From president at linux.org.au Wed May 3 14:23:07 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 14:23:07 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] Stemformatics application for the Linux Australia Grants Scheme In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Rowland and Linux Aus community, Council is delighted to announce that this grant has been awarded in full ($AUD 5k), based on discussions at Council meeting 27th April. Due to this being a very significant grant Linux Australia requires a quarterly report providing information as to how the project is progressing and any results that may occur, to be sent to this mailing list. Council was not unanimous in this decision, noting that this grant is somewhat removed from open source software and hardware, but *does* have a strong link with open data. Council also noted the intersection of academia and science with open source communities, and Linux Australia's desire to partner more with these communities. Council noted the open source licensing of the data sets involved. *Next action:* Rowland to correspond with Kathy, Kathy to arrange financial transaction, Kathy is responsible officer for chasing reports from this Grant. Some wording suitable for promotion via social media channels would be appreciated. With kind regards, Kathy On 29/03/17 17:46, Rowland Mosbergen wrote: > Dear Linux Australia Council members and community, > > I would like to make a grant application for the Linux Australia > Grants Scheme on behalf of Stemformatics. > > You can view the application as a pdf (attached) or a link (below): > https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Hjv6EC6GA2A6_DQcOjv7zqubt96nBaqoV7YbeUNCJg/edit?usp=sharing > > I only recently realised that I need to be a member of Linux Australia > to quality for this grant. I did apply on the 27th of March 2017 to > fulfil this criteria. > > Please let me know if any extra information is needed for this > application. > > Regards, > > Rowland > > ------------ > > Rowland Mosbergen | Business Manager, Stemformatics > Wells Laboratory | Centre for Stem Cell Systems > Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | Faculty of Medicine, > Dentistry and Health Sciences > > Room 1.36, Level 1, Kenneth Myer Building > The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia > T: +61 3 8344 6623 | E: rowland at stemformatics.org > > W: www.stemformatics.org | Skype: > rowland.stemformatics > > id:image001.jpg at 01D20A8D.3D4A4630 > > > > This email and any attachments may contain personal information or > information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of > copyright. Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is > prohibited. The University does not warrant that this email or any > attachments are free from viruses or defects. 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However, Council felt that the impact of the outcomes of this Grant, if awarded, would be limited to one of 40 Universities in Australia, which for the $AUD 7k amount did not represent an adequate return. Council would welcome a revision to this Grant Application should additional mechanisms to promote and promulgate the content produced to a broader audience be identified. We would like to again thank the community for their professional and well considered input to this Grant Application, and to Dr Wallis for an excellently composed application. *Next action:* Dr Wallis to revise if desired With kind regards, Kathy Reid On 03/04/17 12:36, Mark Wallis wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > > > Please find below a grant application for your consideration. Please > feel free to direct any feedback/queries to myself via the list. > > > > *Project Name*: Promotion of FOSS in undergraduate Computer Science, > Information Technology and Software Engineering degrees at the > University of Newcastle > > > > *Chief Investigator: *Dr. Mark Wallis, Distributed Computing Research > Group, University of Newcastle (mark.wallis at newcastle.edu.au) > > > > *Project Aim/Description:* > > * * > > The University of Newcastle currently offers under-graduate Bachelor > degrees in Computer Science, Information Technology and Software > Engineering. Courses from these degrees are taught from the School of > Electrical Engineering and Computing across our Callaghan (Newcastle), > Central Coast and Singapore campuses. > > > > There is currently a low level of FOSS software promotion within the > course material used to teach these degrees. Worked examples, > workshops and tutorial material is strongly Microsoft Windows focused, > primarily due to this being the operating system installed in all > computer labs at the university. The effect is that students feel less > inclined to explore FOSS in UON courses such as Programming, Operating > Systems, Compiler Design and Computer Networks. > > > > We propose to undertake a review of the course material being > presented in the first 2 years of the above degrees. The review will > identify all worked examples, tutorials and workshops which are > presenting closed-sourced centric solutions. The outcome of this > review will be a course development plan which aims to develop > alternative or extended course material that covers alternate FOSS > options available to students. The project will hire one undergraduate > student to work with the chief investigator to develop the new course > content during 2017, ready for students in 2018. > > > > Examples of the course material that will be generated includes: > > * Worked-examples under Linux, rather than Microsoft Windows (for > example, instructions showing students how to install and > configure a compiler) > * Short 5-minute video?s presenting FOSS alternatives to tools > presented in the primary course material > * Short 5?minute video?s providing context of how the course relates > to Open Source (for example, a case study of Linux Kernel > development to be presented during the Operating Systems course) > > > > To comply with pre-existing copyright, any existing course material > which is expanded to include content generated by this grant will > remain under the existing copyright terms. Any new content, such as > the video presentations, will be released under a Creative Commons > license. > > > > The primary aim is to promote FOSS earlier in undergraduate degree?s > to ensure that students graduate with an increased knowledge of the > FOSS environment. > > > > *Project Milestones:* > > * * > > * Milestone 1 - Draft of the course development plan distributed to > UON stakeholders (see over) ? 1 June 2017 > * Milestone 2 - Final course development plan for signoff by UON > stakeholders ? 1 July 2017 > * Milestone 3 - Draft material presented to Course Co-ordinators for > review ? 1 October 2017 > * Milestone 4 ? Final material presented to Course Co-ordinators for > signoff ? 1 November 2017 > > > > * * > > *Project Review/Success:* > > > > Between Milestone 3 and Milestone 4 the course material will be > iteratively developed with UON students who have previously completed > the target courses. Focus groups will be run with these students, > asking them to review the material and then complete a short > questionnaire that will collect metrics on the following: > > > > * The quality of the material > * The relevance of the material to the course and their degree > * Whether they believe the material will encourage them to > personally investigate FOSS in more detail > > > > The results of this survey will be anonymous and used to gauge the > success of the project. > > Pending approval by the UoN Ethics committee, these results will be > made available and be used to gauge the success of the project. > > > > *Project Costs:* > > * * > > The chief investigator will provide in-kind support of time and > expertise for the management of the grant and the co-development of > new course material. An undergraduate student will be hired on a > casual basis to co-develop the course material and manage the > testing/feedback process. > > > > An estimated 22 weeks at 5 hours per week will be allocated to the > undergraduate student. The undergraduate student will be employed at > HEW 5.1 casual rate of $43.77 per hour. With UON on-costs (16.2%) and > indirect research costs (25%) this equates to a total of $6994. > > > > We are requesting a grant of $7000 to cover these costs. There will be > no additional costs associated with the project. All costs will be > incurred by the 30^th September 2017 as per grant requirements. > > > > *Project Management and Reporting:* > > * * > > The UON already has in place a reporting structure for all grants. > Mid-way and final written reports will be provided to the Linux > Australia Council. > > > > *Project Team:* > > * * > > The chief investigator for this project is Dr Mark Wallis. Mark is a > member of Linux Australia and the Distributed Computing Research Group > at UON and has been involved in teaching since 2010. Mark has been > involved in various FOSS projects over the years, including the > Newcastle Linux Users Group and kernel driver development for the > Ralink 802.11 wireless chipset. Mark will be the key person > responsible for this project. > > > > The undergraduate student will be hired from our pool of > undergraduates that we use for teaching tutorials and workshops. > > > > Key stakeholders for this project include Course Co-ordinators who are > responsible for delivery of the courses, Program Convenors who are > responsible for each degrees, the Deputy HOS(Academic), Head of > School, the School Industrial Advisory Board and student representatives. > > > > > > Regards, > > Mark. > > =============================== > > Dr. Mark Wallis (Associate Lecturer) > > > > School of Electrical Engineering and Computing > > Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment > > The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, NSW > > AUSTRALIA > > > > Webpage: > > _https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/mark-wallis_ > > _ _ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > committee mailing list > committee at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/committee -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kind regards, Kathy On 18/04/17 09:26, Robert Manietta wrote: > > Good Morning All, > > > Please see our grant application for constructive comment and review. > > > Regards > > > Robert Manietta | Cause Leader IT&T & Digital Fabrication > > HS Ipswich > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kathy at kathyreid.id.au Wed May 3 14:39:01 2017 From: kathy at kathyreid.id.au (Kathy Reid) Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 14:39:01 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Grant Application] Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, A courtesy reminder that community feedback on this Grant Application is open until next Monday, 8th May and will be considered at Council Meeting on Thursday 11th May. Kind regards, Kathy On 24/04/17 03:17, Paul Fenwick wrote: > > G?day Linux Australia council and members, > > In August 2014 I founded the Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network > (KSP-CKAN ), a modifications (mod) > manager for the popular Kerbal Space Program game by Squad. Inspired > by the Debian packaging system, my goal was to create a system that > would allow players to easily install mods and keep them up-to-date, > supported by rich metadata so players could be assured they were > getting the right packages for their system, including dependency > management and upgrade paths. > > My not so secret mission was to inspire a new generation to be excited > about space exploration and research. > > By creating a cross-platform (Mac/Linux/Windows), open-source (MIT) > client and associated metadata (CC-0), the project has been a > resounding success. We?ve attracted over 300 contributors, brought > delight to well over 120,000 users, indexed thousands of mods, and > measure our success in decades of human joy delivered per month. > > Most of the mods we index are also free and open source, and we handle > the automatic preservation of these in conjunction with the Internet > Archive. The KSP-CKAN is especially important for people using Kerbal > Space Program for planning and simulating real space travel, using the > Realism Overhaul stack. This provides an exact simulation of the solar > system, authentic hardware, and faithfully modelled aerodynamics. > We?ve had NASA employees personally devote their time to improving > both the KSP-CKAN and associated systems. > > As we do not track our users, it?s hard to /directly/ measure our > project success in terms of mods delivered, but we can use the number > of client downloads and user contributions as a proxy. Since early > 2016 we?ve routinely had over 100,000 downloads with each significant > release, and over the last month > we?ve had dozens of > contributors working on our metadata and code. > > For the last two years, AWS have been kind enough to sponsor our > compute costs, which are primarily used for the automated indexing of > mods. However, that sponsorship has recently expired, and due to a > change in contacts at AWS we?ve been unsuccessful at getting it reviewed. > > While I?ve stepped down as mission director, I?m still the legal > entity responsible for hosting costs, and I'm very much supportive of > the project and its goals. We're extremely fortunate to have Leon > Wright as our prime infrastructure person. Leon is active in PLUG and > the Perth open source community, has been instrumental in handling the > video processing > of > past LCAs, and has kept our systems running for years. > > Our expenses are very modest; about $30 USD/month covers all our > hosting and compute costs. Because the amount is so small, we?re > hoping to have them covered by a single sponsor rather than via > crowd-funding, as this keeps our administrative overheads to a minimum. > > To help us while we find another infrastructure sponsor, I?d like to > apply for a Linux Australia grant to secure the KSP-CKAN?s hosting for > another year. If at all possible, I would like to request the grant be > paid in arrears (after the costs have been incurrred), and only for > the actual costs of hosting. This both reduces our administrative > work, and means we're not asking LA for more funding than we genuinely > need. > > If we find an infrastructure sponsor before the end of the grant > period, then we?ll only be asking