[Linux-aus] Linux, Open-Source and the young-people.

[Alice Boxhall]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Chris Neugebauer <chrisjrn at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Nathan Bailey <nathan.bailey at monash.edu>
> wrote:
> > David,
> >  Great ideas - are you going to stand for council? I'd support you on a
> > platform of a scholarship to OsCon for under 25s (?) and providing grants
> > and opportunities to groups of young people in Rasberry Pi, Arduino and
> > Android.
> >
>
> Even though David *doesn't* appear to be running for council, these
> ideas have some level of merit. Perhaps raise with the incoming
> council once elected?
>

I agree with Chris. There is a grants programme explicitly for this type of
activity, and specific ideas on how to attract and retain younger people
into the Linux Australia community are something I expect would have a high
degree of support - particularly given our survey results from a couple of
years ago specifically demonstrated that this is an area that we struggle
with.

Not all change within Linux Australia needs to come from the Council - in
fact, I think that the more people outside the Council take positive
action, the easier the job of the Council will be.

Cheers,

Alice
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