[Linux-aus] Proposing that Linux Australia fund Software Freedom Conservancy

[Joshua Hesketh]

Hello Andrew and all,

Thanks for your input, it's very highly valued.

This is something the council has begun discussing but failed to make a
decision on just yet. Unfortunately we've had some very pressing matters
to attend to, including the normal end of year financial work (one thing
that this is slightly blocking on is a new budget for this year). I'm
hoping we'll be able to add this to our agenda for next week and show
our support one way or another. Personally I'd love to see LA support
the conservancy, but I can't make any promises or speak for the whole
council.

In other words: watch this space, and don't let us forget!

Cheers,
Josh

On 24/12/15 14:33, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 21:59 -0800, Francois Marier wrote:
>> I'd like to propose that Linux Australia support the Software Freedom
>> Conservancy [1] as part of its grants programme.
>>
>> Their leadership team, Karen Sandler and Bradley Kuhn [2], are
>> members of our
>> community and have talked at LCA several times. Their organisation
>> represents a number of projects [3] that either originated in
>> Australasia or
>> have many contributors from this part of the world. In particular,
>> they are
>> the non-profit home of Samba and Outreachy, two projects that embody
>> very
>> well the values of Linux Australia.
>>
>> Since they are hoping to create a strong base of supporters to allow
>> them
>> the freedom (pun intended) to protect FOSS users and developers, it
>> would be
>> great to see Linux Australia become an annual supporter.
>>
>> The minimum monthly amount for individuals is $10 USD/month ($120 /
>> year)
>> but LA could certainly give more since Conservancy is putting that
>> money to
>> very good use.
> As a member of a Conservancy project, and a rep to the Conservancy on
> the Samba Team's project leadership committee, I see close-hand the
> great work the Conservancy does.  It would indeed be great if Linux
> Australia could (substantially) support the Conservancy, preferably by
> some kind of annual grant. 
>
> How can I help move this forward?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew Bartlett
>


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