for funding up until the changeover > date. Of course, we welcome any LA member or organisation that wishes > to cover our entire infrastructure costs for a year or more, but we'll > cast our net more widely if need be. > > For this grant application, I?d like to request a maximum of $600 USD > ($800 AUD) over the twelve months ending 30th April 2018 to help with > our infrastructure. This is more than our projected expenses ($360 USD > / $500 AUD) simply so we have some breathing space. > > As mentioned, we?ll only be seeking reimbursement for costs actually > incurred. > > Many thanks again for your consideration, and I look forward to > answering any questions you may have. > > Paul Fenwick > Founder, Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network > > ? > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- -- Kathy Reid Independent digital consultant email: kathy at kathyreid.id.au mobile: 0418 130 636 twitter: @kathyreid video: https://zoom.us/j/3384470933 blog: http://blog.kathyreid.id.au linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/kathyreid calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=www.kathyreid.id.au%40gmail.com&ctz=Australia/Sydney ?: bitcoin:14pXC2GzccgqcWBnWhDZnu6KNopS824kPE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark.wallis at newcastle.edu.au Wed May 3 16:33:09 2017 From: mark.wallis at newcastle.edu.au (Mark Wallis) Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 06:33:09 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] Grant Application: Promotion of FOSS in undergraduate Computer Science, Information Technology and Software Engineering degrees at the University of Newcastle In-Reply-To: References: <640DE4BF-ECAC-491F-A061-CC9C7BF3B3C7@newcastle.edu.au> Message-ID: <66EBAA7F-6499-44BD-99DB-B15BBFE6AAAA@newcastle.edu.au> Dear Kathy, Council and Community. Many thanks for the consideration and feedback provided. We look forward to potentially re-submitting in the future if we can find a way to achieve greater impact within the limits of the available grant. Regards, Mark. =============================== Dr. Mark Wallis (Associate Lecturer) School of Electrical Engineering and Computing Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, NSW AUSTRALIA Webpage: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/mark-wallis From: Linux Australia President Organization: Linux Australia Reply-To: "president at linux.org.au" Date: Wednesday, 3 May 2017 at 2:29 pm To: Mark Wallis , "linux-aus at linux.org.au" , "council at linux.org.au" Subject: Re: [LACTTE] Grant Application: Promotion of FOSS in undergraduate Computer Science, Information Technology and Software Engineering degrees at the University of Newcastle Dear Mark and Linux Aus Community, Council has respectfully rejected this grant request. This decision was not unanimous, and Council noted that the application was robustly written, with clear and quantifiable targets and milestones, and that this format serves well as a template for any other Grant Applications under this scheme. The costings were accurate and reasonable. However, Council felt that the impact of the outcomes of this Grant, if awarded, would be limited to one of 40 Universities in Australia, which for the $AUD 7k amount did not represent an adequate return. Council would welcome a revision to this Grant Application should additional mechanisms to promote and promulgate the content produced to a broader audience be identified. We would like to again thank the community for their professional and well considered input to this Grant Application, and to Dr Wallis for an excellently composed application. Next action: Dr Wallis to revise if desired With kind regards, Kathy Reid On 03/04/17 12:36, Mark Wallis wrote: Hello everyone. Please find below a grant application for your consideration. Please feel free to direct any feedback/queries to myself via the list. Project Name: Promotion of FOSS in undergraduate Computer Science, Information Technology and Software Engineering degrees at the University of Newcastle Chief Investigator: Dr. Mark Wallis, Distributed Computing Research Group, University of Newcastle (mark.wallis at newcastle.edu.au) Project Aim/Description: The University of Newcastle currently offers under-graduate Bachelor degrees in Computer Science, Information Technology and Software Engineering. Courses from these degrees are taught from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing across our Callaghan (Newcastle), Central Coast and Singapore campuses. There is currently a low level of FOSS software promotion within the course material used to teach these degrees. Worked examples, workshops and tutorial material is strongly Microsoft Windows focused, primarily due to this being the operating system installed in all computer labs at the university. The effect is that students feel less inclined to explore FOSS in UON courses such as Programming, Operating Systems, Compiler Design and Computer Networks. We propose to undertake a review of the course material being presented in the first 2 years of the above degrees. The review will identify all worked examples, tutorials and workshops which are presenting closed-sourced centric solutions. The outcome of this review will be a course development plan which aims to develop alternative or extended course material that covers alternate FOSS options available to students. The project will hire one undergraduate student to work with the chief investigator to develop the new course content during 2017, ready for students in 2018. Examples of the course material that will be generated includes: * Worked-examples under Linux, rather than Microsoft Windows (for example, instructions showing students how to install and configure a compiler) * Short 5-minute video?s presenting FOSS alternatives to tools presented in the primary course material * Short 5?minute video?s providing context of how the course relates to Open Source (for example, a case study of Linux Kernel development to be presented during the Operating Systems course) To comply with pre-existing copyright, any existing course material which is expanded to include content generated by this grant will remain under the existing copyright terms. Any new content, such as the video presentations, will be released under a Creative Commons license. The primary aim is to promote FOSS earlier in undergraduate degree?s to ensure that students graduate with an increased knowledge of the FOSS environment. Project Milestones: * Milestone 1 - Draft of the course development plan distributed to UON stakeholders (see over) ? 1 June 2017 * Milestone 2 - Final course development plan for signoff by UON stakeholders ? 1 July 2017 * Milestone 3 - Draft material presented to Course Co-ordinators for review ? 1 October 2017 * Milestone 4 ? Final material presented to Course Co-ordinators for signoff ? 1 November 2017 Project Review/Success: Between Milestone 3 and Milestone 4 the course material will be iteratively developed with UON students who have previously completed the target courses. Focus groups will be run with these students, asking them to review the material and then complete a short questionnaire that will collect metrics on the following: * The quality of the material * The relevance of the material to the course and their degree * Whether they believe the material will encourage them to personally investigate FOSS in more detail The results of this survey will be anonymous and used to gauge the success of the project. Pending approval by the UoN Ethics committee, these results will be made available and be used to gauge the success of the project. Project Costs: The chief investigator will provide in-kind support of time and expertise for the management of the grant and the co-development of new course material. An undergraduate student will be hired on a casual basis to co-develop the course material and manage the testing/feedback process. An estimated 22 weeks at 5 hours per week will be allocated to the undergraduate student. The undergraduate student will be employed at HEW 5.1 casual rate of $43.77 per hour. With UON on-costs (16.2%) and indirect research costs (25%) this equates to a total of $6994. We are requesting a grant of $7000 to cover these costs. There will be no additional costs associated with the project. All costs will be incurred by the 30th September 2017 as per grant requirements. Project Management and Reporting: The UON already has in place a reporting structure for all grants. Mid-way and final written reports will be provided to the Linux Australia Council. Project Team: The chief investigator for this project is Dr Mark Wallis. Mark is a member of Linux Australia and the Distributed Computing Research Group at UON and has been involved in teaching since 2010. Mark has been involved in various FOSS projects over the years, including the Newcastle Linux Users Group and kernel driver development for the Ralink 802.11 wireless chipset. Mark will be the key person responsible for this project. The undergraduate student will be hired from our pool of undergraduates that we use for teaching tutorials and workshops. Key stakeholders for this project include Course Co-ordinators who are responsible for delivery of the courses, Program Convenors who are responsible for each degrees, the Deputy HOS(Academic), Head of School, the School Industrial Advisory Board and student representatives. Regards, Mark. =============================== Dr. Mark Wallis (Associate Lecturer) School of Electrical Engineering and Computing Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 2308, NSW AUSTRALIA Webpage: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/mark-wallis _______________________________________________ committee mailing list committee at lists.linux.org.au http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/committee -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au Fri May 5 07:40:35 2017 From: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au (Gabor Szathmari) Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 07:40:35 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Grant_application=3A_Setting_up_and_operati?= =?utf-8?q?ng_a_=E2=80=98Mastodon=E2=80=99_node_for_the_Australian_online_?= =?utf-8?q?community?= In-Reply-To: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> References: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> Message-ID: Hello Everyone, I have seen a few decisions coming in, and I just wanted to follow up on this grant application. If you have any questions about the project, please let me know. Thank you Regards, Gabor Szathmari President, CryptoAUSTRALIA e: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au m: +61 402 401 424 w: https://cryptoaustralia.org.au pgp: 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A keybase: https://keybase.io/gszathmari > On 20 Apr 2017, at 16:43, Gabor Szathmari wrote: > > Dear Linux Australia members, > > Please find my grant application enclosed. Should you have any questions, please let me know. > > Download link: https://web.tresorit.com/l#uY3rHF1zUIWldQ0i6c4GiQ > > Regards, > Gabor Szathmari > President, CryptoAUSTRALIA > > e: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au > m: +61 402 401 424 > w: https://cryptoaustralia.org.au > pgp: 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A > keybase: https://keybase.io/gszathmari > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus&c=E,1,ue12xB3PQ9j1z1bPxGdgjGcTUB7hfvnSKUz8xf8ZHKIa6rCPFERmz-fqt36aaq6iSl18WIlT2s1Zpg4IwJTOuWE3UgRAi7tWrwHSdKeN2MzXPZojYenurD8,&typo=1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at linux.org.au Fri May 5 08:07:49 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 08:07:49 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Grant_application=3A_Setting_up_and_operati?= =?utf-8?q?ng_a_=E2=80=98Mastodon=E2=80=99_node_for_the_Australian_online_?= =?utf-8?q?community?= In-Reply-To: References: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> Message-ID: <9a1cbddd-7460-552c-2d3f-0c85fbc55f02@linux.org.au> Thanks for the reminder Gabor, Council will consider this application on 11th May. Kind regards, Kathy On 05/05/17 07:40, Gabor Szathmari wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I have seen a few decisions coming in, and I just wanted to follow up > on this grant application. If you have any questions about the > project, please let me know. > > Thank you > > Regards, > Gabor Szathmari > President, CryptoAUSTRALIA > > *e: *gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au > *m:* +61 402 401 424 > *w:* https://cryptoaustralia.org.au > *pgp:* 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A > *keybase:* https://keybase.io/gszathmari > >> On 20 Apr 2017, at 16:43, Gabor Szathmari >> > >> wrote: >> >> Dear Linux Australia members, >> >> Please find my grant application enclosed. Should you have any >> questions, please let me know. >> >> Download link: https://web.tresorit.com/l#uY3rHF1zUIWldQ0i6c4GiQ >> >> >> Regards, >> Gabor Szathmari >> President, CryptoAUSTRALIA >> >> *e: *gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au >> *m:* +61 402 401 424 >> *w:* https://cryptoaustralia.org.au >> *pgp:* 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A >> *keybase:* https://keybase.io/gszathmari >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-aus mailing list >> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus&c=E,1,ue12xB3PQ9j1z1bPxGdgjGcTUB7hfvnSKUz8xf8ZHKIa6rCPFERmz-fqt36aaq6iSl18WIlT2s1Zpg4IwJTOuWE3UgRAi7tWrwHSdKeN2MzXPZojYenurD8,&typo=1 > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From russell at coker.com.au Sat May 6 00:20:46 2017 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 00:20:46 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Grant_application=3A_Setting_up_and_operati?= =?utf-8?q?ng_a_=E2=80=98Mastodon=E2=80=99_node_for_the_Australian_online_?= =?utf-8?q?community?