From katie at glasnt.com Thu May 3 08:33:36 2018 From: katie at glasnt.com (Katie McLaughlin) Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 08:33:36 +1000 Subject: [Grants] Grant Request: Funding for Code of Conduct Incident Response Training Message-ID: ## Aim This funding request will fund one remote training session for Code of Conduct Incident Response from Otter Technologies for up to 10 members of the organising teams from under the umbrella of Linux Australia events. ## Rationale Linux Australia requests that event subcommittees have a Code of Conduct for their event. This is a good first step to ensure a safe and inclusive conference for attendees. In the event that incidents occur at a conference, there needs to be knowledge on the ground from members of an Incident Response Team (aka Conduct Team) in the basics of how to handle an incident: attendee care, resolution practices, liability, reporting process, anonymity processes, aftercare. Conduct teams have been present at PyCon AU 2016, PyCon AU 2017, linux.conf.au 2017 and linux.conf.au 2018. However, members of this teams, to the best of my knowledge, have never undertaken formal training for this role By having this training undertaken by members of the community of various Linux Australia conferences, we can seed the knowledge of how to take the next step in ensuring active attendee safety at Linux Australia events. Note: this training is one of two training session offered. A ?Train the Trainers? session is is a separate course, quote and additional grant request pending, which would allow attendees of both sessions to then have the knowledge to train their own Conduct teams. This would allow for a larger pool of trained persons to attend more events and be a part of more Conduct teams. ## Success Attendees undertaking training will be able to take the skills learnt and CC-BY materials provided and use them to ensure their own events have trained Incident Response members who can serve on Conduct teams in order to ensure attendee safety. Attendees have also been chosen as they are ?serial conference attendees?, so their skills can be of service across a number of events for years to come. ## Costs Breakdown The training is as follows: Name: Code of Conduct Incident Response Provider: Otter Technologies https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ Cost:* $3,500 USD* for up to 10 attendees in one remote session *Note: the training can have up to 14 attendees, but 8 - 10 is the normal size of groups. Given this is a specific request by specific people, we are limiting the attendees to 10* ## Training details: The training provided comprises of a 3 - 4 hour session, split across group and pair activities, relating to incident response overviews, pair role-play of reporting and receiving an incident report, and take-home materials including Incident Response forms (CC licensed) Trainer: Sage Sharp ## Testimonial Sam Kimbrel, North Bay Python Organiser, PyCon AU 2016 Speaker > Sage?s organizer training clearly outlined the core responsibilities an event team > has towards its attendees, staff, speakers, and volunteers, and offered concrete > steps to handle these responsibilities in a safe, sustainable fashion. There are myriad > pitfalls in actually implementing a strong code of conduct and we felt much more > confident in our ability to avoid as many as we could after the training. ## Attendees This grant request allows for one remote training session for up to ten people. The following eight people are requesting these funds. There is still room for two more attendees, should anyone else be interested in attending * Katie McLaughlin, PyCon AU 2018 Chair * Katie Bell, PyCon AU 2018 Co-Chair * Russell Keith-Magee, PyCon AU 2018 Treasurer * Jack Skinner, PyCon AU 2018 Volunteer Coordinator * Lilly Ryan, PyCon AU 2018 Paper?s Chair * James Polley, linux.conf.au 2018 Co-Chair, Linux Australia Board Member 2018 * Donna Benjamin, Drupal South, Rusty Wrench Award 2013 * Craige McWhirter, linux.conf.au 2017 Co-Chair Should only these eight attend, the grant would be $3,500USD / 8 ~= AUD$600 per attendee. An additional two attendees will bring that number down to ~AUD$470 per attendee ## Contact Katie McLaughlin will be the point of contact for this grant request, and is willing to provide a post-training report to Council. 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Sae Ra On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Katie McLaughlin wrote: > ## Aim > > This funding request will fund one remote training session for Code of > Conduct Incident Response from Otter Technologies for up to 10 members of > the organising teams from under the umbrella of Linux Australia events. > > ## Rationale > > Linux Australia requests that event subcommittees have a Code of Conduct > for their event. > > This is a good first step to ensure a safe and inclusive conference for > attendees. > > In the event that incidents occur at a conference, there needs to be > knowledge on the ground from members of an Incident Response Team (aka > Conduct Team) in the basics of how to handle an incident: attendee care, > resolution practices, liability, reporting process, anonymity processes, > aftercare. > > Conduct teams have been present at PyCon AU 2016, PyCon AU 2017, > linux.conf.au 2017 and linux.conf.au 2018. However, members of this > teams, to the best of my knowledge, have never undertaken formal training > for this role > > By having this training undertaken by members of the community of various > Linux Australia conferences, we can seed the knowledge of how to take the > next step in ensuring active attendee safety at Linux Australia events. > > Note: this training is one of two training session offered. A ?Train the > Trainers? session is is a separate course, quote and additional grant > request pending, which would allow attendees of both sessions to then have > the knowledge to train their own Conduct teams. This would allow for a > larger pool of trained persons to attend more events and be a part of more > Conduct teams. > > ## Success > > Attendees undertaking training will be able to take the skills learnt and > CC-BY materials provided and use them to ensure their own events have > trained Incident Response members who can serve on Conduct teams in order > to ensure attendee safety. > > Attendees have also been chosen as they are ?serial conference attendees?, > so their skills can be of service across a number of events for years to > come. > > ## Costs Breakdown > > The training is as follows: > > Name: Code of Conduct Incident Response > Provider: Otter