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<p>Hi everyone, <br>
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<p>Some quick feedback on this grant request - the high level
"what"; <br>
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<p>- in general I think this is a "no brainer" - Linux Aus exists to
support this type of open source community. Ben, Les and the team
are known to be incredibly diligent and hard working, and the
ongoing vibrancy of Free Software Melbourne is testament to this.
This grant request has strong values alignment. </p>
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<p>Some thoughts on specifics to do with the grant - the "how";<br>
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<p>- as a measure of due diligence I think we should put a yearly
limit on this, or make it subject to a review period (such as
"approved for 3 years, subject to review after that"), and ensure
that the forward cost is budgeted for in 2021/2022/2023
projections <br>
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<p>- I wonder if there are ways for the Big Blue subscriptions to be
shared across other groups if desired as well - for example, is
there a higher level subscription which would add more value to
the Australian open source community? <br>
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<p>- From memory we looked into Meetup to see if there was a way for
Linux Aus to host multiple Meetups on one account, but the cost
from memory was exorbitant. Is it worth checking to see whether
this has changed at all in the interim? I think if we look at all
the Linux Aus-auspiced Meetup groups there will be a few of them.
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<p>- As part of this grant I would like to see a "sponsored by Linux
Aus" message & Linux Aus logo on the event website that links
back to Linux Aus. <br>
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<p>- And would like to see how Linux Aus can cross-promote this
event with FSM. <br>
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<p>Kind regards, <br>
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<p>Kathy Reid <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/8/20 12:40 pm, Linux Australia
Website wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Your Email Address: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:puzzleduck@gmail.com">puzzleduck@gmail.com</a>
Project name: Hosting and services for Software Freedom Day (SFD) and Free Software Melbourne (FSM) meetups
Aim of the project: Costs of providing hosting for a Free Software based, video conferencing solution to enable the running of SFD 2020 and FSM as online events and additional meetup expenses paid out of pocket by the committee.
The FSM group have been using the bigbluemeeting.com service over the past few months as a test and the service has proved to be a good fit for our events and has the potential to be scaled up for SFD 2020 in September and then scaled back down for regular meetups.
Big Blue Meeting were selected as our provider after considering and trialing alternatives. We also appreciate that they support and promote the use of Open Source software in general and the BigBlueButton project in particular.
We could additionally offer the use of the service to other local meetups looking for FLOSS conference hosting options.
Estimated cost breakdown of the project: Yearly Big Blue Meeting subscription to allow for regular meetups:
$720.00 / year
Once off boost to account in September for increased SFD attendance:
$50.00
Proton Mail:
$150.00 / year
Meetup:
$220.00 / year
Project team details: The FSM Committee is currently made up of Ben Minerds, Michael Verrenkamp, Paul, and Les Kitchen. We have all been participating in the FSM community for five or more years running SFD, workshops and meetups. Some of us are also active in the development community such as helping organise Lambda Conf in addition to presenting and volunteering at Linux Conf Au.
First Name: Ben
Last Name: Minerds
Email Address: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:puzzleduck@gmail.com">puzzleduck@gmail.com</a>
A statement including a willingness to provide regular project updates on the project: We will happily provide regular updates to the Linux Australia Council on the continued use of the services and in particular on the success of SFD 2020. Additionally we'll be inviting members of the council to attend the event.
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