= In-Reply-To: <9a1cbddd-7460-552c-2d3f-0c85fbc55f02@linux.org.au> References: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> <9a1cbddd-7460-552c-2d3f-0c85fbc55f02@linux.org.au> Message-ID: <201705060020.46571.russell@coker.com.au> I think that the amount of money is reasonable and this could provide a good benefit to the community. But I would like to know what the benefits are over GNU Social? Is it easier to install and manage? Last time I checked GNU Social was difficult to install, to achieve the goals of replacing Twitter and giving users control I think that being at least as easy to install as Wordpress would be a requirement. Would it be better to have this run on a VM on one of the LA servers? On Fri, 5 May 2017 08:07:49 AM Linux Australia President wrote: > Thanks for the reminder Gabor, Council will consider this application on > 11th May. > > Kind regards, > Kathy > > On 05/05/17 07:40, Gabor Szathmari wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I have seen a few decisions coming in, and I just wanted to follow up > > on this grant application. If you have any questions about the > > project, please let me know. > > > > Thank you > > > > Regards, > > Gabor Szathmari > > President, CryptoAUSTRALIA > > > > *e: *gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au > > *m:* +61 402 401 424 > > *w:* https://cryptoaustralia.org.au > > *pgp:* 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A > > *keybase:* https://keybase.io/gszathmari > > > >> On 20 Apr 2017, at 16:43, Gabor Szathmari > >> > > >> wrote: > >> > >> Dear Linux Australia members, > >> > >> Please find my grant application enclosed. Should you have any > >> questions, please let me know. > >> > >> Download link: https://web.tresorit.com/l#uY3rHF1zUIWldQ0i6c4GiQ > >> >> HF1zUIWldQ0i6c4GiQ&c=E,1,LsVwZlUPcInVCuJM4GkOVo-vRCVE2ukHD1BH9HCDljsWyYQ > >> 4O-4V2pO5cedx8Mww0iRU-IeirLiaaZUhy3EzamKdhKO8E4OMaLFXJ9bIef2_fVzA&typo=1 > >> > > >> > >> Regards, > >> Gabor Szathmari > >> President, CryptoAUSTRALIA > >> > >> *e: *gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au > >> *m:* +61 402 401 424 > >> *w:* https://cryptoaustralia.org.au > >> *pgp:* 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A > >> *keybase:* https://keybase.io/gszathmari > >> >> ,1,POjKPBq4lE6TtUaeoZNhfDwxRj1Kr17CGyF6Kw3ylR9k67IjRrW4wBJMDjATDNfdOycPB > >> ZqjwEL-8mjWil174ihsa3lhn7H8S2OrCvc,&typo=1> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> linux-aus mailing list > >> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > >> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/ > >> listinfo/linux-aus&c=E,1,ue12xB3PQ9j1z1bPxGdgjGcTUB7hfvnSKUz8xf8ZHKIa6rC > >> PFERmz-fqt36aaq6iSl18WIlT2s1Zpg4IwJTOuWE3UgRAi7tWrwHSdKeN2MzXPZojYenurD8 > >> ,&typo=1 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-aus mailing list > > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au Sun May 7 14:40:27 2017 From: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au (Gabor Szathmari) Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 12:40:27 +0800 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Grant_application=3A_Setting_up_and_operati?= =?utf-8?q?ng_a__=E2=80=98Mastodon=E2=80=99_node_for_the_Australian_online?= =?utf-8?q?_community?= In-Reply-To: <201705060020.46571.russell@coker.com.au> References: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> <9a1cbddd-7460-552c-2d3f-0c85fbc55f02@linux.org.au> <201705060020.46571.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: Hi Rus, The VM would be running in a Sydney datacentre for the sake of speed and low latency. All Toots (as Mastodon calls the Tweets) are public, so I do not see a benefit (yet) of running the service outside Australia for privacy reasons. My understanding is that Mastodon is largely compatible with GNU Social. The federated architecture allows both user groups to interact with each other. In addition, many users find the Mastodon GUI more appealing. From the ops perspective, Docker makes Mastodon super-easy to run and operate on the server-side. Regards, Gabor Szathmari President, CryptoAUSTRALIA e: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au m: +61 402 401 424 w: https://cryptoaustralia.org.au pgp: 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A keybase: https://keybase.io/gszathmari > On 5 May 2017, at 22:20, Russell Coker wrote: > > I think that the amount of money is reasonable and this could provide a good > benefit to the community. > > But I would like to know what the benefits are over GNU Social? Is it easier > to install and manage? Last time I checked GNU Social was difficult to install, > to achieve the goals of replacing Twitter and giving users control I think > that being at least as easy to install as Wordpress would be a requirement. > > Would it be better to have this run on a VM on one of the LA servers? > > On Fri, 5 May 2017 08:07:49 AM Linux Australia President wrote: >> Thanks for the reminder Gabor, Council will consider this application on >> 11th May. >> >> Kind regards, >> Kathy >> >> On 05/05/17 07:40, Gabor Szathmari wrote: >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> I have seen a few decisions coming in, and I just wanted to follow up >>> on this grant application. If you have any questions about the >>> project, please let me know. >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gabor Szathmari >>> President, CryptoAUSTRALIA >>> >>> *e: *gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au > >>> *m:* +61 402 401 424 >>> *w:* https://cryptoaustralia.org.au >>> *pgp:* 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A >>> *keybase:* https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https://keybase.io/gszathmari&c=E,1,jsjMRJsiRbFchc828ySNaR5zkttUv8oa6tCm-LIYRaVPivg7plj_zdC-NfrsRqngS3H36PQFBxzQnlE1dXL5F0RQqg42s70l2O3s0rM-QySe5Q,,&typo=1 >>> >>>> On 20 Apr 2017, at 16:43, Gabor Szathmari >>>> >> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear Linux Australia members, >>>> >>>> Please find my grant application enclosed. Should you have any >>>> questions, please let me know. >>>> >>>> Download link: https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https://web.tresorit.com/l%23uY3rHF1zUIWldQ0i6c4GiQ&c=E,1,sXUqHGFSLFSzNsX5KBx3jyUYdKNu16331A7la1flLQ7ehE4VjNh85myBdmwshUXoftXXtMl-KYsyOk3TRpJW3tqfnkyh7an5Z021JrJLftg,&typo=1 >>>> >>>> HF1zUIWldQ0i6c4GiQ&c=E,1,LsVwZlUPcInVCuJM4GkOVo-vRCVE2ukHD1BH9HCDljsWyYQ >>>> 4O-4V2pO5cedx8Mww0iRU-IeirLiaaZUhy3EzamKdhKO8E4OMaLFXJ9bIef2_fVzA&typo=1 >>>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Gabor Szathmari >>>> President, CryptoAUSTRALIA >>>> >>>> *e: *gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au > >>>> *m:* +61 402 401 424 >>>> *w:* https://cryptoaustralia.org.au > >>>> *pgp:* 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A >>>> *keybase:* https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https://keybase.io/gszathmari&c=E,1,SF58uleKhpx1K8TBZr_F7c7KULjhWb4D72Y6gT29j34k6gMpqzuTtHzzDtCaHDYmmZdAvZI3XFhWuczI96NxZbvovtJX1Hz7IJmWHEG3VGE,&typo=1 >>>> >>>> ,1,POjKPBq4lE6TtUaeoZNhfDwxRj1Kr17CGyF6Kw3ylR9k67IjRrW4wBJMDjATDNfdOycPB >>>> ZqjwEL-8mjWil174ihsa3lhn7H8S2OrCvc,&typo=1> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> linux-aus mailing list >>>> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > >>>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/ >>>> listinfo/linux-aus&c=E,1,ue12xB3PQ9j1z1bPxGdgjGcTUB7hfvnSKUz8xf8ZHKIa6rC >>>> PFERmz-fqt36aaq6iSl18WIlT2s1Zpg4IwJTOuWE3UgRAi7tWrwHSdKeN2MzXPZojYenurD8 >>>> ,&typo=1 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> linux-aus mailing list >>> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus&c=E,1,7Bu4makB9jeShpZq9qotBIYuJ3RqIK29lB-sytfJOSpkAIAfcV2Y1hoo_LlfIEd-FpO4oANjJB-CyHuLaeW-gqRdX4__SJ0Pl-FpJHQ,&typo=1 > > -- > My Main Blog https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://etbe.coker.com.au/&c=E,1,nW4utsOW7rBxBLgsypZoAJfh4cDOJ6qmh6O7e8pMVUL7HUtWF1kCcD_QeQYDlWNHQPGphJNYIBNiog8-hl6m5W6zHHaK5fK7xZ0WX2OKt_ilDziDAQ,,&typo=1 > My Documents Blog https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://doc.coker.com.au/&c=E,1,6kQwLmGy0MZ3AdNzgx105z1N_3PnK-JMSC4M7EZFzjSWGtwg1K-8UyDakPaZTmPyV-QuhHnXxGOCJDOnZiQXiRWygbgdYxU9Nitzo-Od1xRfXEk,&typo=1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lloy0076 at adam.com.au Sun May 7 23:36:07 2017 From: lloy0076 at adam.com.au (David Lloyd) Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 09:36:07 -0400 Subject: [Linux-aus] Grant application: Setting up and operating a 'Mastodon' node for the Australian online community In-Reply-To: References: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> <9a1cbddd-7460-552c-2d3f-0c85fbc55f02@linux.org.au> <201705060020.46571.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: <009201d2c736$e40770e0$ac1652a0$@adam.com.au> https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon .has a readme :P From: linux-aus [mailto:linux-aus-bounces at lists.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Gabor Szathmari Sent: Sunday, 7 May 2017 12:40 AM To: Russell Coker Cc: linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Grant application: Setting up and operating a 'Mastodon' node for the Australian online community Hi Rus, The VM would be running in a Sydney datacentre for the sake of speed and low latency. All Toots (as Mastodon calls the Tweets) are public, so I do not see a benefit (yet) of running the service outside Australia for privacy reasons. My understanding is that Mastodon is largely compatible with GNU Social. The federated architecture allows both user groups to interact with each other. In addition, many users find the Mastodon GUI more appealing. >From the ops perspective, Docker makes Mastodon super-easy to run and operate on the server-side. Regards, Gabor Szathmari President, CryptoAUSTRALIA e: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au m: +61 402 401 424 w: https://cryptoaustralia.org.au pgp: 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A keybase: https://keybase.io/gszathmari On 5 May 2017, at 22:20, Russell Coker > wrote: I think that the amount of money is reasonable and this could provide a good benefit to the community. But I would like to know what the benefits are over GNU Social? Is it easier to install and manage? Last time I checked GNU Social was difficult to install, to achieve the goals of replacing Twitter and giving users control I think that being at least as easy to install as Wordpress would be a requirement. Would it be better to have this run on a VM on one of the LA servers? On Fri, 5 May 2017 08:07:49 AM Linux Australia President wrote: Thanks for the reminder Gabor, Council will consider this application on 11th May. Kind regards, Kathy On 05/05/17 07:40, Gabor Szathmari wrote: Hello Everyone, I have seen a few decisions coming in, and I just wanted to follow up on this grant application. If you have any questions about the project, please let me know. Thank you Regards, Gabor Szathmari President, CryptoAUSTRALIA *e: *gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au *m:* +61 402 401 424 *w:* https://cryptoaustralia.org.au *pgp:* 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A *keybase:* https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https://keybase.io/gszathmari &c=E,1,jsjMRJsiRbFchc828ySNaR5zkttUv8oa6tCm-LIYRaVPivg7plj_zdC-NfrsRqngS 3H36PQFBxzQnlE1dXL5F0RQqg42s70l2O3s0rM-QySe5Q,,&typo=1 On 20 Apr 2017, at 16:43, Gabor Szathmari > wrote: Dear Linux Australia members, Please find my grant application enclosed. Should you have any questions, please let me know. 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URL: From president at linux.org.au Thu May 11 09:17:51 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 09:17:51 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Bids for linux.conf.au 2020 will open soon - time to start thinking about it Message-ID: <5962919c-86da-22bc-2d33-54904dca547b@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Australasia's favourite Linux conference, as you know, will be held in Sydney in January 2018 and Bruce, James and the team are doing a marvellous job of preparing, and it's going to be awesome. The destination for linux.conf.au 2019 has already been chosen, after a venue inspection earlier this year, and the Penguins are busy getting their Antarctic venue hire agreements in place ;-) If you've ever thought about running linux.conf.au in your town or city, now is the time to start turning thoughts into action. Bids for linux.conf.au 2020 will open in the next month or so, and while the timetable has a little flexibility, bids will likely close around July. The formal call for bids will go out some time in June, but for now, please do start to mull it over. We may already have a serious expression of interest from a capital city. But I can neither confirm nor deny that ;-) With kind regards, Kathy -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 From cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au Fri May 12 16:57:19 2017 From: cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au (Cristina Garduno Freeman) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 06:57:19 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Linux Grant Application - Hubcaps to Creative Hubs: Open Source Message-ID: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> Dear Members of the Linux Australia Community, I am the lead researcher on a community funded project titled Hubcaps to Creative Hubs, set in the Geelong region. We appreciate the opportunity to apply for funds, from the Linux Australia Grants Scheme, to extend the project through an open source dataset that will benefit schools, community organisations, government, businesses and future researchers. Should there be any queries in the assessment process I would be more than happy to address them promptly. We look forward to your response in due course and please note that the particular terms and conditions for this project will need to be finalised in the form of a research contract agreed to by both parties prior to the commencement of any project work. 