Technologies > https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ > > Cost:* $3,500 USD* for up to 10 attendees in one remote session > > *Note: the training can have up to 14 attendees, but 8 - 10 is the normal > size of groups. Given this is a specific request by specific people, we are > limiting the attendees to 10* > > ## Training details: > > The training provided comprises of a 3 - 4 hour session, split across > group and pair activities, relating to incident response overviews, pair > role-play of reporting and receiving an incident report, and take-home > materials including Incident Response forms (CC licensed) > > Trainer: Sage Sharp > > ## Testimonial > > Sam Kimbrel, North Bay Python Organiser, PyCon AU 2016 Speaker > > > Sage?s organizer training clearly outlined the core responsibilities an > event team > > has towards its attendees, staff, speakers, and volunteers, and offered > concrete > > steps to handle these responsibilities in a safe, sustainable fashion. > There are myriad > > pitfalls in actually implementing a strong code of conduct and we felt > much more > > confident in our ability to avoid as many as we could after the training. > > ## Attendees > > This grant request allows for one remote training session for up to ten > people. The following eight people are requesting these funds. There is > still room for two more attendees, should anyone else be interested in > attending > > * Katie McLaughlin, PyCon AU 2018 Chair > * Katie Bell, PyCon AU 2018 Co-Chair > * Russell Keith-Magee, PyCon AU 2018 Treasurer > * Jack Skinner, PyCon AU 2018 Volunteer Coordinator > * Lilly Ryan, PyCon AU 2018 Paper?s Chair > * James Polley, linux.conf.au 2018 Co-Chair, Linux Australia Board Member > 2018 > * Donna Benjamin, Drupal South, Rusty Wrench Award 2013 > * Craige McWhirter, linux.conf.au 2017 Co-Chair > > Should only these eight attend, the grant would be $3,500USD / 8 ~= > AUD$600 per attendee. > > An additional two attendees will bring that number down to ~AUD$470 per > attendee > > ## Contact > > Katie McLaughlin will be the point of contact for this grant request, and > is willing to provide a post-training report to Council. > > Katie was a member of the PyCon AU 2016 and linux.conf.au 2017 Conduct > Teams, and is the Chair for PyCon AU 2018, 2019 > > _______________________________________________ > committee mailing list > committee at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/committee > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > committee-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au > -- -- Sae Ra GermaineSecretary Linux Australia secretary at linux.org.auhttp://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jwoithe at just42.net Fri May 4 10:01:54 2018 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 09:31:54 +0930 Subject: [Grants] Grant request: Linux Australia Contribution to the Promote Drupal Fund In-Reply-To: <1147853578.83.1525038728414.JavaMail.zimbra@kattekrab.net> References: <1147853578.83.1525038728414.JavaMail.zimbra@kattekrab.net> Message-ID: <20180504000153.GF2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> Hi Donna Thanks for your well-written proposal. I have a couple of questions. On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 07:52:08AM +1000, Donna Benjamin wrote: > Project name: > ------------- > Promote Drupal > https://www.drupal.org/promotedrupal > > Request: > -------- > AU$2500 contribution to the Promote Drupal fund. > : > How the success of the project will be measured: > ------------------------------------------------ > The initial goal is to raise $100,000. So far we have raised $54,000. > Reaching the 100k goal will be the primary immediate measure of success > for the funding campaign. In the (IMHO) unlikely event that the fundraising drive falls short of the $100k goal, what approach will be taken with the money that was raised? > Estimated cost breakdown of the project: > ---------------------------------------- > : > At this point I don't have access to a detailed budget. LA is being asked > to contribute 2.5% to a larger project budget. Thank you for being very clear about how the LA grant proposal fits into the bigger picture. > Why should Linux Australia support this project? > ------------------------------------------------ > Linux Australia has been the auspicing financial sponsor of a number of > Drupal events in Australia and New Zealand over many years. Most of those > events have been successful, and returned a healthy surplus, above the > auspicing costs. Do you (or council) have a rough (first-order) estimate as to the magnitude of the accumulated surplus associated with Drupal-related events? Regards jonathan From jwoithe at just42.net Fri May 4 10:28:34 2018 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 09:58:34 +0930 Subject: [Grants] Grant Request: Funding for Code of Conduct Incident Response Training In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20180504002834.GG2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> Hi Katie On Thu, May 03, 2018 at 08:33:36AM +1000, Katie McLaughlin wrote: > ## Aim > This funding request will fund one remote training session for Code of > Conduct Incident Response from Otter Technologies for up to 10 members of > the organising teams from under the umbrella of Linux Australia events. > : In principle I think this is a good idea. Given the nature of incidents that can arise as a result of Code of Conduct violations it is important that those responding to the incident are well versed in the appropriate responses. This applies not only to those directly affected by the incidents but also for the wider body of event attendees. If they know that there are appropriately trained people available to deal with incidents it gives them confidence that the system will work if it is needed. > Note: this training is one of two training session offered. A ???Train the > Trainers??? session is is a separate course, quote and additional grant > request pending, which would allow attendees of both sessions to then have > the knowledge to train their own Conduct teams. This would allow for a > larger pool of trained persons to attend more events and be a part of more > Conduct teams. I would definitely like to see a "Train the Trainer" session happen since this will then put LA in a position to ensure that many more people can receive the appropriate training. In some ways this is more valuable than a "team member" session that the present grant is about. However, when starting from nothing there is an obvious need to bootstrap the process so I see no problem with