<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">Dear All,</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">Linux Australia is pleased and very proud to announce the opening of the 2019 Linux</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">Australia Grants program. Up to $AUD 35,000 is available for distribution</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">to open source, open data, open government, open education, open hardware</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">and open culture projects as part of the organisation's support of free and</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">open source systems and communities in the region.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">In 2018, the Linux Australia Grants program supported Drupal, Code Club,</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">CiviCRM and a hackathon. Details about these grants can be found in our</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">2017-2018 Annual Report[1].</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">More information about the grants process can be found on our Grants webpage</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">at https://linux.org.au/projects/grants after logging in as a member. To</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">submit an application use the form provided at the bottom of the Grants</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">page. If you are not a member of Linux Australia please apply at:</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">https://linux.org.au/membership/</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">As in 2018, grant submissions will be discussed on a separate mailing list</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">rather than the general linux-aus mailing list. If you are interested in</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">following along with the grant process or providing feedback about grant</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">submissions, please subscribe to the mailing list here:</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">Please share this announcement with colleagues, projects and community</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">members who may find it of interest. Feel free to contact the Linux</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">Australia Council or myself if you have any questions or would like to privately</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">discuss anything related to the grants process.</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">[1] <a href="https://linux.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/annual-report-combined.pdf">https://linux.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/annual-report-combined.pdf</a></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">Looking forward to seeing the submissions!</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-style: normal;">Sae Ra</span></font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_signature"><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap">--
Sae Ra Germaine
President
Linux Australia
<a href="mailto:president@linux.org.au" target="_blank">president@linux.org.au</a>
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Linux Australia Inc
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