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From steve at nullcon.org Fri May 12 17:50:41 2017 From: steve at nullcon.org (Stephen Argent) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 17:20:41 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] Hardware problems In-Reply-To: <27675cdf-ebf3-adcc-9344-bccd52452812@icafe.com.au> References: <27675cdf-ebf3-adcc-9344-bccd52452812@icafe.com.au> Message-ID: <99F42B52-B503-4CED-824F-648E576A7556@nullcon.org> Your distro's mailing list is probably the better place to start :) -Stephen -- Sent from my Android device. On 12 May 2017 5:17:07 PM ACST, Ben Donohue wrote: >Hi, >just joined the list. > >Is this the right place to ask for help about Linux and hardware >issues? > >If not then what/where is the correct place? > >Thanks. > >_______________________________________________ >linux-aus mailing list >linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From micbert75 at gmail.com Fri May 12 17:52:22 2017 From: micbert75 at gmail.com (Michele Bert) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 09:52:22 +0200 Subject: [Linux-aus] Hardware problems In-Reply-To: <27675cdf-ebf3-adcc-9344-bccd52452812@icafe.com.au> References: <27675cdf-ebf3-adcc-9344-bccd52452812@icafe.com.au> Message-ID: 2017-05-12 9:47 GMT+02:00 Ben Donohue : > Is this the right place to ask for help about Linux and hardware issues? I think it's better if you just put you question, than can be evaluated how much appropriate is this place ;) -- Mick From donohueb at icafe.com.au Fri May 12 18:08:53 2017 From: donohueb at icafe.com.au (Ben Donohue) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 18:08:53 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Hardware problems In-Reply-To: References: <27675cdf-ebf3-adcc-9344-bccd52452812@icafe.com.au> Message-ID: <0060260c-28ac-358b-9ffa-bdf399241e2e@icafe.com.au> Great thanks for the advice. That's why I thought I'd ask first. I used to be in the slug mailing list but don't know where that went to. Problem is I have a LSI hardware raid card. Its branded DELL Perc H310. I have whitebox desktop. The drive has 3 sata disks and is initialised in the hardware so there is a single raid 5 volume. Looks good. Go into Linux (mint 18.1) and do the following lspci -vv | grep -i raid 03:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] (rev 03) Subsystem: Dell MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] Kernel modules: megaraid_sas So looks like Linux is recognising it. Have installed megacli and storcli64. but both of these LSI utilities cannot "see" any raid card. gparted and etc partitioning tools can't see it either. So a bit lost as to what to do next. Would really like to know which mailing list to connect to, to get some help. Other reply back to me for distro mailing list is an idea but any other thoughts welcome. Thanks. Ben On 12/05/17 17:51, Mike Carden wrote: > Hi Ben. > > This is very likely NOT the right place, but if you carefully lay out > your problem, there's a better-than-average chance that someone here > can point you to a place where you can more usefully ask your question. > > -- > MC > > From a.nielsen at shikadi.net Fri May 12 19:03:28 2017 From: a.nielsen at shikadi.net (Adam Nielsen) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 19:03:28 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Hardware problems In-Reply-To: <0060260c-28ac-358b-9ffa-bdf399241e2e@icafe.com.au> References: <27675cdf-ebf3-adcc-9344-bccd52452812@icafe.com.au> <0060260c-28ac-358b-9ffa-bdf399241e2e@icafe.com.au> Message-ID: <20170512190328.19408a22@teln.shikadi.net> > Problem is I have a LSI hardware raid card. Its branded DELL Perc > H310. I have whitebox desktop. I'd suggest the Dell Linux list: https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge It says it's for PowerEdge servers but they are pretty good with support for anything Dell-branded under Linux that's vaguely server related. As for this list... > 03:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS > 2008 [Falcon] (rev 03) > Subsystem: Dell MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] > Kernel modules: megaraid_sas > > So looks like Linux is recognising it. Check what dmesg and lsscsi/lsblk say. dmesg will usually provide you with a list all the devices that the card claims to have connected and is usually pretty informative for these types of cards. One guess that could explain no devices showing up is that you're missing a step in the card's BIOS - like assembling the drives into a RAID array but not creating a volume on it, or something like that. Could also be it's appearing as a nonstandard device, like /dev/blah0 instead of what you expect. I've also found I needed more up-to-date versions of megacli in the past to correctly detect certain cards as the version in the distro I was using was many years out of date. This is especially the case if you're using a desktop focused distro with a server/workstation focused part. Also my 2c is that these devices work better in "dumb" or passthrough mode, presenting the three disks to Linux as three disks and then using Linux's software RAID to handle things. In my experience it performs better and allows quicker recovery if the RAID card dies because the on-disk format is non-proprietary and works with any Linux distro. Anyway, the Dell list is probably your best bet. Cheers, Adam. From donohueb at icafe.com.au Fri May 12 20:21:28 2017 From: donohueb at icafe.com.au (Ben Donohue) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 20:21:28 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Hardware problems In-Reply-To: <20170512190328.19408a22@teln.shikadi.net> References: <27675cdf-ebf3-adcc-9344-bccd52452812@icafe.com.au> <0060260c-28ac-358b-9ffa-bdf399241e2e@icafe.com.au> <20170512190328.19408a22@teln.shikadi.net> Message-ID: <105726f8-f4b8-d9a6-e5a1-f73f1d5671d6@icafe.com.au> Thanks Adam, dmesg shows the following... elite3 elite3 # dmesg | grep -i raid [ 1.241678] megaraid_sas 0000:03:00.0: FW now in Ready state [ 1.241708] megaraid_sas 0000:03:00.0: firmware supports msix : (0) [ 1.241709] megaraid_sas 0000:03:00.0: current msix/online cpus : (1/12) [ 1.241710] megaraid_sas 0000:03:00.0: RDPQ mode : (disabled) [ 1.264418] megaraid_sas 0000:03:00.0: Failed to init firmware [ 3.402440] md: raid0 personality registered for level 0 [ 3.404356] md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 [ 3.472343] raid6: sse2x1 gen() 9976 MB/s [ 3.540340] raid6: sse2x1 xor() 7843 MB/s [ 3.608339] raid6: sse2x2 gen() 12619 MB/s [ 3.676334] raid6: sse2x2 xor() 9043 MB/s [ 3.744334] raid6: sse2x4 gen() 14518 MB/s [ 3.812332] raid6: sse2x4 xor() 10791 MB/s [ 3.812334] raid6: using algorithm sse2x4 gen() 14518 MB/s [ 3.812335] raid6: .... xor() 10791 MB/s, rmw enabled [ 3.812336] raid6: using ssse3x2 recovery algorithm [ 3.858327] md: raid6 personality registered for level 6 [ 3.858328] md: raid5 personality registered for level 5 [ 3.858329] md: raid4 personality registered for level 4 [ 3.862125] md: raid10 personality registered for level 10 So i presume the following line [ 1.264418] megaraid_sas 0000:03:00.0: Failed to init firmware is the one that is causing the problem. I'll take your advice and get onto the Dell linux list and see what they have to say. I've spent days on trying various things. Could be a firmware issue. Sometimes these things need windows installed to upgrade the firmware... sigh... Thanks for your and everyones help. Ben On 12/05/17 19:03, Adam Nielsen wrote: >> Problem is I have a LSI hardware raid card. Its branded DELL Perc >> H310. I have whitebox desktop. > I'd suggest the Dell Linux list: > > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > > It says it's for PowerEdge servers but they are pretty good with > support for anything Dell-branded under Linux that's vaguely server > related. > > As for this list... > >> 03:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS >> 2008 [Falcon] (rev 03) >> Subsystem: Dell MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] >> Kernel modules: megaraid_sas >> >> So looks like Linux is recognising it. > Check what dmesg and lsscsi/lsblk say. dmesg will usually provide you > with a list all the devices that the card claims to have connected and > is usually pretty informative for these types of cards. > > One guess that could explain no devices showing up is that you're > missing a step in the card's BIOS - like assembling the drives into a > RAID array but not creating a volume on it, or something like that. > > Could also be it's appearing as a nonstandard device, like /dev/blah0 > instead of what you expect. I've also found I needed more up-to-date > versions of megacli in the past to correctly detect certain cards as > the version in the distro I was using was many years out of date. This > is especially the case if you're using a desktop focused distro with a > server/workstation focused part. > > Also my 2c is that these devices work better in "dumb" or passthrough > mode, presenting the three disks to Linux as three disks and then using > Linux's software RAID to handle things. In my experience it performs > better and allows quicker recovery if the RAID card dies because the > on-disk format is non-proprietary and works with any Linux distro. > > Anyway, the Dell list is probably your best bet. > > Cheers, > Adam. From president at linux.org.au Fri May 12 20:30:36 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 20:30:36 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Grant Application] Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Council is delighted to announce that this grant has been approved to the value of $AUD 800. Council took into account feedback from the community, the strong usage of Kerbal and CKAN, and the entre that CKAN provides to budding open source developers. Council would appreciate a report at the end of the year detailing how the infrastructure has been used. NEXT ACTION: Paul to work with Kathy to arrange financials. Kind regards, Kathy On 24/04/17 03:17, Paul Fenwick wrote: > > G?day Linux Australia council and members, > > In August 2014 I founded the Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network > (KSP-CKAN ), a modifications (mod) > manager for the popular Kerbal Space Program game by Squad. Inspired > by the Debian packaging system, my goal was to create a system that > would allow players to easily install mods and keep them up-to-date, > supported by rich metadata so players could be assured they were > getting the right packages for their system, including dependency > management and upgrade paths. > > My not so secret mission was to inspire a new generation to be excited > about space exploration and research. > > By creating a cross-platform (Mac/Linux/Windows), open-source (MIT) > client and associated metadata (CC-0), the project has been a > resounding success. We?ve attracted over 300 contributors, brought > delight to well over 120,000 users, indexed thousands of mods, and > measure our success in decades of human joy delivered per month. > > Most of the mods we index are also free and open source, and we handle > the automatic preservation of these in conjunction with the Internet > Archive. The KSP-CKAN is especially important for people using Kerbal > Space Program for planning and simulating real space travel, using the > Realism Overhaul stack. This provides an exact simulation of the solar > system, authentic hardware, and faithfully modelled aerodynamics. > We?ve had NASA employees personally devote their time to improving > both the KSP-CKAN and associated systems. > > As we do not track our users, it?s hard to /directly/ measure our > project success in terms of mods delivered, but we can use the number > of client downloads and user contributions as a proxy. Since early > 2016 we?ve routinely had over 100,000 downloads with each significant > release, and over the last month > we?ve had dozens of > contributors working on our metadata and code. > > For the last two years, AWS have been kind enough to sponsor our > compute costs, which are primarily used for the automated indexing of > mods. However, that sponsorship has recently expired, and due to a > change in contacts at AWS we?ve been unsuccessful at getting it reviewed. > > While I?ve stepped down as mission director, I?m still the legal > entity responsible for hosting costs, and I'm very much supportive of > the project and its goals. We're extremely fortunate to have Leon > Wright as our prime infrastructure person. Leon is active in PLUG and > the Perth open source community, has been instrumental in handling the > video processing > of > past LCAs, and has kept our systems running for years. > > Our expenses are very modest; about $30 USD/month covers all our > hosting and compute costs. Because the amount is so small, we?re > hoping to have them covered by a single sponsor rather than via > crowd-funding, as this keeps our administrative overheads to a minimum. > > To help us while we find another infrastructure sponsor, I?d like to > apply for a Linux Australia grant to secure the KSP-CKAN?s hosting for > another year. If at all possible, I would like to request the grant be > paid in arrears (after the costs have been incurrred), and only for > the actual costs of hosting. This both reduces our administrative > work, and means we're not asking LA for more funding than we genuinely > need. > > If we find an infrastructure sponsor before the end of the grant > period, then we?ll only be asking for funding up until the changeover > date. Of course, we welcome any LA member or organisation that wishes > to cover our entire infrastructure costs for a year or more, but we'll > cast our net more widely if need be. > > For this grant application, I?d like to request a maximum of $600 USD > ($800 AUD) over the twelve months ending 30th April 2018 to help with > our infrastructure. This is more than our projected expenses ($360 USD > / $500 AUD) simply so we have some breathing space. > > As mentioned, we?ll only be seeking reimbursement for costs actually > incurred. > > Many thanks again for your consideration, and I look forward to > answering any questions you may have. > > Paul Fenwick > Founder, Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network > > ? > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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NEXT ACTION: Robert to work with Kathy to arrange financials Kind regards, Kathy On 18/04/17 09:26, Robert Manietta wrote: > > Good Morning All, > > > Please see our grant application for constructive comment and review. > > > Regards > > > Robert Manietta | Cause Leader IT&T & Digital Fabrication > > HS Ipswich > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at linux.org.au Fri May 12 22:13:52 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 22:13:52 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Grant_application=3A_Setting_up_and_operati?= =?utf-8?q?ng_a_=E2=80=98Mastodon=E2=80=99_node_for_the_Australian_online_?= =?utf-8?q?community?