both being done at this early stage in the process. > The training is as follows: > > Name: Code of Conduct Incident Response > Provider: Otter Technologies > https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ Otter Technologies is obviously based in the US. With the nature of potential Code of Conduct violations there are differences between Australia and the US in connection with legal responsibilities and the like (particularly surrounding minors). Given that the grant is to train people for events held in Australia, how will the training given by Otter Technologies take this into account? > ## Attendees > This grant request allows for one remote training session for up to ten > people. The following eight people are requesting these funds. There is > still room for two more attendees, should anyone else be interested in > attending > > * Katie McLaughlin, PyCon AU 2018 Chair > * Katie Bell, PyCon AU 2018 Co-Chair > * Russell Keith-Magee, PyCon AU 2018 Treasurer > * Jack Skinner, PyCon AU 2018 Volunteer Coordinator > * Lilly Ryan, PyCon AU 2018 Paper???s Chair > * James Polley, linux.conf.au 2018 Co-Chair, Linux Australia Board Member > 2018 > * Donna Benjamin, Drupal South, Rusty Wrench Award 2013 > * Craige McWhirter, linux.conf.au 2017 Co-Chair PyCon is very well represented but other major events (such as LCA) are less so. Admittedly there is a significant overlap between attendees of PyCon and LCA, but it would still be good to see a more even coverage across LA events. This may of course be partially addressed by the final two spots. Having said that, perhaps this will play out fine after the "Train the trainer" sessions and the follow on from those. This first group of trainees is essentially the seed from which (hopefully) we'll see many more LA-affiliated people trained. Regards jonathan From donna at kattekrab.net Tue May 8 18:23:24 2018 From: donna at kattekrab.net (Donna Benjamin) Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 18:23:24 +1000 Subject: [Grants] Grant request: Linux Australia Contribution to the Promote Drupal Fund In-Reply-To: <20180504000153.GF2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> References: <1147853578.83.1525038728414.JavaMail.zimbra@kattekrab.net> <20180504000153.GF2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: <020B20B2-787D-4E3E-994D-FAC5EAA7C70D@kattekrab.net> Via mobile. > On 4 May 2018, at 10:01, Jonathan Woithe wrote: > > Hi Donna Hey Jonathan! > Thanks for your well-written proposal. I have a couple of questions. Thank you for reading and these thoughtful questions. > In the (IMHO) unlikely event that the fundraising drive falls short of the > $100k goal, what approach will be taken with the money that was raised? I?ll refer this question to Megan and follow up when I have a response. (She?s CC?d but not on this list) >> Linux Australia has been the auspicing financial sponsor of a number of >> Drupal events in Australia and New Zealand over many years. Most of those >> events have been successful, and returned a healthy surplus, above the >> auspicing costs. > > Do you (or council) have a rough (first-order) estimate as to the magnitude > of the accumulated surplus associated with Drupal-related events? I don?t have access to recent event budgets so council will need to respond to this. The events I was personally involved in ran to surplus, I can?t speak as confidently for the others. - Donna. From kathy at kathyreid.id.au Tue May 8 19:29:51 2018 From: kathy at kathyreid.id.au (Kathy Reid) Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 19:29:51 +1000 Subject: [Grants] Grant request: Linux Australia Contribution to the Promote Drupal Fund In-Reply-To: <020B20B2-787D-4E3E-994D-FAC5EAA7C70D@kattekrab.net> References: <1147853578.83.1525038728414.JavaMail.zimbra@kattekrab.net> <20180504000153.GF2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> <020B20B2-787D-4E3E-994D-FAC5EAA7C70D@kattekrab.net> Message-ID: <7206daab-9f0b-9404-897a-d3d24bcd4afd@kathyreid.id.au> Looking at Xero raw profit and loss, the figures are below. These do not take into account the around-$AUD-11-per-head that we get each event to budget for to help cover the costs that Linux Australia absorbs centrally such as insurance, merchant fees, bank fees, auditing and accounts. For say a 300-person event this would be around $AUD 3300. * DrupalCamp Sydney 2014 - $AUD 416.69 net profit * DrupalSouth Wellington 2014 - $AUD 25,426.84 net profit * DrupalSouth Melbourne 2015 - $AUD 38,542.32 net profit * DrupalSouth Gold Coast 2016 - $AUD 60,499.59 net profit * DrupalGov 2017 - $AUD 6271.42 net profit * DrupalSouth Auckland 2017 - $AUD 3997.88 net profit Kind regards, Kathy On 08/05/18 18:23, Donna Benjamin wrote: > Via mobile. > >> On 4 May 2018, at 10:01, Jonathan Woithe wrote: >> >> Hi Donna > Hey Jonathan! > >> Thanks for your well-written proposal. I have a couple of questions. > Thank you for reading and these thoughtful questions. > >> In the (IMHO) unlikely event that the fundraising drive falls short of the >> $100k goal, what approach will be taken with the money that was raised? > I?ll refer this question to Megan and follow up when I have a response. > (She?s CC?d but not on this list) > >>> Linux Australia has been the auspicing financial sponsor of a number of >>> Drupal events in Australia and New Zealand over many years. Most of those >>> events have been successful, and returned a healthy surplus, above the >>> auspicing costs. >> Do you (or council) have a rough (first-order) estimate as to the magnitude >> of the accumulated surplus associated with Drupal-related events? > I don?t have access to recent event budgets so council will need to respond to this. The events I was personally involved in ran to surplus, I can?t speak as confidently for the others. > > - Donna. > _______________________________________________ > Grants mailing list > Grants at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants -- -- Kathy Reid Independent digital consultant email: kathy at kathyreid.id.au mobile: 0418 130 636 twitter: @kathyreid video: https://zoom.us/j/3384470933 blog: http://blog.kathyreid.id.au linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/kathyreid calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=www.kathyreid.id.au%40gmail.com&ctz=Australia/Sydney ?: bitcoin:14pXC2GzccgqcWBnWhDZnu6KNopS824kPE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For say a 300-person event this would be around $AUD 3300. > DrupalCamp Sydney 2014 - $AUD 416.69 net profit > DrupalSouth Wellington 2014 - $AUD 25,426.84 net profit > DrupalSouth Melbourne 2015 - $AUD 38,542.32 