[Linux-aus] [LACTTE] Grant Request - CompCon 2015 - Speaker Travel Funding

Wed Oct 7 13:13:41 AEDT 2015

Hello Andrew,

That's fantastic. Thanks so much for the follow-up report. Glad to hear
everything went off really well. Linux Australia are glad to be able to
help :-)

Cheers,
Josh

On 06/10/15 00:00, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Following up on this now that CompCon 2015 is over.
>
> Russell's talk was very popular with ~50 students in attendance (by my
> recollection), which was fantastic - along with the other talks we had
> from Red Hatters and IBMers who spoke on open source, it was great to
> see interest from so many students. Many of the conversations I had
> with attendees indicated that interest in contributing to open source
> and free software is alive and well among CS students!
>
> Russell also spent a lot of his time after hours having in depth
> discussions with students - I'm aware of at least one student who made
> her first commit to a Python project while still at the conference,
> which is awesome.
>
> So thanks to Russell for doing this, and thanks to Linux Australia for
> funding it!
>
>
> Andrew
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Joshua Hesketh <josh at nitrotech.org
> <mailto:josh at nitrotech.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hello Andrew,
>
>     The council has discussed your request and is pleased to be able
>     to approve it:
>
>     > MOTION by JOSHUA HESKETH to approve the Grant Request from Andrew
>     > Donnellan to fund Russell Keith-Magee as a presenter at CompCon
>     2015 to
>     > the value of $1,200.
>     > SECONDED by CHRIS NEUGEBAUER
>     > PASSED unanimously.
>
>     I'll contact you directly to make arrangements.
>
>     Cheers,
>     Josh
>
>
>
>     On 09/09/15 05:14, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
>>     Date: 2015-09-09
>>
>>     Project Name: CompCon 2015 - Russell Keith-Magee
>>
>>     Aim of Project: To allow Russell Keith-Magee of the Django
>>     Software Foundation to present a talk on open source development
>>     at CompCon 2015
>>
>>     Person Responsible for Request: Andrew Donnellan (Chair, CompCon
>>     Inc - andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au
>>     <mailto:andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au>)
>>
>>     Request:
>>
>>     We request funding for travel and accommodation for Russell
>>     Keith-Magee to attend the CompCon 2015 conference and give a talk
>>     on open source software development.
>>
>>     CompCon 2015 is being held at the University of Queensland from
>>     3-5 October 2015. CompCon is a national conference for computing
>>     students (primarily undergraduates, but also high schoolers and
>>     postgraduates), first held at the Australian National University
>>     in 2013. CompCon is organised by CompCon Inc, a registered
>>     charity operated entirely by current students and recent
>>     graduates. CompCon 2013 had attendance of over 130 people, and we
>>     are hoping for CompCon 2015 to exceed this. While CompCon is not
>>     specifically an Open Source/Free Software conference, open source
>>     will be strongly represented in the schedule. More information is
>>     available at http://compcon.net.au.
>>
>>     Russell is the President of the Django Software Foundation, a
>>     Django core developer, and a well-known member of the Australian
>>     open source community. He has an established speaking record at a
>>     number of major conferences, including several PyCon AU
>>     conferences (run by Linux Australia). He was personally
>>     recommended by a member of CompCon Inc's committee on the basis
>>     of his talks at PyCon.
>>
>>     The expected benefit to the wider Australian open source
>>     community is that the talk will provide an opportunity for
>>     students interested in open source and free software development
>>     to learn from and network with a well-known developer.
>>
>>     Estimated costs:
>>
>>     * Return flights PER -> BNE, 3 October - 5 October = $900
>>     * Accommodation for 2 nights = $300
>>     Total = $1,200
>>
>>     (CompCon Inc waives the conference registration fee for speakers)
>>
>>     ---
>>
>>     I made a similar grant request on behalf of CompCon in 2013 to
>>     fund Elena Williams' travel to Canberra, which was successful. I
>>     don't have exact numbers, but Elena's talk filled a lecture
>>     theatre almost to capacity - if we had known how many people were
>>     interested in open source we would've had to allocate her a
>>     larger room! We're hoping for a similar level of interest this year.
>>
>>     I declare that I am a member of Linux Australia Inc, I am
>>     appropriately authorised to submit this request, and that I agree
>>     to undertake the relevant responsibilities if the grant is approved.
>>
>>
>>     Andrew
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Andrew Donnellan
>>     Chair, CompCon Incorporated
>>
>>     E: andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au
>>     <mailto:andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au>
>>     M: +61 406 711 748 <tel:%2B61%20406%20711%20748>
>>     W: http://compcon.net.au
>>
>>     CompCon Incorporated, ABN 80 658 343 393
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Andrew Donnellan
> Chair, CompCon Incorporated
>
> E: andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au
> <mailto:andrew.donnellan at compcon.net.au>
> M: +61 406 711 748
> W: http://compcon.net.au
>
> CompCon Incorporated, ABN 80 658 343 393
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