= In-Reply-To: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> References: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> Message-ID: <42ec5977-baff-7e8f-0d4f-c5b9afbf4b14@linux.org.au> Linux Australia has respectfully declined this Grant Application, after considering the community feedback, and the general lack of demand for this infrastructure. With kind regards, Kathy On 20/04/17 16:43, Gabor Szathmari wrote: > Dear Linux Australia members, > > Please find my grant application enclosed. Should you have any > questions, please let me know. > > Download link: https://web.tresorit.com/l#uY3rHF1zUIWldQ0i6c4GiQ > > Regards, > Gabor Szathmari > President, CryptoAUSTRALIA > > *e: *gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au > *m:* +61 402 401 424 > *w:* https://cryptoaustralia.org.au > *pgp:* 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A > *keybase:* https://keybase.io/gszathmari > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neil.cowley at optusnet.com.au Fri May 12 23:38:32 2017 From: neil.cowley at optusnet.com.au (Neil Cowley) Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 23:38:32 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Hardware problems In-Reply-To: <0060260c-28ac-358b-9ffa-bdf399241e2e@icafe.com.au> References: <27675cdf-ebf3-adcc-9344-bccd52452812@icafe.com.au> <0060260c-28ac-358b-9ffa-bdf399241e2e@icafe.com.au> Message-ID: Ben When you state "[OS] Cannot see" > You mean there is no /dev/sdX disk device file ? The hardware is definitely being recognized, but it appears the kernel module(megaraid_sas) is not creating the correct disk device try lsmod megaraid_sas dmesg (may show any errors when the driver loads) insmod megaraid (force megaraid module load, which may also show any errors) .....And without trying to be insulting......have you read the installation guide for the hardware/software component ? Feel free to email me directly if you want, I have some experience of Dell Server hardware/Megaraid/Linux Neil Cowley On 12/05/17 18:08, Ben Donohue wrote: > Great thanks for the advice. > > That's why I thought I'd ask first. > > I used to be in the slug mailing list but don't know where that went to. > > > Problem is I have a LSI hardware raid card. Its branded DELL Perc > H310. I have whitebox desktop. > > The drive has 3 sata disks and is initialised in the hardware so there > is a single raid 5 volume. Looks good. > > Go into Linux (mint 18.1) and do the following > > lspci -vv | grep -i raid > > 03:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS > 2008 [Falcon] (rev 03) > Subsystem: Dell MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] > Kernel modules: megaraid_sas > > So looks like Linux is recognising it. > > > Have installed megacli and storcli64. > > but both of these LSI utilities cannot "see" any raid card. > > gparted and etc partitioning tools can't see it either. > > > So a bit lost as to what to do next. > > Would really like to know which mailing list to connect to, to get > some help. > > Other reply back to me for distro mailing list is an idea but any > other thoughts welcome. > > Thanks. > > Ben > > > > > > On 12/05/17 17:51, Mike Carden wrote: >> Hi Ben. >> >> This is very likely NOT the right place, but if you carefully lay out >> your problem, there's a better-than-average chance that someone here >> can point you to a place where you can more usefully ask your question. >> >> -- >> MC >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus From gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au Sat May 13 12:48:49 2017 From: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au (Gabor Szathmari) Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 12:48:49 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Grant_application=3A_Setting_up_and_operati?= =?utf-8?q?ng_a_=E2=80=98Mastodon=E2=80=99_node_for_the_Australian_online_?= =?utf-8?q?community?= In-Reply-To: <42ec5977-baff-7e8f-0d4f-c5b9afbf4b14@linux.org.au> References: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> <42ec5977-baff-7e8f-0d4f-c5b9afbf4b14@linux.org.au> Message-ID: Hi Kathy, No problem, thank you for your time and consideration. All the best. Regards, Gabor Szathmari President, CryptoAUSTRALIA e: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au m: +61 402 401 424 w: https://cryptoaustralia.org.au pgp: 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A keybase: https://keybase.io/gszathmari > On 12 May 2017, at 22:13, Linux Australia President wrote: > > Linux Australia has respectfully declined this Grant Application, after considering the community feedback, and the general lack of demand for this infrastructure. > > With kind regards, > > Kathy > > On 20/04/17 16:43, Gabor Szathmari wrote: >> Dear Linux Australia members, >> >> Please find my grant application enclosed. Should you have any questions, please let me know. >> >> Download link: https://web.tresorit.com/l#uY3rHF1zUIWldQ0i6c4GiQ >> >> Regards, >> Gabor Szathmari >> President, CryptoAUSTRALIA >> >> e: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au >> m: +61 402 401 424 >> w: https://cryptoaustralia.org.au >> pgp: 0326 DE9F DA20 A691 438B A58D 2B82 69F2 1A8C CB7A >> keybase: https://keybase.io/gszathmari >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-aus mailing list >> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >> http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -- > Kathy Reid > President > Linux Australia > > 0418 130 636 > > president at linux.org.au > http://linux.org.au > > Linux Australia Inc > GPO Box 4788 > Sydney NSW 2001 > Australia > > ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From russell at coker.com.au Sun May 14 14:39:59 2017 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 14:39:59 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] possible grant request for training server Message-ID: <201705141439.59885.russell@coker.com.au> NB This is not an actual grant request. This is a discussion prior to determining what grant to request. It could be that LA members offer what is needed without the need for an LA grant request. http://tinyurl.com/pkqpgyx The German hosting company Hetzner offers a range of very affordable servers at low prices, the above URL has links for some of their best value for money offerings which includes E39 ($57.70 according to xe.com) per month for a system with 64G of RAM and 2TB of RAID-1 storage (250G of SSD isn't enough and 500G of SSD makes it too expensive). For some years my blog has been hosted on a VM on such a Hetzner server and the LUV server is on another VM on the same system. So Hetzner has been working well. In the past LUV has run a number of training sessions about system administration. This has included setting up DNS, mail servers, Cassandra, BTRFS, and ZFS. Those sessions have been well received. I am sure that other LUGs in Australia could run similar hands on training sessions. I don't think that the grant required would be justified for just LUV use, but I anticipate that other LUGs in Australia will make use of it - if only to go through the course work that I and others have prepared for LUV. But I really hope that other LUGs will develop course work too. If we had a spare server for running VMs, I would be happy to run the Dom0 and set things up to allow people from various LUGs to grant access to VMs to their members for training sessions at meetings and also for online training over IRC or other IM systems. Another possibility instead of Hetzner is that I have an offer of free hosting in Melbourne with a reasonable number of IPv4 addresses (maybe dozens of addresses as opposed to Hetzner offering few addresses and making you pay extra for them). But that free hosting requires a system that's not too noisey (I was told to remove a previous system LUV had for this purpose because of the noise). If someone has a spare system with 32G+ of RAM and isn't noisey (IE not rack mount) then that would be an option. http://www.dell.com/au/business/p/poweredge-t30/pd A Dell PowerEdge T30 can take up to 64G of RAM and starts at $1,087 (maybe less with RACV discount). I'm not sure how much it costs to expand it to 64G, the Dell web site isn't helpful in this regard. I am not set on Dell, it's just a really easy way of getting a price to start the discussion. As an aside buying a Dell will be cheaper than renting at Hetzner for 2 years. If an LA member has a tower server that's they don't need which can take a suitable amount of RAM then that would be great, CPU power is not a requirement, just RAM and storage. If such a server isn't in Victoria then I'll apply for an LA grant for courier fees. Please offer any suggestions about cheaper ways of achieving these goals. If you want to start a more general discussion about servers for running Linux then please change the subject. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From russell at coker.com.au Sun May 14 14:49:43 2017 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 14:49:43 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Grant_application=3A_Setting_up_and_operati?= =?utf-8?q?ng_a_=E2=80=98Mastodon=E2=80=99_node_for_the_Australian_online_?= =?utf-8?q?community?= In-Reply-To: <42ec5977-baff-7e8f-0d4f-c5b9afbf4b14@linux.org.au> References: <53C85607-A026-4753-94E7-21B574FB2A67@cryptoaustralia.org.au> <42ec5977-baff-7e8f-0d4f-c5b9afbf4b14@linux.org.au> Message-ID: <201705141449.43714.russell@coker.com.au> On Fri, 12 May 2017 10:13:52 PM Linux Australia President wrote: > Linux Australia has respectfully declined this Grant Application, after > considering the community feedback, and the general lack of demand for > this infrastructure. I have some KVM servers which have some spare capacity. Gabor please contact me off-list about the amount of RAM and disk space you need and I'll see if I can fit it on one of them. Also if anyone else has a need for a small server for FOSS use then let me know off-list. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From president at linux.org.au Tue May 16 08:09:46 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 08:09:46 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Linux Grant Application - Hubcaps to Creative Hubs: Open Source In-Reply-To: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> References: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> Message-ID: <13f2e4e0-7685-a124-3d9f-ddd470560824@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, A courtesy note to flag that this Grant Application is open for community feedback until 26th May, and will be considered at Council Meeting 8th June, Kind regards, Kathy On 12/05/17 16:57, Cristina Garduno Freeman wrote: > > Dear Members of the Linux Australia Community, > > > > I am the lead researcher on a community funded project titled Hubcaps > to Creative Hubs, set in the Geelong region. We appreciate the > opportunity to apply for funds, from the Linux Australia Grants > Scheme, to extend the project through an open source dataset that will > benefit schools, community organisations, government, businesses and > future researchers. Should there be any queries in the assessment > process I would be more than happy to address them promptly. > > > > We look forward to your response in due course and please note that > the particular terms and conditions for this project will need to be > finalised in the form of a research contract agreed to by both parties > prior to the commencement of any project work. > > > > Thankyou kindly for your attention, > > > > Cristina > > > > > > Dr. Cristina Garduno Freeman | Postdoctoral Research Fellow ACAHUCH > > *Melbourne School of Design* | *Faculty of Architecture, Building and > Planning* > > > > Room 425, Melbourne School of Design > > The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia > > T: +61 3 8344 2482 M: 0408 788 > 242 E: cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au > > > facebook.com/acahuch | > twitter.com/msdsocial > | https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/acahuch > > > * * > > *cid:image001.png at 01D2CA46.15262AB0* > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In other news after the week of OSCON I've managed to re-establish communications with AWS, so I'm hoping we'll not need the full year of funding if all goes well. :) Many thanks again! ~ Paul On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 3:30 AM Linux Australia President < president at linux.org.au> wrote: > Council is delighted to announce that this grant has been approved to the > value of $AUD 800. > > Council took into account feedback from the community, the strong usage of > Kerbal and CKAN, and the entre that CKAN provides to budding open source > developers. > > Council would appreciate a report at the end of the year detailing how the > infrastructure has been used. > > NEXT ACTION: Paul to work with Kathy to arrange financials. > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > > On 24/04/17 03:17, Paul Fenwick wrote: > > G?day Linux Australia council and members, > > In August 2014 I founded the Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network ( > KSP-CKAN ), a modifications (mod) > manager for the popular Kerbal Space Program game by Squad. Inspired by the > Debian packaging system, my goal was to create a system that would allow > players to easily install mods and keep them up-to-date, supported by rich > metadata so players could be assured they were getting the right packages > for their system, including dependency management and upgrade paths. > > My not so secret mission was to inspire a new generation to be excited > about space exploration and research. > > By creating a cross-platform (Mac/Linux/Windows), open-source (MIT) client > and associated metadata (CC-0), the project has been a resounding success. > We?ve attracted over 300 contributors, brought delight to well over 120,000 > users, indexed thousands of mods, and measure our success in decades of > human joy delivered per month. > > Most of the mods we index are also free and open source, and we handle the > automatic preservation of these in conjunction with the Internet Archive. > The KSP-CKAN is especially important for people using Kerbal Space Program > for planning and simulating real space travel, using the Realism Overhaul > stack. This provides an exact simulation of the solar system, authentic > hardware, and faithfully modelled aerodynamics. We?ve had NASA employees > personally devote their time to improving both the KSP-CKAN and associated > systems. > > As we do not track our users, it?s hard to *directly* measure our project > success in terms of mods delivered, but we can use the number of client > downloads and user contributions as a proxy. Since early 2016 we?ve > routinely had over 100,000 downloads with each significant release, and > over the last month > we?ve had dozens of contributors working on our metadata and code. > > For the last two years, AWS