net profit > DrupalSouth Gold Coast 2016 - $AUD 60,499.59 net profit > DrupalGov 2017 - $AUD 6271.42 net profit > DrupalSouth Auckland 2017 - $AUD 3997.88 net profit > Kind regards, > Kathy > > >> On 08/05/18 18:23, Donna Benjamin wrote: >> Via mobile. >> >>>> On 4 May 2018, at 10:01, Jonathan Woithe wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Donna >>> Hey Jonathan! >>> >>> Thanks for your well-written proposal. I have a couple of questions. >> Thank you for reading and these thoughtful questions. >> >>> In the (IMHO) unlikely event that the fundraising drive falls short of the >>> $100k goal, what approach will be taken with the money that was raised? >> I?ll refer this question to Megan and follow up when I have a response. >> (She?s CC?d but not on this list) >> >>>> Linux Australia has been the auspicing financial sponsor of a number of >>>> Drupal events in Australia and New Zealand over many years. Most of those >>>> events have been successful, and returned a healthy surplus, above the >>>> auspicing costs. >>> Do you (or council) have a rough (first-order) estimate as to the magnitude >>> of the accumulated surplus associated with Drupal-related events? >> I don?t have access to recent event budgets so council will need to respond to this. 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However, having the right level of funding will make it more sustainable and impactful. Thank you again for considering this way to support Drupal. With gratitude, Megan Sanicki Executive Director Drupal Association On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 1:23 AM, Donna Benjamin wrote: > Via mobile. > > > On 4 May 2018, at 10:01, Jonathan Woithe wrote: > > > > Hi Donna > > Hey Jonathan! > > > Thanks for your well-written proposal. I have a couple of questions. > > Thank you for reading and these thoughtful questions. > > > In the (IMHO) unlikely event that the fundraising drive falls short of > the > > $100k goal, what approach will be taken with the money that was raised? > > I?ll refer this question to Megan and follow up when I have a response. > (She?s CC?d but not on this list) > > >> Linux Australia has been the auspicing financial sponsor of a number of > >> Drupal events in Australia and New Zealand over many years. 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URL: From jwoithe at just42.net Fri May 11 13:22:55 2018 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 12:52:55 +0930 Subject: [Grants] Grant request: Linux Australia Contribution to the Promote Drupal Fund In-Reply-To: References: <1147853578.83.1525038728414.JavaMail.zimbra@kattekrab.net> <20180504000153.GF2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> <020B20B2-787D-4E3E-994D-FAC5EAA7C70D@kattekrab.net> Message-ID: <20180511032255.GA4987@marvin.atrad.com.au> On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 11:20:11AM -0700, Megan Sanicki wrote: > Thank you so much for considering a grant to support the Promote Drupal > initiative. We raised over $50,000 already and feel confident that we will > reach our $100,000 goal. However, if we do not, we will still move forward > with our Promote Drupal initiative. ... Thanks Megan for this information. In addition to the financial information supplied by Kathy, I feel that the grant as described is something which LA should support. It is, in many ways, an extension of earlier Drupal related events which LA has been involved in and builds on their accomplishments. I also like the way that this grant is a contribution to something much bigger, which helps reinforce the cooperative nature of our communities. Regards jonathan From jamezpolley at gmail.com Thu May 24 15:15:03 2018 From: jamezpolley at gmail.com (James Polley) Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 15:15:03 +1000 Subject: [Grants] [LACTTE] Grant Request: Funding for Code of Conduct Incident Response Training In-Reply-To: <20180504002834.GG2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> References: <20180504002834.GG2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: I'm writing this email with several hats; I'm on the council and had worked on getting this into the council's budget directly, but I'm also one of the people listed as likely to benefit from this grant should it go ahead. On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Jonathan Woithe wrote: > Hi Katie > > On Thu, May 03, 2018 at 08:33:36AM +1000, Katie McLaughlin wrote: > > ## Aim > > This funding request will fund one remote training session for Code of > > Conduct Incident Response from Otter Technologies for up to 10 members of > > the organising teams from under the umbrella of Linux Australia events. > > : > > In principle I think this is a good idea. Given the nature of incidents > that can arise as a result of Code of Conduct violations it is important > that those responding to the incident are well versed in the appropriate > responses. This applies not only to those directly affected by the > incidents but also for the wider body of event attendees. If they know > that > there are appropriately trained people available to deal with incidents it > gives them confidence that the system will work if it is needed. > > > Note: this training is one of two training session offered. A ???Train > the > > Trainers??? session is is a separate course, quote and additional grant > > request pending, which would allow attendees of both sessions to then > have > > the knowledge to train their own Conduct teams. This would allow for a > > larger pool of trained persons to attend more events and be a part of > more > > Conduct teams. > > I would definitely like to see a "Train the Trainer" session happen since > this will then put LA in a position to ensure that many more people can > receive the appropriate training. In some ways this is more valuable than > a > "team member" session that the present grant is about. However, when > starting from nothing there is an obvious need to bootstrap the process so > I > see no problem with both being done at this early stage in the process. > This is addressed at https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ - "The trainers must first attend a Code of Conduct incident response workshop (3 hours) and then attend a train-the-trainers session (2 hours)" So I agree, having some people go through the train-the-trainer sessions would be very useful, but the training being looked at here is a prerequisite for that. > > The training is as follows: > > > > Name: Code of Conduct Incident Response > > Provider: Otter Technologies > > https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ > > Otter Technologies is obviously based in the US. With the nature of > potential Code of Conduct violations there are differences between > Australia > and the US in connection with legal responsibilities and the like > (particularly surrounding minors). Given that the grant is to train people > for events held in Australia, how will the training given by Otter > Technologies take this into account? > That's a good question. My impression is that the course doesn't attempt to cover the legal responsibilities; as those are things that are relatively easy to research. My understanding is that the focus of the course is more about the interpersonal skills needed to respond to an incident, as these skills are something that usually require more practice to get comfortable with. You can read a little more about the course at the link I provided above. Regardless, I do think this is a good point, and it sounds like it would be useful if someone could work on some documentation or training about the Australian legal requirements here, if it isn't covered by the Otter Technologies training. > > ## Attendees > > This grant request allows for one remote training session for up to ten > > people. The following eight people are requesting these funds. There is > > still room for two more attendees, should anyone else be interested in > > attending > > > > * Katie McLaughlin, PyCon AU 2018 Chair > > * Katie Bell, PyCon AU 2018 Co-Chair > > * Russell Keith-Magee, PyCon AU 2018 Treasurer > > * Jack Skinner, PyCon AU 2018 Volunteer Coordinator > > * Lilly Ryan, PyCon AU 2018 Paper???s Chair > > * James Polley, linux.conf.au 2018 Co-Chair, Linux Australia Board > Member > > 2018 > > * Donna Benjamin, Drupal South, Rusty Wrench Award 2013 > > * Craige McWhirter, linux.conf.au 2017 Co-Chair > > PyCon is very well represented but other major events (such as LCA) are > less > so. Admittedly there is a significant overlap between attendees of PyCon > and LCA, but it would still be good to see a more even coverage across > LA events. This may of course be partially addressed by the final two > spots. > > Having said that, perhaps this will play out fine after the "Train the > trainer" sessions and the follow on from those. This first group of > trainees is essentially the seed from which (hopefully) we'll see many more > LA-affiliated people trained. > > Regards > jonathan > _______________________________________________ > committee mailing list > committee at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/committee > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > committee-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From donna at kattekrab.net Sat May 26 09:13:30 2018 From: donna at kattekrab.net (Donna Benjamin) Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 09:13:30 +1000 (EST) Subject: [Grants] Grant request: Linux Australia Contribution to the Promote Drupal Fund In-Reply-To: <20180511032255.GA4987@marvin.atrad.com.au> References: <1147853578.83.1525038728414.JavaMail.zimbra@kattekrab.net> <20180504000153.GF2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> <020B20B2-787D-4E3E-994D-FAC5EAA7C70D@kattekrab.net> <20180511032255.GA4987@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: <278846572.9539.1527290010924.JavaMail.zimbra@kattekrab.net> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Woithe" > Thanks Megan for this information. In addition to the financial information > supplied by Kathy, I feel that the grant as described is something which LA > should support. It is, in many ways, an extension of earlier Drupal related > events which LA has been involved in and builds on their accomplishments. > > I also like the way that this grant is a contribution to something much > bigger, which helps reinforce the cooperative nature of our communities. Thanks Jonathan! From jwoithe at just42.net Sat May 26 18:07:52 2018 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 17:37:52 +0930 Subject: [Grants] [LACTTE] Grant Request: Funding for Code of Conduct Incident Response Training In-Reply-To: References: <20180504002834.GG2445@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: <20180526080752.GA29530@marvin.atrad.com.au> Hi James On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 03:15:03PM +1000, James Polley wrote: > I'm writing this email with several hats; I'm on the council and had worked > on getting this into the council's budget directly, but I'm also one of the > people listed as likely to benefit from this grant should it go ahead. Thanks for taking the time to address some of my points. > On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Jonathan Woithe wrote: > > > Note: this training is one of two training session offered. A ???Train the > > > Trainers??? session is is a separate course, quote and additional grant > > > request pending, which would allow attendees of both sessions to then have > > > the knowledge to train their own Conduct teams. This would allow for a > > > larger pool of trained persons to attend more events and be a part of more > > > Conduct teams. > > > > I would definitely like to see a "Train the Trainer" session happen > > since this will then put LA in a position to ensure that many more > > people can receive the appropriate training. In some ways this is more > > valuable than a "team member" session that the present grant is about. > > However, when starting from nothing there is an obvious need to > > bootstrap the process so I see no problem with both being done at this > > early stage in the process. > > > > This is addressed at https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ - > "The trainers must first attend a Code of Conduct incident response > workshop (3 hours) and then attend a train-the-trainers session (2 hours)" > > So I agree, having some people go through the train-the-trainer sessions > would be very useful, but the training being looked at here is a > prerequisite for that. That makes sense - many courses which deal with subjects along these lines have a similar progression. For now my concern is simply that the train-the-trainers options is on the radar screen for a future time. Having the ability for LA (and/or other organisations within our community) run these training sessions is clearly more sustainable in the long run. Pleasingly it seems that this is the intent in the long run. > > > The training is as follows: > > > > > > Name: Code of Conduct Incident Response > > > Provider: Otter Technologies > > > https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ > > > > Otter Technologies is obviously based in the