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

[Silvia Pfeiffer]

That sounds perfect! You might consider making a special kind of grant
request that takes these goals into account. Start looking here:
https://www.linux.org.au/projects/grants .

Cheers,
Silvia.

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 6:38 PM, David Lyon (Hackerpads) <
david.lyon at hackerpads.com> wrote:

> On 23.01.2013 01:59, James Polley wrote:
>
> >
> > (http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/announce/2012-December/000148.html
> > [6]) and the followup announcing the start of the voting
> >
> > (http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/announce/2013-January/000149.html
> > [7]), both of which had a link to
> >
> > https://www.linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=view-election&id=19
> > [8]
>
> Correct.
>
> I'm personally not complaining because at that time I wasn't a member
> so
> was ineligible to apply.
>
> If the committee want to put on some of the idea's discussed here I'd
> be
> happy to assist in that.
>
> In all honesty, Brazil isn't as good as USA, Japan or Germany to send
> people
> as there are some relevant security issues particular to there that
> deserve
> discussing first - then see.
>
> If I was to suggest anything, it would be to:
>
>   a) assign a sponsorship budget for the year
>
>   b) choose appropriate conferences in i) Europe ii) Asia iii) USA
>
>   c) work on what needs to be done to get under 25yr delegates
>      to talks at the decided events.
>
>   d) work on a support structure to allow it to be a small group rather
>      than just individuals. Often its safer to have a few friendly
>      faces about than just throw young people at a strange city
>      with languages they may not know and expect them to find things.
>
>      With enough notice, people can book things such as leave if they
>      have permanent (unrelated) employment.
>
> Realistically, in a first year of an outward looking viewpoint as this,
> even only organizing one trip to one conference would be an
> achievement.
>
> For a range of reasons that I won't elaborate on here, Europe and Asia
> are the best destinations with less complications than other regions.
>
> David
>
>
>
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