen.au (Everything Open)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:12:56 +1000
Subject: [Announce] Everything Open 2024: 2nd Keynote Announcement
Message-ID: <adbb4a8fa712d752989f5a801e265b29@everythingopen.au>

## We are delighted to announce our second Keynote speaker at Everything 
Open 2024, Jana Dekanovska.

Jana Dekanovska is a well-known threat intelligence analyst, with a 
particular interest in the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) 
and cyber security. She serves as a Strategic Threat Advisor at 
CrowdStrike, where she holds responsibility for their cyber threat 
intelligence business across Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Jana?s 
keynote will examine the rise of artificial intelligence within cyber 
security, and in particular how Adversarial AI is altering the cyber 
security threat landscape - and what you can do about it.

Registrations are now open for Everything Open 2024, and we have curated 
a list of travel and accommodation options for you. You may be surprised 
at how affordable accommodation in Gladstone is, particularly compared 
to regional cities, with many options under $AUD 150 a night.

## About Jana

Jana focuses on helping customers operationalize and integrate threat 
intelligence within their organization?s security strategy, 
demonstrating the value of CrowdStrike intelligence capabilities.

Prior to her current role, Jana was a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence 
Analyst at CyberCX, developing a wide variety of analytical products 
across strategic, operational and tactical levels of intelligence for a 
diverse customer base. Before moving to Australia, Jana held multiple 
intelligence-based roles across Merck and Amazon in the Czech republic, 
and served in NATO commands across Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Jana regularly presents at events in Australia and internationally and 
is frequently interviewed by Australian media on cyber security news 
topics.

## About the keynote

AI is a hot topic in cyber security. Everyone is curious about it. 
Excited about its use cases and nervous about the problems it may cause 
in the wrong hands. AI as a tool can be used by both defenders and 
adversaries. This talk will focus mainly on what the adversaries are 
doing from the offensive perspective and unpack the concept of 
Adversarial AI that will fundamentally change the threat landscape and 
lower the barrier of entry for adversaries to enter the cyber security 
game.

The underlying openness of AI means that we can now take the collective 
knowledge of many smart people and bend the time and knowledge gap, 
giving this advantage to the adversary, creating threat actors that are 
smarter, faster and have the ability to do more damage. AI is going to 
change the threats as we know them today and is the next big problem we 
are facing in security.

Jana will discuss how adversaries are using AI today, how it could be 
used in the future, and how this will affect your business.

## Register now for Everything Open 2024!

Register now to attend Everything Open 2024, in beautiful Gladstone, 
tropical north Queensland. We have a range of ticket prices suitable for 
most budgets, and have compiled information on travel to, and 
accommodation in Gladstone, as well as information on what you can do 
while you?re here. We?re looking forward to seeing you in April 2024!

If you have questions please contact the Organising Team via email at 
contact at everythingopen.au