US. With the nature of > > potential Code of Conduct violations there are differences between > > Australia and the US in connection with legal responsibilities and the > > like (particularly surrounding minors). Given that the grant is to > > train people for events held in Australia, how will the training given > > by Otter Technologies take this into account? > > That's a good question. > > My impression is that the course doesn't attempt to cover the legal > responsibilities; as those are things that are relatively easy to research. > My understanding is that the focus of the course is more about the > interpersonal skills needed to respond to an incident, as these skills are > something that usually require more practice to get comfortable with. > > You can read a little more about the course at the link I provided above. Thanks for this. Based on the linked document I think your understanding of the course is accurate. That obviously leaves the question of legal responsibilities open, but you went on to say: > Regardless, I do think this is a good point, and it sounds like it would be > useful if someone could work on some documentation or training about the > Australian legal requirements here, if it isn't covered by the Otter > Technologies training. I think your suggestion to develop documentation describing the Australian legal requirements is an excellent idea. It will make it much easier for members of future response teams to be completely clear about their legal responsibilities. While it's true that these things can be researched, it is surprisingly tricky to track down some of the required information and to determine when certain prescribed actions apply. If this grant turned out to be the only training ever done in relation to code-of-conduct incident response I would be concerned about the effectiveness of LA's funds. However, it seems like there is a realisation that instead it constitutes the first step in a larger process which aims to make this training accessible to any members of our community who require it. Among other things, having people appropriately trained provides further reassurances to attendees and demonstrates that LA and its affiliates are serious about enforcing event codes of conduct. As a result, I believe that this grant application is consistent with the mission and values of LA and would be happy to see the grant awarded. Regards jonathan From president at linux.org.au Sun May 27 16:32:23 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 16:32:23 +1000 Subject: [Grants] Grant request: Linux Australia Contribution to the Promote Drupal Fund In-Reply-To: <1147853578.83.1525038728414.JavaMail.zimbra@kattekrab.net> References: <1147853578.83.1525038728414.JavaMail.zimbra@kattekrab.net> Message-ID: <8b98685f-e317-75e6-c9d6-fde95345c61f@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, This Grant Request was discussed on the Grants list [0] and decided upon at Council Meeting 24th May. MOTION by HUGH BLEMINGS that Linux Australia accepts the Grant Request for Promote Drupal Fund for $AUD 2,500 submitted by DONNA BENJAMIN Seconded: Cameron Tudball, passed unanimously The Council noted the previous strong returns to Linux Australia, the strength of the community in Australia and a desire to 'give back' as reasons in support of the grant. Donna, is the Drupal Foundation able to raise an invoice to Linux Australia for this?? Kind regards, Kathy [0] Grants list - https://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants On 30/04/18 07:52, Donna Benjamin wrote: > Project name: > ------------- > Promote Drupal > https://www.drupal.org/promotedrupal > > Request: > -------- > AU$2500 contribution to the Promote Drupal fund. > > Aim of the project, including any key stages or milestones of the project: > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Promote Drupal initiative aims to coordinate the effort and harness the energy of the global Drupal community and shift our focus to the Drupal adoption journey. We aim to help communicate what Drupal is, who it's for, and provide the information evaluators and decision makers need. > > A funding campaign to support the initiative has been launched so that the Drupal Association can hire a marketing coordinator to work with agencies and communities around the world to contribute case studies, user testimonials, how-tos and recipes. This recognises this work is just as valuable a contribution as code, or event management, which is work the DA actively supports now. > > This initiative has four phases: > > Phase 1: Update Drupal's brand and strategic messaging to connect with new decision makers and influencers > Phase 2: Provide sales and marketing materials that everyone can use (and translate!) > Phase 3: Coordinate PR campaigns > Phase 4: Create "marketing campaigns in a box" to support localized ad and industry event marketing > > This fundraising campaign will support Phase 1 & 2. > > For more information see: https://www.drupal.org/promotedrupal > > How the success of the project will be measured: > ------------------------------------------------ > The initial goal is to raise $100,000. So far we have raised $54,000. Reaching the 100k goal will be the primary immediate measure of success for the funding campaign. More broadly, the success of the Promote Drupal initiative will be measured by steady growth in adoption of Drupal, and increased diversity in attendance at Drupal events. > > Estimated cost breakdown of the project: > ---------------------------------------- > $100k will largely be spent on hiring a marketing contractor, possibly with some funds reserved for production of marketing collateral (eg. video) > At this point I don't have access to a detailed budget. LA is being asked to contribute 2.5% to a larger project budget. > > > The project team, their credentials and professional capabilities, etc...: > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Drupal Association supports one of the world's largest open source projects, with over 100,000 contributors actively engaged in the project and thousands of modules hosted on Drupal.org. The DA team of staff support drupal.org, a website that seem over 2 million unique visits per month, and run major conferences of up to 3000 attendees. > > Person responsible for project: > ------------------------------- > Megan Sanicki, Executive Director of the Drupal Association > > A statement including a willingness to provide regular project updates on the project: > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yes. Happy to provide updates. > > Why should Linux Australia support