have been kind enough to sponsor our compute > costs, which are primarily used for the automated indexing of mods. > However, that sponsorship has recently expired, and due to a change in > contacts at AWS we?ve been unsuccessful at getting it reviewed. > > While I?ve stepped down as mission director, I?m still the legal entity > responsible for hosting costs, and I'm very much supportive of the project > and its goals. We're extremely fortunate to have Leon Wright as our prime > infrastructure person. Leon is active in PLUG and the Perth open source > community, has been instrumental in handling the video processing > of > past LCAs, and has kept our systems running for years. > > Our expenses are very modest; about $30 USD/month covers all our hosting > and compute costs. Because the amount is so small, we?re hoping to have > them covered by a single sponsor rather than via crowd-funding, as this > keeps our administrative overheads to a minimum. > > To help us while we find another infrastructure sponsor, I?d like to apply > for a Linux Australia grant to secure the KSP-CKAN?s hosting for another > year. If at all possible, I would like to request the grant be paid in > arrears (after the costs have been incurrred), and only for the actual > costs of hosting. This both reduces our administrative work, and means > we're not asking LA for more funding than we genuinely need. > > If we find an infrastructure sponsor before the end of the grant period, > then we?ll only be asking for funding up until the changeover date. Of > course, we welcome any LA member or organisation that wishes to cover our > entire infrastructure costs for a year or more, but we'll cast our net more > widely if need be. > > For this grant application, I?d like to request a maximum of $600 USD > ($800 AUD) over the twelve months ending 30th April 2018 to help with our > infrastructure. This is more than our projected expenses ($360 USD / $500 > AUD) simply so we have some breathing space. > > As mentioned, we?ll only be seeking reimbursement for costs actually > incurred. > > Many thanks again for your consideration, and I look forward to answering > any questions you may have. > > Paul Fenwick > Founder, Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network > ? > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing listlinux-aus at lists.linux.org.auhttp://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > > > -- > Kathy Reid > President > Linux Australia > 0418 130 636 > president at linux.org.auhttp://linux.org.au > > Linux Australia Inc > GPO Box 4788 > Sydney NSW 2001 > Australia > > ABN 56 987 117 479 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mithro at mithis.com Tue May 16 11:41:16 2017 From: mithro at mithis.com (Tim Ansell) Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 11:41:16 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Linux Grant Application - Hubcaps to Creative Hubs: Open Source In-Reply-To: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> References: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> Message-ID: Hi Cristina, The application doesn't include what license the dataset will be produced under? The application also doesn't document in what formats the dataset will be available in, this is extremely important for making the data useful to a wide variety of people. There are also terms in the budget which are not familiar to myself (and probably others including) "2 Days Academic Level A.8 + OnCosts" and "40hrs HEW4 + OnCosts", could you expand on what these mean? Thanks! Tim 'mithro' Ansell On 12 May 2017 at 16:57, Cristina Garduno Freeman < cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au> wrote: > Dear Members of the Linux Australia Community, > > > > I am the lead researcher on a community funded project titled Hubcaps to > Creative Hubs, set in the Geelong region. We appreciate the opportunity to > apply for funds, from the Linux Australia Grants Scheme, to extend the > project through an open source dataset that will benefit schools, community > organisations, government, businesses and future researchers. Should there > be any queries in the assessment process I would be more than happy to > address them promptly. > > > > We look forward to your response in due course and please note that the > particular terms and conditions for this project will need to be finalised > in the form of a research contract agreed to by both parties prior to the > commencement of any project work. > > > > Thankyou kindly for your attention, > > > > Cristina > > > > > > Dr. Cristina Garduno Freeman | Postdoctoral Research Fellow ACAHUCH > > *Melbourne School of Design* | *Faculty of Architecture, Building and > Planning* > > > > Room 425, Melbourne School of Design > > The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia > > T: +61 3 8344 2482 <(03)%208344%202482> M: 0408 788 242 E: > cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au > > facebook.com/acahuch | twitter.com/msdsocial | http > s://msd.unimelb.edu.au/acahuch > > > > > *[image: cid:image001.png at 01D2CA46.15262AB0]* > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On-costs are things that the employer has to pay on top of what the employee sees (e.g. superannuation, leave entitlements, etc.) This type of request is quite normal for a "professional" grant, and I think this is one of the most professional grant requests we have yet seen. Basically these two items are a request to pay someone's regular salary, to get two days of an academic's time, and a week of a professional staff member's time. I'm in two minds about whether LA grants should cover salaries. It seems that we could get more benefit by funding those projects where people will donate more of their time, but then hopefully if you pay someone you will get the job done faster. And we don't seem to have a shortage of grant funds. I guess if the data is ultimately beneficial to the Linux community then it is probably worth it. Cheers, Adam. From president at linux.org.au Wed May 17 08:44:21 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 08:44:21 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Linux Grant Application - Hubcaps to Creative Hubs: Open Source In-Reply-To: <20170516134230.4740bae4@teln.shikadi.net> References: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> <20170516134230.4740bae4@teln.shikadi.net> Message-ID: <4e65c749-e9e0-aaa4-b16e-409fbdc2b37b@linux.org.au> Hi Adam, Firstly thanks for your well considered feedback. I just wanted to clarify that labour and professional services costs are able to be included in Grant Applications as per the grant process and template at: https://linux.org.au/projects/grants In terms of continuous improvement, Linux Australia will review our Grants Program after the Grants period ends (September 30) and look to make amendments based on community feedback - and the inclusion of labour and professional services costs may be one of those areas. Kind regards, Kathy On 16/05/17 13:42, Adam Nielsen via linux-aus wrote: >> There are also terms in the budget which are not familiar to myself >> (and probably others including) "2 Days Academic Level A.8 + OnCosts" >> and "40hrs HEW4 + OnCosts", could you expand on what these mean? > Academic A.8 and HEW4 are standard pay levels used for university > employees. Most institutions will have a HR page where they list these > levels and what the corresponding salary is. On-costs are things that > the employer has to pay on top of what the employee sees (e.g. > superannuation, leave entitlements, etc.) This type of request is > quite normal for a "professional" grant, and I think this is one of the > most professional grant requests we have yet seen. > > Basically these two items are a request to pay someone's regular > salary, to get two days of an academic's time, and a week of a > professional staff member's time. > > I'm in two minds about whether LA grants should cover salaries. It > seems that we could get more benefit by funding those projects where > people will donate more of their time, but then hopefully if you pay > someone you will get the job done faster. And we don't seem to have a > shortage of grant funds. > > I guess if the data is ultimately beneficial to the Linux community > then it is probably worth it. > > Cheers, > Adam. > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 From lloy0076 at adam.com.au Wed May 17 23:09:16 2017 From: lloy0076 at adam.com.au (David Lloyd) Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 09:09:16 -0400 Subject: [Linux-aus] Linux Grant Application - Hubcaps to Creative Hubs: Open Source In-Reply-To: <20170516134230.4740bae4@teln.shikadi.net> References: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> <20170516134230.4740bae4@teln.shikadi.net> Message-ID: <04f401d2cf0e$cbe54de0$63afe9a0$@adam.com.au> Depending on the grant and other factors, paying a small percentage of someone's professional employment salary might be a win/win (e.g. Linux Australia doesn't need to figure out employment or other contracts, the people "employed" may be more willing/able to do the work because their "normal" job will keep paying them afterwards [as opposed to 'What do we do after this grant money finishes?']). On the other hand, "how likely will providing the grant encourage others to participate, voluntarily or otherwise, in the open source community" is also a valid criteria. DSL > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-aus [mailto:linux-aus-bounces at lists.linux.org.au] On Behalf > Of Adam Nielsen via linux-aus > Sent: Monday, 15 May 2017 11:43 PM > To: Tim Ansell > Cc: linux-aus at linux.org.au; council at linux.org.au > Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Linux Grant Application - Hubcaps to Creative > Hubs: Open Source > > > There are also terms in the budget which are not familiar to myself > > (and probably others including) "2 Days Academic Level A.8 + OnCosts" > > and "40hrs HEW4 + OnCosts", could you expand on what these mean? > > Academic A.8 and HEW4 are standard pay levels used for university > employees. Most institutions will have a HR page where they list these > levels and what the corresponding salary is. On-costs are things that the > employer has to pay on top of what the employee sees (e.g. > superannuation, leave entitlements, etc.) This type of request is quite > normal for a "professional" grant, and I think this is one of the most > professional grant requests we have yet seen. > > Basically these two items are a request to pay someone's regular salary, > to get two days of an academic's time, and a week of a professional > staff member's time. > > I'm in two minds about whether LA grants should cover salaries. It > seems that we could get more benefit by funding those projects where > people will donate more of their time, but then hopefully if you pay > someone you will get the job done faster. And we don't seem to have a > shortage of grant funds. > > I guess if the data is ultimately beneficial to the Linux community then it > is probably worth it. > > Cheers, > Adam. > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus From cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au Thu May 18 10:51:41 2017 From: cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au (Cristina Garduno Freeman) Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 00:51:41 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Linux Grant Application - Hubcaps to Creative Hubs: Open Source In-Reply-To: References: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> <20170516134230.4740bae4@teln.shikadi.net> <4e65c749-e9e0-aaa4-b16e-409fbdc2b37b@linux.org.au> Message-ID: <115FD78E-FB63-4B5F-8910-D50FEE70E66D@unimelb.edu.au> Dear Adam, Tim and Linux Community, ? Thank you for taking the time to read our grant application and provide feedback and comment. ? In regards to the budget items for labour costs I can clarify that an Academic Level A.8 is an entry level position in academia, with Level E being a Professor. This time is allocated to liaising with the Open Source Assistant and the rest of the research team to ensure that the open source data set is as rich as possible, whilst maintaining academic integrity and adherence to ethics permissions required by the University. The Open Source Assistant has been budgeted at HEW Level 4, as their role will be to both advise on the formation of the Open Source Dataset as well as its delivery in conjunction with the research team. This is a mid-range level as the scale goes from HEW Level 1 to HEW Level 9. Without funding for these roles, we will not be able to make the resources available to the community who has funded the films, or to the larger community interested in regional redevelopment, industrial heritage and adaptive re-use, and maker culture. ? In regards to the licences for the Open Source Dataset we propose to use the Creative Commons systems dependent on the data itself, but are also seeking the advice of the National Wool Museum who have expertise in this matter. We of course would also value the comments of this community who has expertise in this area and would be happy to engage in discussions, should the project go ahead. ? The project will produce two types of data ? the footage itself from the making of the films which we would propose to make available under Creative Commons ?Share Alike? Licence. For other material sourced from archives, news articles, academic articles and social media users, licencing will need to conform with how that original material is licensed, (information that will be indicated in the index of the data) or negotiated with the copyright holder, which is why a small budget item has been allowed. ? I hope this clarifies these aspects of the project. Your questions raise valuable points and are appreciated. ? Kind regards ? Cristina ? ? Cristina Garduno Freeman?| ?Postdoctoral Research Fellow ACAHUCH Melbourne School of Design ?|??Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning ? Room 425, Melbourne School of Design The University of Melbourne,?Victoria 3010 Australia T:?+61 3?8344 2482 ?M:?0408 788 242??E:?cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au??? facebook.com/acahuch??| ?twitter.com/msdsocial?