this project? > ------------------------------------------------ > Linux Australia has been the auspicing financial sponsor of a number of Drupal events in Australia and New Zealand over many years. Most of those events have been successful, and returned a healthy surplus, above the auspicing costs. The Drupal Association has determined that the best way to support the community at this point, is to focus on the adoption journey, this means shifting the focus from the contribution journey, while continuing to support contributors through drupal.org and events. We're also looking to better support content authors, project managers, and the growing number of marketing professionals around the world, using Drupal to communicate with their audiences, customers and citizens. > > As a board member of the Drupal Association, elected by the community, I don't have a corporate entity behind me capable of making a substantial financial contribution. However, I have already made a meaningful contribution out of my own pocket. This is why I'm asking the legal entity that holds funds for and supports the Drupal community in Australia, to make a contribution on our behalf to the global effort to grow adoption of Drupal. > > - Donna Benjamin > _______________________________________________ > Grants mailing list > Grants at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 From kathy at kathyreid.id.au Sun May 27 17:01:50 2018 From: kathy at kathyreid.id.au (Kathy Reid) Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 17:01:50 +1000 Subject: [Grants] Grant Request: Funding for Code of Conduct Incident Response Training In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, This Grant Request was discussed on the Grants List and considered at Council Meeting 24th May. The Council was divided on this Grant Request and noted the feedback provided on the Grants List. While we recognise the need for appropriate incident response training that encompasses current best practice regarding diversity, inclusion and related matters, the current proposal is not Australian-based and does not cover Australian legal frameworks. We believe that the _what_ here is valid - and would increase the capability of Safety and Incident Response teams? - but the _how_ - how this is done - needs to be revisited. * MOTION BY Kathy: That Linux Australia neither accepts nor denies the Grant Proposal, but invites from Katie McLaughlin an amended proposal that focuses on local suppliers, with a preference for an Australian recognised qualification at the end of the training delivery for participants. Further, the amount requested in the original Grant Proposal is to be sequestered from Grant funds so that the funds are set aside pending an amended proposal. * Seconded: Russell * Motion passed, one abstention, one nay. Kind regards, Kathy On 03/05/18 08:33, Katie McLaughlin wrote: > ## Aim > > This funding request will fund one remote training session for Code of > Conduct Incident Response from Otter Technologies for up to 10 members > of the organising teams from under the umbrella of Linux Australia > events.? > > ## Rationale > > Linux Australia requests that event subcommittees have a Code of > Conduct for their event.? > > This is a good first step to ensure a safe and inclusive conference > for attendees.? > > In the event that incidents occur at a conference, there needs to be > knowledge on the ground from members of an Incident Response Team (aka > Conduct Team) in the basics of how to handle an incident: attendee > care, resolution practices, liability, reporting process, anonymity > processes, aftercare.? > > Conduct teams have been present at PyCon AU 2016, PyCon AU 2017, > linux.conf.au 2017 and linux.conf.au > 2018. However, members of this teams, to the > best of my knowledge, have never undertaken formal training for this role > > By having this training undertaken by members of the community of > various Linux Australia conferences, we can seed the knowledge of how > to take the next step in ensuring active attendee safety at Linux > Australia events.? > > Note: this training is one of two training session offered. A ?Train > the Trainers? session is is a separate course, quote and additional > grant request pending, which would allow attendees of both sessions to > then have the knowledge to train their own Conduct teams. This would > allow for a larger pool of trained persons to attend more events and > be a part of more Conduct teams.? > > ## Success > > Attendees undertaking training will be able to take the skills learnt > and CC-BY materials provided and use them to ensure their own events > have trained Incident Response members who can serve on Conduct teams > in order to ensure attendee safety.? > > Attendees have also been chosen as they are ?serial conference > attendees?, so their skills can be of service across a number of > events for years to come.? > > ## Costs Breakdown > > The training is as follows:? > > Name: Code of Conduct Incident Response > Provider: Otter Technologies > https://otter.technology/code-of-conduct-training/ > > Cost:*$3,500 USD* for up to 10 attendees in one remote session > > /Note: the training can have up to 14 attendees, but 8 - 10 is the > normal size of groups. Given this is a specific request by specific > people, we are limiting the attendees to 10/ > > ## Training details:? > > The training provided comprises of a 3 - 4 hour session, split across > group and pair activities, relating to incident response overviews, > pair role-play of reporting and receiving an incident report, and > take-home materials including Incident Response forms (CC licensed) > > Trainer: Sage Sharp > > ## Testimonial > > Sam Kimbrel, North Bay Python Organiser, PyCon AU 2016 Speaker > > > Sage?s organizer training clearly outlined the core responsibilities > an event team? > > has towards its attendees, staff, speakers, and volunteers, and > offered concrete? > > steps to handle these responsibilities in a safe, sustainable > fashion. There are myriad? > > pitfalls in actually implementing a strong code of conduct and we > felt much more? > > confident in our ability to avoid as many as we could after the > training. > > ## Attendees > > This grant request allows for one remote training session for up to > ten people. The following eight people are requesting these funds. > There is still room for two more attendees, should anyone else be > interested in attending > > * Katie McLaughlin, PyCon AU 2018 Chair > *?Katie Bell, PyCon AU 2018 Co-Chair > *?Russell Keith-Magee, PyCon AU 2018 Treasurer > *?Jack Skinner, PyCon AU 2018 Volunteer Coordinator > *?Lilly Ryan, PyCon AU 2018 Paper?s Chair > *?James Polley, linux.conf.au 2018 Co-Chair, > Linux Australia Board Member 2018 > *?Donna Benjamin, Drupal South, Rusty Wrench Award 2013 > *?Craige McWhirter, linux.conf.au 2017 Co-Chair > > Should only these eight attend, the grant would be $3,500USD / 8 ~= > AUD$600 per attendee.? > > An additional two attendees will bring that number down to ~AUD$470 > per attendee? > > ## Contact > > Katie McLaughlin will be the point of contact for this grant request, > and is willing to provide a? post-training report to Council.? > > Katie was a member of the PyCon AU 2016 and linux.conf.au > 2017 Conduct Teams, and is the Chair for PyCon > AU 2018, 2019 > > > _______________________________________________ > Grants mailing list > Grants at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants -- -- Kathy Reid Independent digital consultant email: kathy at kathyreid.id.au mobile: 0418 130 636 twitter: @kathyreid video: https://zoom.us/j/3384470933 blog: http://blog.kathyreid.id.au linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/kathyreid calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=www.kathyreid.id.au%40gmail.com&ctz=Australia/Sydney ?: bitcoin:14pXC2GzccgqcWBnWhDZnu6KNopS824kPE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you again, Megan Sanicki Executive Director Drupal Association On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 12:32 AM, Linux Australia President < president at linux.org.au> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > This Grant Request was discussed on the Grants list [0] and decided upon > at Council Meeting 24th May. > > MOTION by HUGH BLEMINGS that Linux Australia accepts the Grant Request > for Promote Drupal Fund for $AUD 2,500 submitted by DONNA BENJAMIN > > Seconded: Cameron Tudball, passed unanimously > > The Council noted the previous strong returns to Linux Australia, the > strength of the community in Australia and a desire to 'give back' as > reasons in support of the grant. > > Donna, is the Drupal Foundation able to raise an invoice to Linux > Australia for this? > > > Kind regards, Kathy > > [0] Grants list - https://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants > > > On 30/04/18 07:52, Donna Benjamin wrote: > > Project name: > > ------------- > > Promote Drupal > > https://www.drupal.org/promotedrupal > > > > Request: > > -------- > > AU$2500 contribution to the Promote Drupal fund. > > > > Aim of the project, including any key stages or milestones of the > project: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------- > > The Promote Drupal initiative aims to coordinate the effort and harness > the energy of the global Drupal community and shift our focus to the Drupal > adoption journey. We aim to help communicate what Drupal is, who it's for, > and provide the information evaluators and decision makers need. > > > > A funding campaign to support the initiative has been launched so that > the Drupal Association can hire a marketing coordinator to work with > agencies and communities around the world to contribute case studies, user > testimonials, how-tos and recipes. This recognises this work is just as > valuable a contribution as code, or event management, which is work the DA > actively supports now. > > > > This initiative has four phases: > > > > Phase 1: Update Drupal's brand and strategic messaging to connect with > new decision makers and influencers > > Phase 2: Provide sales and marketing materials that everyone can use > (and translate!) > > Phase 3: Coordinate PR campaigns > > Phase 4: Create "marketing campaigns in a box" to support localized ad > and industry event marketing > > > > This fundraising campaign will support Phase 1 & 2. > > > > For more information see: https://www.drupal.org/promotedrupal > > > > How the success of the project will be measured: > > ------------------------------------------------ > > The initial goal is to raise $100,000. So far we have raised $54,000. > Reaching the 100k goal will be the primary immediate measure of success for > the funding campaign. More broadly, the success of the Promote Drupal > initiative will be measured by steady growth in adoption of Drupal, and > increased diversity in attendance at Drupal events. > > > > Estimated cost breakdown of the project: > > ---------------------------------------- > > $100k will largely be spent on hiring a marketing contractor, possibly > with some funds reserved for production of marketing collateral (eg. video) > > At this point I don't have access to a detailed budget. LA is being > asked to contribute 2.5% to a larger project budget. > > > > > > The project team, their credentials and professional capabilities, > etc...: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------- > > The Drupal Association supports one of the world's largest open source > projects, with over 100,000 contributors actively engaged in the project > and thousands of modules hosted on Drupal.org. The DA team of staff > support drupal.org, a website that seem over 2 million unique visits per > month, and run major conferences of up to 3000 attendees. > > > > Person responsible for project: > > ------------------------------- > > Megan Sanicki, Executive Director of the Drupal Association > > > > A statement including a willingness to provide regular project updates > on the project: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------- > > Yes. Happy to provide updates. > > > > Why should Linux Australia support this project? > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Linux Australia has been the auspicing financial sponsor of a number of > Drupal events in Australia and New Zealand over many years. Most of those > events have been successful, and returned a healthy surplus, above the > auspicing costs. The Drupal Association has determined that the best way > to support the community at this point, is to focus on the adoption > journey, this means shifting the focus from the contribution journey, while > continuing to support contributors through drupal.org and events. We're > also looking to better support content authors, project managers, and the > growing number of marketing professionals around the world, using Drupal to > communicate with their audiences, customers and citizens. > > > > As a board member of the Drupal Association, elected by the community, I > don't have a corporate entity behind me capable of making a substantial > financial contribution. However, I have already made a meaningful > contribution out of my own pocket. 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