|??https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/acahuch ? ? ? ? On 17/5/17, 8:44 am, "linux-aus on behalf of Linux Australia President via linux-aus" wrote: ? ??? Hi Adam, ??? ????Firstly thanks for your well considered feedback. ??? ????I just wanted to clarify that labour and professional services costs are ??? able to be included in Grant Applications as per the grant process and ??? template at: ??? ????https://linux.org.au/projects/grants ??? ????In terms of continuous improvement, Linux Australia will review our ??? Grants Program after the Grants period ends (September 30) and look to ??? make amendments based on community feedback - and the inclusion of ??? labour and professional services costs may be one of those areas. ??? ????Kind regards, ??? ????Kathy ??? ???? ????On 16/05/17 13:42, Adam Nielsen via linux-aus wrote: ??? >> There are also terms in the budget which are not familiar to myself ??? >> (and probably others including) "2 Days Academic Level A.8 + OnCosts" ??? >> and "40hrs HEW4 + OnCosts", could you expand on what these mean? ??? > Academic A.8 and HEW4 are standard pay levels used for university ??? > employees.? Most institutions will have a HR page where they list these ??? > levels and what the corresponding salary is.? On-costs are things that ??? > the employer has to pay on top of what the employee sees (e.g. ??? > superannuation, leave entitlements, etc.)? This type of request is ??? > quite normal for a "professional" grant, and I think this is one of the ??? > most professional grant requests we have yet seen. ??? > ??? > Basically these two items are a request to pay someone's regular ??? > salary, to get two days of an academic's time, and a week of a ??? > professional staff member's time. ??? > ??? > I'm in two minds about whether LA grants should cover salaries.? It ??? > seems that we could get more benefit by funding those projects where ??? > people will donate more of their time, but then hopefully if you pay ??? > someone you will get the job done faster.? And we don't seem to have a ??? > shortage of grant funds. ??? > ??? > I guess if the data is ultimately beneficial to the Linux community ??? > then it is probably worth it. ??? > ??? > Cheers, ??? > Adam. ??? > _______________________________________________ ??? > linux-aus mailing list ??? > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au ??? > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus ??? ????-- ????Kathy Reid ??? President ??? Linux Australia ??? ????0418 130 636 ??? ????president at linux.org.au ??? http://linux.org.au ??? ????Linux Australia Inc ??? GPO Box 4788 ??? Sydney NSW 2001 ??? Australia ??? ????ABN 56 987 117 479 ???? ????_______________________________________________ ??? linux-aus mailing list ??? linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au ??? http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus ??? ???? From cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au Wed May 17 10:58:53 2017 From: cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au (Cristina Garduno Freeman) Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 00:58:53 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Linux Grant Application - Hubcaps to Creative Hubs: Open Source In-Reply-To: <4e65c749-e9e0-aaa4-b16e-409fbdc2b37b@linux.org.au> References: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> <20170516134230.4740bae4@teln.shikadi.net> <4e65c749-e9e0-aaa4-b16e-409fbdc2b37b@linux.org.au> Message-ID: Dear Adam, Tim and Linux Community, Thank you for taking the time to read our grant application and provide feedback and comment. In regards to the budget items for labour costs I can clarify that an Academic Level A.8 is an entry level position in academia, with Level E being a Professor. This time is allocated to liaising with the Open Source Assistant and the rest of the research team to ensure that the open source data set is as rich as possible, whilst maintaining academic integrity and adherence to ethics permissions required by the University. The Open Source Assistant has been budgeted at HEW Level 4, as their role will be to both advise on the formation of the Open Source Dataset as well as its delivery in conjunction with the research team. This is a mid-range level as the scale goes from HEW Level 1 to HEW Level 9. Without funding for these roles, we will not be able to make the resources available to the community who has funded the films, or to the larger community interested in regional redevelopment, industrial heritage and adaptive re-use, and maker culture. In regards to the licences for the Open Source Dataset we propose to use the Creative Commons systems dependent on the data itself, but are also seeking the advice of the National Wool Museum who have expertise in this matter. We of course would also value the comments of this community who has expertise in this area and would be happy to engage in discussions, should the project go ahead. The project will produce two types of data ? the footage itself from the making of the films which we would propose to make available under Creative Commons ?Share Alike? Licence. For other material sourced from archives, news articles, academic articles and social media users, licencing will need to conform with how that original material is licensed, (information that will be indicated in the index of the data) or negotiated with the copyright holder, which is why a small budget item has been allowed. I hope this clarifies these aspects of the project. Your questions raise valuable points and are appreciated. Kind regards Cristina Cristina Garduno Freeman | Postdoctoral Research Fellow ACAHUCH Melbourne School of Design | Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning Room 425, Melbourne School of Design The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 2482 M: 0408 788 242 E: cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au facebook.com/acahuch | twitter.com/msdsocial | https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/acahuch [cid:image001.png at 01D2CEFC.8EE3F430] On 17/5/17, 8:44 am, "linux-aus on behalf of Linux Australia President via linux-aus" wrote: Hi Adam, Firstly thanks for your well considered feedback. I just wanted to clarify that labour and professional services costs are able to be included in Grant Applications as per the grant process and template at: https://linux.org.au/projects/grants In terms of continuous improvement, Linux Australia will review our Grants Program after the Grants period ends (September 30) and look to make amendments based on community feedback - and the inclusion of labour and professional services costs may be one of those areas. Kind regards, Kathy On 16/05/17 13:42, Adam Nielsen via linux-aus wrote: >> There are also terms in the budget which are not familiar to myself >> (and probably others including) "2 Days Academic Level A.8 + OnCosts" >> and "40hrs HEW4 + OnCosts", could you expand on what these mean? > Academic A.8 and HEW4 are standard pay levels used for university > employees. Most institutions will have a HR page where they list these > levels and what the corresponding salary is. On-costs are things that > the employer has to pay on top of what the employee sees (e.g. > superannuation, leave entitlements, etc.) This type of request is > quite normal for a "professional" grant, and I think this is one of the > most professional grant requests we have yet seen. > > Basically these two items are a request to pay someone's regular > salary, to get two days of an academic's time, and a week of a > professional staff member's time. > > I'm in two minds about whether LA grants should cover salaries. It > seems that we could get more benefit by funding those projects where > people will donate more of their time, but then hopefully if you pay > someone you will get the job done faster. And we don't seem to have a > shortage of grant funds. > > I guess if the data is ultimately beneficial to the Linux community > then it is probably worth it. > > Cheers, > Adam. > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 19444 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From robyn at robynspcs.com Fri May 19 11:09:46 2017 From: robyn at robynspcs.com (Robyn Willison) Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 10:39:46 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] Linux Grant Application - Hubcaps to Creative Hubs: Open Source In-Reply-To: <13f2e4e0-7685-a124-3d9f-ddd470560824@linux.org.au> References: <8CB387F9-BDA6-4569-ACE2-843E2792541E@unimelb.edu.au> <13f2e4e0-7685-a124-3d9f-ddd470560824@linux.org.au> Message-ID: <5015589a-9584-9673-f348-8a2bb39d1f3e@robynspcs.com> Where is the grant application. I see no links or attached document. Regards Robyn On 16/05/2017 7:39 AM, Linux Australia President via linux-aus wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > A courtesy note to flag that this Grant Application is open for > community feedback until 26th May, and will be considered at Council > Meeting 8th June, > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > > > On 12/05/17 16:57, Cristina Garduno Freeman wrote: >> >> Dear Members of the Linux Australia Community, >> >> I am the lead researcher on a community funded project titled Hubcaps >> to Creative Hubs, set in the Geelong region. We appreciate the >> opportunity to apply for funds, from the Linux Australia Grants >> Scheme, to extend the project through an open source dataset that >> will benefit schools, community organisations, government, businesses >> and future researchers. Should there be any queries in the assessment >> process I would be more than happy to address them promptly. >> >> We look forward to your response in due course and please note that >> the particular terms and conditions for this project will need to be >> finalised in the form of a research contract agreed to by both >> parties prior to the commencement of any project work. >> >> Thankyou kindly for your attention, >> >> Cristina >> >> Dr. Cristina Garduno Freeman | Postdoctoral Research Fellow ACAHUCH >> >> *Melbourne School of Design* | *Faculty of Architecture, Building and >> Planning* >> >> Room 425, Melbourne School of Design >> >> The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia >> >> T: +61 3 8344 2482 M: 0408 788 242 E: >> cristina.garduno at unimelb.edu.au >> >> facebook.com/acahuch | >> twitter.com/msdsocial | >> https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/acahuch >> >> >> ** >> >> *cid:image001.png at 01D2CA46.15262AB0* >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-aus mailing list >> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >> http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -- > Kathy Reid > President > Linux Australia > > 0418 130 636 > > president at linux.org.au > http://linux.org.au > > Linux Australia Inc > GPO Box 4788 > Sydney NSW 2001 > Australia > > ABN 56 987 117 479 > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Ben From robert at ballarathackerspace.org.au Thu May 25 15:22:49 2017 From: robert at ballarathackerspace.org.au (Robert Layton) Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 15:22:49 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Grant_Application=3A_Wednesday_Women?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=99s_Night_at_the_Ballarat_Hackerspace?= Message-ID: Grant Application: Wednesday Women?s Night at the Ballarat Hackerspace Hello everyone! Below is our grant application to help support us in opening our Hackerspace to encourage Women in STEAM (STEM + Arts). For any queries or concerns, I'm the main contact, at this email address, but you can also email elected at ballarathackerspace.org.au to get all the committee. Project name: Wednesday Women?s Night at the Ballarat Hackerspace Aim of the project, including any key stages or milestones of the project: Participation in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) by women is notoriously low. At the Ballarat Hackerspace, we are looking to increase the participation and skill levels of women in technology. To do this, we are opening our Hackerspace for women on Wednesday nights, for free, on an ongoing basis, our Wednesday Women?s Night (WWN). We have found a champion of the event, Kim Redfern, who will formally run the nights, naturally with the full support of the Ballarat Hackerspace committee. We are going to run these nights as semi-workshop nights, based on our previous workshops introducing the Raspberry Pi, programming, electronics and 3D printing (these workshops were run at cost price, but will be run for free for WWN). The workshop is introductory level, and those with greater skills will be encouraged to use our other tooling and resources to work on more advanced projects or help out those learning new skills they have already grasped. After the Raspberry Pi workshop component is complete, we will run a 3D printer building workshop. After this, we will run other themed events on an ongoing basis. Our current plan is for a Drone building workshop, however we will need some development time for this. To keep the projects free the Hackerspace will keep the costly components of the workshop (e.g. Raspberry Pi, 3d printers) so that they can be used to re-run the workshops again at a later time. Some parts of the project will be given to participants to encourage their further learning, for example: breadboards, sensors, actuators from the Raspberry Pi workshop. We will give participants to ability to purchase the expensive parts from the project upon completion at which point the Hackerspace will replace the item before re-running the workshop and so that the items are still available to members in the space to learn with. Milestone 1: Opening night, June 14th, 2017 Our first milestone is the opening night, where we have invited press and local women in tech to come and formally open the workshops. Milestone 2: Completion of RPi course, 19th July, 2017 Our second milestone is the formal completion of the Raspberry Pi workshop component, which takes place for six weeks. Milestone 3: Completion of 3D Printer building course, 16th August, 2017 Our third milestone is the completion of the building of two 3D printers (Official Prusa i3) We are requesting money for resources for milestones 2 & 3, which comprises the Raspberry Pi workshop and 3D Printer workshops. We have run these workshops in the past (at cost) and have a good idea of the costs (they do vary based on the Australian dollar, but only a small amount), at $126 per participant for the Raspberry Pi workshop. The major costs for the Raspberry Pi workshop are Raspberry Pi 3 ($55), a RPi Camera ($20), SD Card ($10) and Power supply ($8). The rest of the cost is comprised of general electronics. See the below table for our approximate breakdown, although we will continue to try find better sources to get these cheaper. For the 3D printer workshop, the major cost is the 3D printer kits themselves, which are $699 USD each, and we are aiming to build two of these as a group activity. Additionally, we need 3D filament, which is $30 a roll, for a total of $300. We will be using the official Prusa i3 printer for this workshop to ensure our purchase fully supports that open source project. Once these printers are complete they will be then available for all members of the Ballarat Hackerspace and visitors as a workshop resource when they wish to learn about or utilise 3d printing. Costs - Single Raspberry Pi workshop participant Material Total per participant Source Participant Cost Raspberry Pi 3 1 Element 14 $55.00 SD Card (8GB) 1 Officeworks $10.00 Power supply 1 Element 14 $8.43 LED 1 Ali Express $0.00 Push button 1 Ali Express $0.00 Resistor 330ohm 1 Ali Express $0.45 Breadboard 1 Ali Express $5.74 Jumper leads MM 20 Ali Express $0.66 Jumper leads FM 10 Ali Express $0.33 SPI TFT LCD 1 Ali Express $8.66 DHT22 sensor 1 Ali Express $3.57 SR04 Ultrasonic sensor 1 Ali Express $0.00 4.7k resistor 1 Ali Express $0.45 Servo motor 1 Ali Express $3.17 Raspberry Pi camera 1 Element 14 $20.00 PIR Sensor 1 Ali Express $10.00 Acrylic Base 1 Bunnings $5.00 Total $131.46pp We are aiming to have enough resources for 10 participants (individually or as groups). For this, we request the amount of $1,320 to cover the expenses of the workshop. The exact materials may differ slightly as we adjust the course notes, but it would not significantly deviate from this list. As an example, a particular sensor may become outdated, and is replaced. Due to that replacement, a new resistor may need to be added to the list to help run the new sensor. With this funding, we can run the first round, but additionally run future workshops with a much reduced outlay. Significantly we do not need to source the RPis again (nor their power supplies or cameras), worth around $750 of the total, and only really need to source the cheaper electronics that are more disposable. These RPis would be available in the Hackerspace for use by workshop members for educational use, and also more broadly by the public during our open times. The slides and materials, including the designs for our 3D printable case, are open source. Materials can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/ballarat-hackerspace/piworkshop. The Ballarat Hackerspace is committed to open sourcing designs and materials created by it. As a supplement for the current Raspberry Pi course, with funding we can provide the resources to teach basic soldering skills. The space itself has sufficient soldering irons already from prior workshops, and with the soldering kits being provided we could offer these as a one night course for free. The kit chosen for the soldering class has been on recommendation from other hackerspaces, however we are open for input if someone else is providing it locally. 10x WeevilEye Soldering Kits + $4 Shipping = $157.20 For the 3D printer building, we need to purchase two Prusa i3. The Prusas are open source designs part of the RepRap project. The cost for these is $699/USD. By buying the official kit (rather than cheaper knock-offs) we are supporting this great open source project. At current conversion rates, this is $940, with shipping the total cost is estimated at $2200. Additionally, to use the 3D printers we need filament, which is $30 for a 1kg roll in Australia. Purchasing ten of these is $300 including shipping. After the course is run, the 3D printers will be available at the Ballarat Hackerspace for general use. In total, our grant request is $3977.20 How the success of the project will be measured Success will be measured in two ways. The first is workshop participation, where we hope to have ten women undertake the workshop over six weeks. The second is membership of the Hackerspace, where we hope to have 20% female members of the hackerspace as a result of our engagement in these nights and on an ongoing basis. This figure will be setup as a KPI, and if our female membership percentage falls below that figure, then extra effort on this front will be taken. Estimated cost breakdown of the project, including any materials, projects or online services that are required to deliver the project. The cost breakdown should include estimates of labour costs and/or professional services Costs are provided above. Labour, including the sourcing of parts, delivery of the workshop and all other work required, will be volunteered by the Ballarat Hackerspace memberships. The project team, their credentials and professional capabilities, especially their history of open source, open data, open hardware or open culture contributions Kim Redfern has recently joined Ballarat Hackerspace. Kim returned to study as a mature age student and graduated from the Bachelor of Computing with honours in 2007. Since then, Kim has held various IT roles from web developer to analyst programmer and is currently the Team Leader of the Digital & eLearning Solutions team at Federation University Australia. Kim is a novice in the hackerspace arena but is keen to bring her passion for connecting people with technology and training experience to introduce women, young and old, to the exciting world of technology. Dr Robert Layton is an official member of the Ballarat Hackerspace, and has a PhD in computer science from Federation University Australia. Robert has spent significant time on open source projects, most notably being a core contributor to the scikit-learn package, a Python package for machine learning. Robert is a Python zealot and has presented at four PyCon AU conferences. His company, dataPipeline, is a sponsor of the Ballarat Hackerspace. Scott Weston is the current president of the Ballarat Hackerspace. Scott has been using Linux since the early days and remembers the pains of multi-hour kernel compiles on 286 and installing via floppy discs. Primarily Scott works as a DevOp/SRE with startups and worked at Google for 5 years. He was instrumental in bringing the GovHack event to Ballarat in 2014 and helped run the event in Ballarat for the first 2 years. Ian Firns is the current secretary of the Ballarat Hackerspace. Ian has been a long term contributor to a number of open source projects including Snort, Barnyard2 and XBMC (now Kodi). Ian is also the lead developer and current project lead of the Korora distribution. Brett James is the current Treasurer at the Ballarat Hackerspace. Brett has been on the core team for Linux Conference Australia 2012, 2016, and has been a volunteer during 2014, 2015. Roles included delegate registration, agenda writing, Photography, A/V Team and volunteer training. Loves the field of drones. Brett has been key in developing and fostering safe and creative uses of drones, running an open-sourced Drone building workshop which has been signed up by community members of all ages. Person responsible for project Robert Layton and Kim Redfern. The Ballarat Hackerspace Committee as a whole will also be responsible for the delivery of this project, in case Robert or Kim are unable to fulfil their responsibilities. Statement including a willingness to provide regular project updates on the project We will provide a report at the completion of both milestones, outlining the achievements against our success criteria, any other important news, deviations from the above plan and anything else notable during th at time. Additionally, we will be regularly engaging on social media with our followers about the events, and can happily add a link back to Linux Australia, thanking you for your support. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at linux.org.au Mon May 29 11:28:04 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 11:28:04 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Updates on Linux Australia's activities May 2017 Message-ID: <30f2f857-8368-8f15-5454-369181413516@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Hope this finds you and your loved ones warm and well - and your alert board green. Linux Australia activities have continued apace over the last couple of months, and I'd like to take the opportunity to keep you all briefed on progress and planned actions. Linux Australia Grants Program * Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network hosting infrastructure submitted by Paul Fenwick - approved $800 11th May * Hackerspace Ipswich - open hardware for training by Robert Manietta - approved $1500 11th May * Stemformatics open data platform for genomic research by Rowland Mosbergen - approved $5000 27th April * Moe Men's shed - organisation still in formative stage, grant deferred until operational * Sunraysia LuG - hosting and domain name registration by Phil Steel-Wilson - approved $50 Still under consideration * Hubcaps to creative hubs - open data by Dr Cristina Garduno Freeman - due for consideration 8th June * Ballarat HackerSpace Women's Wednesday by Robert Layton - community feedback due by 8th June, due for consideration 8th June In total, we have now committed $AUD 8850 of our $AUD 35k budget. At this time no applications have been received for the UX grant matching generously offered by Cartesian Creative. More information on our Grants Program is available at https://linux.org.au/projects/grants. Grant applications are open until 30th September 2017, however all funds must be expended by this date (our end of financial year). Again, many thanks to this community for your well considered and professional input and commentary on Grant Applications - your feedback helps ensure Council makes well informed decisions on Grants. Beyond 2020 Alliance Linux Australia is delighted to be a founding partner in the Beyond 2020 Alliance - a collaborative effort between Internet Australia, IT Professionals Australia (formerly SAGE-AU) and the Telecommunications Society of Australia, aimed at reshaping the conversation around the NBN - and driving evidence-based and research-backed discussions over the future of Australia's digital infrastructure post 2020. You can join the conversation at http://www.beyond2020.net.au, @Beyond2020All on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/Beyond2020All on Facebook. Especial thanks go to George Fong for his ever-respectful, diplomatic and quietly determined momentum in bringing the group together. Linux Australia rebranding With special thanks to Sae Ra Germaine (Secretary), Cameron Tudball (Vice President) and David Bell (Committee Member), we've now developed a Rebranding Brief. We've approached Tania Walker (graphic designer for LCA2017 and LCA2018) given her well-received work with the organisation in the past - essentially as a preferred supplier - and offered her the opportunity to provide first quote for the rebranding work. Rebranding work is required before we redevelop our Membership platform and website. As always, if anyone from the community would like to be involved in this tranche of work, we'd love to have your input. Linux Australia partnership with VALA Tech Camp Linux Australia is delighted to partner with VALA on the VALA Tech Camp, to be held 11-13th July in Melbourne. https://www.vala.org.au/events/1116-vala-tech-camp Linux Australia is funding a Diversity Scholarship, aimed at increasing representation of Indigenous and rural/remote practitioners in technology. We're also facilitating the delivery of a two-hour Introduction to Python, and I'd like to extend thanks to Gala Camacho and Noon Silk from the Melbourne Python communities for their involvement, and to Brianna Laugher from PyLadies Melbourne for her behind the scenes efforts also. I'll also be delivering an introduction to free and open APIs. Linux Australia partnership with WordCamp We're still finalising details on this one, however the general approach is that WordCamp will channel funds to WordPress Meetups in Australia via Linux Australia. Many thanks to Josepha Haden from WordCamp, and to Dee Teal from the Australian WordPress community for their input and assistance on reaching this stage. Linux Australia on Facebook and LinkedIn We now have our own Facebook presence at https://www.facebook.com/LinuxAustralia and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/2966738 Linux Australia events Many LA-auspiced events are now in full swing, and I encourage you to explore them further. JoomlaDay Australia Sydney - https://joomladay.org.au/ - June 17-18, UTS Sydney This one-day event brings together the Australian Joomla community for talks and workshops. Big kudos to Peter Bui for all his efforts here. WordCamp Brisbane - https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/ - July 22-23, QUT Gardens Point Tickets are now on sale for another spectacular WordCamp event, brought to you by Dion Hulse, Cameron Jones, Ricky Blacker, Hannah Malcolm, Robert Wilde and Peter Bui. Pycon AU - https://pycon-au.org/ - August 3-8, Melbourne Convention Centre A huge congratulations to all Speakers who received their acceptances yesterday, and to all who submitted to the CfP. It's shaping up to be an incredible event. Big thanks to Richard Jones and his excellent crew. DrupalSouth - https://drupalsouth2017.drupal.org.nz/ - November 16-17, Auckland The CfP for attendees and speakers is now open. Big thanks to Pamela Clifford and Nicole Kirsch and Sparks Interactive for all their efforts here. linux.conf.au 2018 - January 22-26, UTS Sydney Planning is now well underway for linux.conf.au 2018 to be held next January in Sydney. Big thanks to Bruce Crawley, James Polley and the team for all their hard work to date. You won't want to miss this! It's time to start thinking about your #CfP submissions, as #CfP will open in a couple of months. GovHack - https://govhack.org - July 28-30, everywhere Although Linux Australia is not auspicing GovHack this year, we encourage you to take a look and get involved - http://www.govhack.org Upcoming Conference Bids Bids for linux.conf.au 2020 will open in June, so if you're interested in running the best Linux conference in the world in your home town, it's time to start getting serious! We have not received any Bids for Open Source Developers' Conference this year. Pycon AU bids are sought through the Pycon AU community. As always, your comments, questions, feedback and constructive criticism are warmly welcomed. Kind regards, Kathy -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: