From president at linux.org.au Thu Jan 4 17:29:49 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:29:49 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] Grant Application for Stemformatics Data Portal Student talk at LCA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <47dae879-f5b9-2397-ad1f-cfbb6eee9d21@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Just to close the loop on this one, Council voted on this request and has approved the request.? Kind regards, Kathy On 19/12/17 04:40, Rowland Mosbergen wrote: > To the Linux Australia Community, > > We wanted to apply for a further grant application around the > Stemformatics Data Portal project, this time around travel expenses. > > Sadia Waleem was one of the students who was on the Stemformatics? > Data Portal project (https://portal.stemformatics.org).? > > She has been accepted to talk at the second Open Source and > Bioinformatics miniconf as part of Linux Conference Australia on 22 > January 2018 at University of Technology, Sydney. > > We are hoping that with this talk we may attract more people to help > contribute to the Open Source Stemformatics ecosystem, especially? > around the Data Portal. We have been improving our documentation? > and will be updating our website to provide more information about? > how to contribute code to this and other Stemformatics projects. > > I estimate the flights will cost around $300 via Jetstar (normally $139 > or $149 without check-in). I wasn't sure if there would be a provision? > to include taxi fares to and from Melbourne airport for Sadia. We would > be happy to pay the taxi fares in Sydney, as we have another? > developer, Isha Nagpal, who is also speaking at the same event. > > I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have around this. > > Below is the acceptance email from Alan Rubin about the miniconf. > > /---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From:?*Alan Rubin*?> > Date: Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:44 PM > Subject: Invitation to Speak at LCA 2018 > To: Sadia Waleem > > Cc: Rowland Mosbergen >, Aaron Darling > > > / > /Hi Sadia, > > Aaron Darling and I are organizing the second Open Source and > Bioinformatics miniconf as part of?Linux?Conference?Australia?on 22 > January 2018 at University of Technology, Sydney. > > We would be very excited to have you come and speak about your > Stemformatics?Data Portal project, particularly because it was supported > directly by?Linux?Australia. I think that the highly technical (but mostly > non-scientific) audience will be very interested in hearing about how you > addressed some of the challenges in dealing with large biological > datasets. > > Conference registration is required, but we are able to secure single-day > registrations for invited miniconf speakers. The conference website is > http://lca2018.linux.org.au/ > > I?m happy to answer any questions you may have. Please let me know if you > are able to accept at your earliest convenience. Hope to hear from you > soon. > > Best, > Alan > > > Alan F Rubin, PhD > Postdoctoral Fellow > Bioinformatics Division > > The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research > 1G Royal Parade | Parkville | VIC 3052 |?Australia > Phone?+61 3 9345 2631 > Email?rubin.a at wehi.edu.au / > > > Regards, > > *Rowland Mosbergen | Stemformatics Project Manager* > > 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 3 834 46623?*E:?*_rowland at stemformatics.org > _ > > /I acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the > Traditional Owners of the land on which I work, and pay my respects to > the Elders, past and present./ > > */?/* > > */cid:image002.jpg at 01D31D8F.E823DE70/* > > */?/**CRICOS: 00116K* > > This email and any attachments may contain personal information or > information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of > copyright. 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The meeting will: confirm the minutes of the last preceding Annual General Meeting (to be forthcoming when the Agenda is advised) and of any Special General Meeting held since that meeting (nil SGM held), receive from the Council reports on the activities of the association during the last preceding financial year elect office-bearers of the association and ordinary committee members, or to announce the results of a ballot held prior to the Annual General Meeting under clause 15(5) - see [2] receive and consider any financial statement or report required to be submitted to members under the Act A formal Agenda, including reports from office-bearers, will be compiled and distributed in due course. I also hereby call for any agenda items to be tabled for discussion at the Annual General Meeting. With kind regards, Sae Ra [1] http://www.linux.org.au/constitution? [2]?https://linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=view-election&id=24 -- Sae Ra Germaine Secretary Linux Australia secretary 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 secretary at linux.org.au Sun Jan 7 20:26:15 2018 From: secretary at linux.org.au (Linux Australia Secretary) Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 20:26:15 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Agenda for Linux Australia Annual General Meeting 22nd January 2018 1730hrs Message-ID: Dear all, Please find below the draft agenda for the?Linux?Australia?AGM?to be held on 22nd January 2018 at?linux.conf.au. Please advise me at secretary[at]linux.org.au asap if you wish to be marked as an apology or if there are agenda items you wish to be tabled. Kind Regards Sae Ra ---- Sae Ra Germaine Secretary Linux Australia secretary at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 ---- Agenda of Linux Australia - Annual General Meeting 2018 University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Monday 22nd ?January 2017, 1730hrs in Great Hall, CB01.05.009 (location may change) 1. President?s welcome MS KATHY REID, President To note: attendees should fill in attendance slip for an accurate record in the minutes 2. Approval of the minutes from the previous - Annual General Meeting 2017 MOTION by MS KATHY REID that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2017 of Linux Australia be accepted as complete and accurate. The minutes are available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xT_CA8WXpGiLsCAkVjpE5zboWxsMFOF3p01yFtY5A7k/edit?usp=sharing To be seconded and voted upon 3. To receive the REPORTS of activities of the preceding year from OFFICE BEARERS MS KATHY REID - President MR RUSSELL STUART - Treasurer Includes presentation of the Auditor?s Report MS SAE RA GERMAINE - Secretary Please refer to the Annual Report MOTION by {TBA} that the Auditor?s Report is a true statement of financial accounts MOTION by {TBA} that the Office Bearers? reports are correct MOTION by {TBA} that the actions of Council during 2017 are endorsed by the membership To be seconded and voted upon 4. To CONSIDER items tabled in the call for agenda items HEAR the results of the POLL on whether to change the name of Linux Australia, Inc to Open Source Australia, Inc http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2017-December/023288.html ? 5. DECLARATION of Election and WELCOME of incoming Council by the Returning Officer 6. NOMINATION and ELECTION of Members to Vacant Council Positions Insufficient nominations were put forward for Ordinary Council Member. 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To CONSIDER items tabled in the call for agenda items > > - > > HEAR the results of the POLL on whether to change the name of Linux Australia, Inc to Open Source Australia, Inc > http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2017-December/023288.html > > Just to clarify - I think I know the answer to this already, but for the avoidance of all doubt - this agenda item is NOT a special resolution to actually effect the change of name, just to announce the results of the current poll, right? Andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrew.donnellan.id.au andrew at donnellan.id.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roland at cryptoaustralia.org.au Mon Jan 8 12:12:59 2018 From: roland at cryptoaustralia.org.au (Roland Wen) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 12:12:59 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Pi-hole Workshop at the new Fishburners Sydney CBD Message-ID: Happy New Year everyone! By popular demand CryptoAUSTRALIA is running the Pi-hole Workshop again on 17 January. This will be our first event at Fishburner?s new location in the Sydney Startup Hub! Pi-hole is a network-based app for blocking ads, trackers and malware on all devices in your network. You may ask, why should I go to the trouble of running a dedicated network device to block ads? I run uBlock, Privacy Badger, NoScript, or AdBlock Plus and have an anti-virus subscription. Do I really need this? YES, absolutely! In this workshop we'll show you how to set up and configure ?Pi-hole? on a Raspberry Pi. We will be covering both basic and advanced features of Pi-hole. By the end of the workshop, you will have your tiny ad-blocking Pi-hole service running on a Raspberry Pi. Take the device home and start protecting your whole family from ads, trackers and malware! Date: Wednesday 17 January, 18:00 Location: Fishburners, 11-31 York St, Sydney Check out our article on the previous workshop for more about the Pi-hole project: https://blog.cryptoaustralia.org.au/2017/11/02/pi-hole-network-wide-ad-blocker/ RSVP and more info: https://www.meetup.com/CryptoAUSTRALIA-Digital-Self-Defence-Privacy/events/245101603/ Hope to see you there! Cheers, Roland & The CryptoAUSTRALIA Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at linux.org.au Mon Jan 8 12:23:32 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 12:23:32 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Pi-hole Workshop at the new Fishburners Sydney CBD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please note that this event is NOT a Linux Australia event; CryptoAustralia is not affiliated in any way with Linux Australia Incorporated. Kind regards, Kathy On 08/01/18 12:12, Roland Wen via linux-aus wrote: > > Happy New Year everyone! > > > By popular demand CryptoAUSTRALIA is running the Pi-hole Workshop > again on 17 January.? This will be our first event at Fishburner?s new > location in the Sydney Startup Hub! > > > Pi-hole is a network-based app for blocking ads, trackers and malware > on all devices in your network. > > > You may ask, why should I go to the trouble of running a dedicated > network device to block ads? I run uBlock, Privacy Badger, NoScript, > or AdBlock Plus and have an anti-virus subscription. Do I really need > this? YES, absolutely! > > > In this workshop we'll show you how to set up and configure ?Pi-hole? > on a Raspberry Pi. We will be covering both basic and advanced > features of Pi-hole. > > > By the end of the workshop, you will have your tiny ad-blocking > Pi-hole service running on a Raspberry Pi. Take the device home and > start protecting your whole family from ads, trackers and malware! > > > Date: Wednesday 17 January, 18:00 > > Location: Fishburners, 11-31 York St, Sydney > > > Check out our article on the previous workshop for more about the > Pi-hole project: > https://blog.cryptoaustralia.org.au/2017/11/02/pi-hole-network-wide-ad-blocker/ > > > RSVP and more info: > > https://www.meetup.com/CryptoAUSTRALIA-Digital-Self-Defence-Privacy/events/245101603/ > > > Hope to see you there! > > > Cheers, > > Roland & The CryptoAUSTRALIA Team > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > linux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au -- 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 noel.butler at ausics.net Mon Jan 8 12:33:36 2018 From: noel.butler at ausics.net (Noel Butler) Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 11:33:36 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Pi-hole Workshop at the new Fishburners Sydney CBD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9f597eedf104e17fbe07f902a239445b@ausics.net> I must have missed something, because I don't see Roland implying in any way shape or form they are associated with LA We often see posts like this, are you going to post this every time one's posted, seems pointless to me. On 08/01/2018 11:23, Linux Australia President via linux-aus wrote: > Please note that this event is NOT a Linux Australia event; CryptoAustralia is not affiliated in any way with Linux Australia Incorporated. > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > On 08/01/18 12:12, Roland Wen via linux-aus wrote: > >> Happy New Year everyone! >> >> By popular demand CryptoAUSTRALIA is running the Pi-hole Workshop again on 17 January. This will be our first event at Fishburner's new location in the Sydney Startup Hub! >> >> Pi-hole is a network-based app for blocking ads, trackers and malware on all devices in your network. >> >> You may ask, why should I go to the trouble of running a dedicated network device to block ads? I run uBlock, Privacy Badger, NoScript, or AdBlock Plus and have an anti-virus subscription. Do I really need this? YES, absolutely! >> >> In this workshop we'll show you how to set up and configure 'Pi-hole' on a Raspberry Pi. We will be covering both basic and advanced features of Pi-hole. >> >> By the end of the workshop, you will have your tiny ad-blocking Pi-hole service running on a Raspberry Pi. Take the device home and start protecting your whole family from ads, trackers and malware! >> >> Date: Wednesday 17 January, 18:00 >> >> Location: Fishburners, 11-31 York St, Sydney >> >> Check out our article on the previous workshop for more about the Pi-hole project: https://blog.cryptoaustralia.org.au/2017/11/02/pi-hole-network-wide-ad-blocker/ >> >> RSVP and more info: >> >> https://www.meetup.com/CryptoAUSTRALIA-Digital-Self-Defence-Privacy/events/245101603/ >> >> Hope to see you there! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Roland & The CryptoAUSTRALIA Team >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-aus mailing list >> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >> http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to >> linux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au > > -- > Kathy Reid > President > Linux Australia > > 0418 130 636 > > president at linux.org.au > http://linux.org.au -- Kind Regards, Noel Butler This Email, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged information, therefore remains confidential and subject to copyright protected under international law. 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A friendly reminder also that the Linux Australia AGM will be held Monday 22nd January (next Monday) at linux.conf.au at UTS, Great Hall, CB01.05.009 (location may change) Agenda is at: http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2018-January/023337.html Safe travels to SYD and looking forward to being able to see those of you able to make it to linux.conf.au 2018 next week. Yes, it will be awesome. 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 president at linux.org.au Sat Jan 20 22:12:13 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 22:12:13 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Linux Australia Annual Report, including President's, Secretary's and Treasurer's reports Message-ID: <9c042444-6268-d2f3-f0a9-d9fcf8fb817b@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Hoping that this note finds you all well in the new year and that those of you traveling to Sydney for linux.conf.au have a safe journey. Prior to our AGM [0] on Monday evening, I'd like to provide the Council's annual report for the year gone. This includes all our audited financial statements. This year's report includes reports from all Office Bearers for easier reading. Low res version: http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux-aus/annual-report-2016-2017-combined-lores.pdf (6Mb) Hi res version: http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux-aus/annual-report-2016-2017-combined.pdf (270 Mb) Both: http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux-aus/ [0] http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2018-January/023336.html Kind regards, Kathy, Cameron, Sae Ra, Russell, Josh, David and Hugh -- 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 president at linux.org.au Sun Jan 21 22:47:30 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:47:30 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] Agenda for Linux Australia Annual General Meeting 22nd January 2018 1730hrs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, please be advised that the AGM for Linux Australia will be held at 5.30pm tomorrow afternoon in Building 11, Level 4 room 405. Or B11.04.405 if you like numbers. Voting in the two elections - one for Council members and one for name change - ends in about 1 hour so hurry if you haven't voted yet. https://www.linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=elections See previous post for the Annual Report: http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2018-January/023344.html Kind regards, Kathy On 07/01/18 20:26, Linux Australia Secretary wrote: > Dear all, > > Please find below the draft agenda for the?Linux?Australia?AGM?to be > held on 22nd January 2018 at?linux.conf.au . > > Please advise me at secretary[at]linux.org.au > asap if you wish to be marked as an apology or if there are agenda > items you wish to be tabled. > > Kind Regards > > Sae Ra > > ---- > > Sae Ra Germaine > Secretary > Linux Australia > > secretary at linux.org.au > http://linux.org.au > > Linux Australia Inc > GPO Box 4788 > Sydney NSW 2001 > Australia > > ABN 56 987 117 479 > ---- > > > Agenda of Linux Australia - Annual General Meeting 2018 > > University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia > > Monday 22nd ?January 2017, 1730hrs in Great Hall, CB01.05.009 > (location may change) > > > 1. President?s welcome > > MS KATHY REID, President > > /To note: attendees should fill in attendance slip for an accurate > record in the minutes/ > > > 2. Approval of the minutes from the previous - Annual General > Meeting 2017 > > MOTION by MS KATHY REID that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting > 2017 of Linux Australia be accepted as complete and accurate. The > minutes are available > at:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xT_CA8WXpGiLsCAkVjpE5zboWxsMFOF3p01yFtY5A7k/edit?usp=sharing/To > be seconded and voted upon/ > > > 3. To receive the REPORTS of activities of the preceding year from > OFFICE BEARERS > > * > > MS KATHY REID - President > > * > > MR RUSSELL STUART - TreasurerIncludes presentation of the > Auditor?s Report > > * > > MS SAE RA GERMAINE - Secretary > > /Please refer to the Annual Report / > > MOTION by {TBA} that the Auditor?s Report is a true statement of > financial accounts > > MOTION by {TBA} that the Office Bearers? reports are correct > > MOTION by {TBA} that the actions of Council during 2017 are endorsed > by the membership > > /To be seconded and voted upon/ > > > 4. To CONSIDER items tabled in the call for agenda items > > * > > HEAR the results of the POLL on whether to change the name of > Linux Australia, Inc to Open Source Australia, > Inchttp://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2017-December/023288.html? > > > 5. DECLARATION of Election and WELCOME of incoming Council by the > Returning Officer > > > 6. NOMINATION and ELECTION of Members to Vacant Council Positions > > /Insufficient nominations were put forward for Ordinary Council > Member. Nominees to be brought forward during the AGM. Please note > that nominees must be a current member of Linux Australia and must be > nominated and seconded by a current member of Linux Australia/ > > > 7. To HEAR and RESPOND to questions from the floor > > > > _______________________________________________ > committee mailing list > committee at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/committee > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > committee-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au -- 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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Cheers, Josh On 20/01/18 22:12, Linux Australia President via linux-aus wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Hoping that this note finds you all well in the new year and that those > of you traveling to Sydney for linux.conf.au have a safe journey. > > Prior to our AGM [0] on Monday evening, I'd like to provide the > Council's annual report for the year gone. This includes all our audited > financial statements. > > This year's report includes reports from all Office Bearers for easier > reading. > > Low res version: > http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux-aus/annual-report-2016-2017-combined-lores.pdf > (6Mb) > Hi res version: > http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux-aus/annual-report-2016-2017-combined.pdf > (270 Mb) > Both: http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux-aus/ > > [0] http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2018-January/023336.html > > Kind regards, > > Kathy, Cameron, Sae Ra, Russell, Josh, David and Hugh > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards jonathan From david.t.bell91 at gmail.com Mon Jan 22 17:13:18 2018 From: david.t.bell91 at gmail.com (David Bell) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:13:18 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] Agenda for Linux Australia Annual General Meeting 22nd January 2018 1730hrs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi All, A slight correction: the AGM is on level 00 not level 04. Thanks, David On 21 Jan. 2018 22:47, "Linux Australia President" wrote: > Hi everyone, please be advised that the AGM for Linux Australia will be > held at 5.30pm tomorrow afternoon in Building 11, Level 4 room 405. > > Or B11.04.405 if you like numbers. > > Voting in the two elections - one for Council members and one for name > change - ends in about 1 hour so hurry if you haven't voted yet. > > https://www.linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=elections > > See previous post for the Annual Report: > > http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2018-January/023344.html > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > > On 07/01/18 20:26, Linux Australia Secretary wrote: > > Dear all, > > Please find below the draft agenda for the Linux Australia AGM to be held > on 22nd January 2018 at linux.conf.au. > > Please advise me at secretary[at]linux.org.au asap if you wish to be > marked as an apology or if there are agenda items you wish to be tabled. > > Kind Regards > > Sae Ra > > ---- > > Sae Ra Germaine > Secretary > Linux Australia > secretary at linux.org.auhttp://linux.org.au > > Linux Australia Inc > GPO Box 4788 > Sydney NSW 2001 > Australia > > ABN 56 987 117 479 > > ---- > > Agenda of Linux Australia - Annual General Meeting 2018 > > University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia > > Monday 22nd January 2017, 1730hrs in Great Hall, CB01.05.009 (location may change) > 1. President?s welcome > > MS KATHY REID, President > > *To note: attendees should fill in attendance slip for an accurate record in the minutes* > 2. Approval of the minutes from the previous - Annual General Meeting 2017 > > MOTION by MS KATHY REID that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2017 of Linux Australia be accepted as complete and accurate. The minutes are available at:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xT_CA8WXpGiLsCAkVjpE5zboWxsMFOF3p01yFtY5A7k/edit?usp=sharing *To be seconded and voted upon* > 3. To receive the REPORTS of activities of the preceding year from OFFICE BEARERS > > - > > MS KATHY REID - President > - > > MR RUSSELL STUART - TreasurerIncludes presentation of the Auditor?s Report > - > > MS SAE RA GERMAINE - Secretary > > *Please refer to the Annual Report * > > MOTION by {TBA} that the Auditor?s Report is a true statement of financial accounts > > MOTION by {TBA} that the Office Bearers? reports are correct > > MOTION by {TBA} that the actions of Council during 2017 are endorsed by the membership > > *To be seconded and voted upon* > 4. To CONSIDER items tabled in the call for agenda items > > - > > HEAR the results of the POLL on whether to change the name of Linux Australia, Inc to Open Source Australia, Inchttp://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2017-December/023288.html > > 5. DECLARATION of Election and WELCOME of incoming Council by the Returning Officer6. NOMINATION and ELECTION of Members to Vacant Council Positions > > *Insufficient nominations were put forward for Ordinary Council Member. Nominees to be brought forward during the AGM. Please note that nominees must be a current member of Linux Australia and must be nominated and seconded by a current member of Linux Australia* > 7. 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URL: From russell-linuxaus at stuart.id.au Wed Jan 24 10:57:26 2018 From: russell-linuxaus at stuart.id.au (Russell Stuart) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:57:26 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] That "Close Of Partnrship" transaction in AGM the Income Statement Message-ID: <1516751846.8790.2.camel@stuart.id.au> At the AGM a query was raised over this line in the Income Statement attached to the Committee's report to members: ????Close of partnership???????$19,923 I said at the AGM that expense was entered by the Auditor to offset an asset in the balance sheet, but I didn't understand the reason he did it.??I undertook to find out why and report back to this list.??This is me reporting back. Once sentence version : The transaction is the (delayed) appearance in the P&L of a GST payment to the Australian Tax Office for Gov Hack transactions in the Jul..Sep 2016 period. Technical version : In April 2016 LA split it's accounts into 2 independent systems, one for Gov Hack (only) and the other for the rest of Linux Australia. In Oct 2016, our BAS statement was prepared by our accountant.??As the ATO is not interested in how we run out internal affairs (ie,?the accounts split), he just adds the two sets of accounts together?to yield one figure LA owes to the ATO.??Since LA wears the cost of?GST for it's conferences (ie, our books show it as an LA expense?rather than coming off conferences profit figure), this expense is paid from LA's own bank account.??However, this time around that?procedure created an accounting problem as $19,923 of the BAS?payment was paid on behalf of a different set of accounts.??The?accountant solved that by creating a G/L Account called "629 - Linux Gov Hack BAS intercompany account" and parking the $19,923 in there. He didn't do anything with the Gov Hack accounts.??If? you are wondering why it's an assert, it's because the LA Accounts are owed?that money by the Gov Hack accounts, but note this is "funny?money", as it says LA owes itself $19,923. In Feb 2017, I was elected as treasurer.??I did not notice the new balance sheet account.??That's partially because I wasn't looking very closely at transactions created by our accountants and auditors, and partially because it doesn't appear separately in our audited accounts presented at the AGM as the?Auditor bundles it into "Current Assets". I was however looking very closely at transactions created by Gov Hack.??This was because the council members who were re-elected were?very firm in their desire to complete the spin off of Gov Hack into?it's own entity.??Unfortunately, the accounts had been split when?Gov Hack was in full swing, so there were many transactions? (invoices, purchases, bank statements) that had to be transferred? across, and after that was done payments still arrived in the bank?accounts owned by the other set of books.??I spent many days?trying to prepare for the coming split, creating several spreadsheets in an?attempt to reconcile it, but didn't succeed. This may sound?alarming, but remember from the Auditors point of view for the 2017 AGM, he was Auditing Linux Australia as a whole.??The split up didn't matter, so he, like the accountant earlier, just added the two sets of books together. While I didn't succeed in?formally reconciling the accounts, it had already been done informally when the accounts were split. Gov Hack had been given their own bank account and the balance was a figure both LA and Gov Hack agreed was Gov Hack's assets at the time of the split.??Gov Hack had operated from exclusively from that bank account thereafter.??So the proposal for the formal split was to just to transfer the balance of that bank account to the new Gov Hack entity.??But there was a complication.??Although I didn't know the precise amount, I knew BAS owned by Gov Hack had been paid by LA.??In order for this informal split to proceed LA had to decide to donate the BAS payments to Gov Hack.??A format motion was passed to that effect by the council at it's meeting on 2017-03-30.??The split later proceeded on that basis. In December 2017, the time comes for the Auditor to do his thing.?As Gov Hack had formally become its own legal entity he could no?longer add the two sets of accounts together, so he had to clear all balance sheet accounts relating to Gov Hack.??The $19,923 expense was the transaction that cleared (ie, set to $0.00) the "629 - Linux Gov Hack BAS intercompany account" account created by our accountant. He verified with me this had been authorised by the executive before doing so. What Really Happened : Some time early in 2016, the purely volunteer part time Linux Australia council found itself utterly overwhelmed by the work load created by a conference the size of Gov Hack.??It reacted by making?preparations to spin off Gov Hack, but that didn't stop the flow of?work. Fortunately the accounts did not have to reflect the split, so getting behind in that part of it didn't matter. In 2017, the council worked to catch up on the backlog created.??This has now been done.??As I said in the one sentence version, that $19,923 transaction is the (delayed) appearance in the P&L of a Gov Hack GST payment. Ie, it t was part of that effort in clearing that backlog. -- Regards, Russell Stuart Treasurer, Linux Australia +61 438 805 133 http://www.humbug.org.au/RussellStuart From jwoithe at just42.net Thu Jan 25 00:12:27 2018 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 23:42:27 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] That "Close Of Partnrship" transaction in AGM the Income Statement In-Reply-To: <1516751846.8790.2.camel@stuart.id.au> References: <1516751846.8790.2.camel@stuart.id.au> Message-ID: <20180124131227.GF13654@marvin.atrad.com.au> Hi Russel On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 09:57:26AM +1000, Russell Stuart via linux-aus wrote: > At the AGM a query was raised over this line in the Income Statement > attached to the Committee's report to members: > > ????Close of partnership???????$19,923 > > I said at the AGM that expense was entered by the Auditor to offset an > asset in the balance sheet, but I didn't understand the reason he did > it.??I undertook to find out why and report back to this list.??This is > me reporting back. > > Once sentence version : > The transaction is the (delayed) appearance in the P&L of a GST > payment to the Australian Tax Office for Gov Hack transactions in > the Jul..Sep 2016 period. > > Technical version : > : Thank you for taking the time to track down and communicate these details to the members. Things like this remind me why I never wanted to be an accountant. :-) Regards jonathan From jwoithe at just42.net Thu Jan 25 00:38:09 2018 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:08:09 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] Resurrected TPP Message-ID: <20180124133809.GA14117@marvin.atrad.com.au> It appears our political masters have resurrected the TPP, modified the name and are getting ready to drop this on us in the next couple of months: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-24/tpp-resurrected-as-nations-get-set-to-sign-trade-deal/9354502 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-24/what-is-the-new-tpp-and-what-does-it-mean-for-australia/9357020 They're calling it by the rather clumsy name of "Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)". What's not at all clear from the above articles is whether the contentious Intellectual Property provisions have been included in this new version. The nuts and bolts of the agreement were hammered out in November 2017, as described here: http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Pages/trans-pacific-partnership-ministerial-statement.aspx The text of the agreement documents are linked on this page. While Annex II indicates that a small number of provisions in chapter 18 ("Intellectual Property") have been "suspended" (whatever that means in practice), it still seems to leave vast portions intact. If this is the case it would appear that many of the problems for FOSS created by the original TPP text will still apply to the new CPTPP agreement. The above is the result of a cursory look at the relevant documents. Others with more familiarity of the subject may be able to provide more clarity and determine whether we ought to be concerned about this latest development. Regards jonathan From jack at saosce.com.au Thu Jan 25 11:27:16 2018 From: jack at saosce.com.au (Jack Burton) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:57:16 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] Resurrected TPP In-Reply-To: <20180124133809.GA14117@marvin.atrad.com.au> References: <20180124133809.GA14117@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: <20180125105716.18734f46@current.m.saosce.com.au> On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:08:09 +1030 Jonathan Woithe via linux-aus wrote: > It appears our political masters have resurrected the TPP, modified > the name and are getting ready to drop this on us in the next couple > of months: > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-24/tpp-resurrected-as-nations-get-set-to-sign-trade-deal/9354502 > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-24/what-is-the-new-tpp-and-what-does-it-mean-for-australia/9357020 > > They're calling it by the rather clumsy name of "Comprehensive and > Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)". What's > not at all clear from the above articles is whether the contentious > Intellectual Property provisions have been included in this new > version. > > The nuts and bolts of the agreement were hammered out in November > 2017, as described here: > > http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Pages/trans-pacific-partnership-ministerial-statement.aspx > > The text of the agreement documents are linked on this page. Not the text, just a ridiculously vague summary of it. Annex I for example contains only the *title* of each article... The actual text we won't be able to see until it's already been signed (which is usually a pretty good sign that there's plenty to be ashamed of still in there...). > While Annex II indicates that a small number of provisions in chapter > 18 ("Intellectual Property") have been "suspended" (whatever that > means in practice), it still seems to leave vast portions intact. If > this is the case it would appear that many of the problems for FOSS > created by the original TPP text will still apply to the new CPTPP > agreement. On the basis of the Nov 2017 statement alone (since we have nothing more concrete), I'd go as far as saying *most* of the problems still remain although quite a few have been suspended (despite the way it reads, that statement is not self-contradictory -- remember that almost *everything* in the original IP Chapter was objectionable; and that *nothing* has been suspended in the e-Commerce Chapter; and whilst some provisions of the Investment Chapter have been suspended, its core problem still remains). And of course the confusion around whether / how any potential future US accession to the new treaty might trigger some sort of necromancy of those "suspended" provisions does rather make CPTPP a bit of a time bomb... > The above is the result of a cursory look at the relevant documents. > Others with more familiarity of the subject may be able to provide > more clarity and determine whether we ought to be concerned about > this latest development. Am spending some time on this today from an OSIA perpsective -- more will be said at tonight's SGM -- feel free to come along. From noisymime at gmail.com Thu Jan 25 14:14:17 2018 From: noisymime at gmail.com (Josh Stewart) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 03:14:17 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Resurrected TPP In-Reply-To: <20180124133809.GA14117@marvin.atrad.com.au> References: <20180124133809.GA14117@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:38 AM Jonathan Woithe via linux-aus < linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote: > The nuts and bolts of the agreement were hammered out in November 2017, as > described here: > > > http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Pages/trans-pacific-partnership-ministerial-statement.aspx > > Further information specifically around this CPTPP appears to be at: http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/news/Pages/news.aspx#tpp-news-20180124 The full text is specifically not made available at this time ("The text of the agreement is currently undergoing a legal review and translation (French, Spanish), and will be made public on a date to be agreed by all Parties"). It is of course possible to submit an FOI request against DFAT for this text, but such requests were unsuccessful for the TPP and are unlikely to be any different now. > The above is the result of a cursory look at the relevant documents. > Others > with more familiarity of the subject may be able to provide more clarity > and > determine whether we ought to be concerned about this latest development. > I am far from an authority around this, but I did author/co-author the 2 Linux Aus submissions that were made to DFAT (2014)[1] and JSCOT (2016)[2] for the TPP. These seemed to be mostly in line with our communities values. My personal opinion is that the final text of the TPP did soften some of the worst areas from the leaked drafts, but it still contained much to cause concern. If we assume that the TPP text hasn't been changed significantly outside of the sections that are suspended (This seems likely given the contents of the Annex 1 document [3]) then the main areas that I see of concern (In a rough order of importance) are: 1) Mandatory anti-circumvention of TPM / digital locks laws (That must override existing fair use/dealing provisions) 2) Extended copyright terms 3) Restriction on governments being able to enforce their own open source licenses 4) Restriction on governments mandating open source in tenders or requiring source code availability for safety reviews. I'll keep digging to see whether there is any more info available at the moment, but otherwise we're in a similar position to the TPP. That is, pressuring our representatives to at least discuss these concerns. The timeline around this appears to be a desire for ratification late in 2018, which may potentially be affected by an early election should one be called. 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(see talk by Nicolas Steenhout at https://rego.linux.conf.au/schedule/presentation/50/ and accompanying video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B1o6DyLCVY ) One option for captions is to allow community contributions and can be enabled quickly for all videos (see https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6052538?hl=en ) ---- James McKay From president at linux.org.au Wed Jan 31 12:37:02 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:37:02 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] January update from Linux Australia Message-ID: <847a8742-2c5c-fd34-ca1d-ade441f5b92a@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, First of all, we hope that this note finds you all safely back into the swing of things after the summer break, and for those of you who joined us at linux.conf.au in Sydney, we hope that you had a pleasant journey home. Here's a first installment of our regular communication for the year. linux.conf.au linux.conf.au 2018 Sydney - A little bit of history repeating - was an outstanding success, due to the efforts of Bruce Crawley, James Polley, their incredible team of organisers, a dedicated volunteer crew, Speakers, Safety team, delegates and sponsors. A special shout out to fabulous MC, Jack Skinner, for his engaging and energetic flair. We helped both OSI and LWN.net celebrate their 20th birthdays, and heard engaging keynotes from Karen Sandler, Professor Matthew Todd, Jess Frazelle and Hugh Blemings. The videos by Next Day Video are all online and you can see them at: https://www.youtube.com/user/linuxconfau2018 and on the Linux Australia mirror at: http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux.conf.au/2018/ We also raised over $AUD 9k for this year's Charity, Code Club Australia, including dollar-for-dollar matching by Linux Australia. In 2019, linux.conf.au heads to the renewed City of Christchurch, led ably by Steven Sykes and Lisa Sands. Sign up to stay updated. http://lca2019.linux.org.au/ Calls for bids for linux.conf.au 2020 have closed and Council is arranging site visits to the candidate locations. Antarctica!!! Calls for bids for linux.conf.au 2021 will open around mid-year this year. If you have an idea for a talk you'd like to see, tweet it out at #lcapapers https://twitter.com/search?q=%23lcapapers&src=typd Linux Australia AGM, elections and new Council During the AGM at linux.conf.au, our Annual Report was presented and you can find it here: http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/linux-aus/ During the AGM we also unveiled our new Brand, logo and associated brand assets, with thanks to graphic designer Toby Ansell. These will gradually be rolled out to all of our digital and other media properties during 2018. At the AGM, election results were announced. Due to there being fewer nominations than vacancies for the OCM position, nominations were called from the floor at the AGM, and using a ballot process, Cherie Ellis was elected to this vacancy. Please make the new Council welcome; * Kathy Reid - President (returning) * Cameron Tudball - Vice President (returning) * Sae Ra Germaine - Secretary (returning) * Russell Stuart - Treasurer (returning) * Hugh Blemings - OCM (returning) * James Polley - OCM (newly elected 2018, previous Council Member) * Cherie Ellis - OCM (newly elected 2018, previous Council Member) I also thank outgoing Council members, David Bell and Josh Stewart, for their dedicated and professional service. You can reach the Council at council at linux.org.au with feedback, suggestions, concerns and compliments. During the AGM, the vote to change the name of Linux Australia Inc to Open Australia Inc. was defeated 62-48. Therefore no Special Resolution to change the organisation's name was moved. Thanks especially to Jon Oxer for acting as the Returning Officer for the election. Discussions with OSIA Prior to the AGM several discussions were held on list about the possible impact of the proposed name change to OSIA, especially in light of the issues OSIA has encountered regarding its ongoing operations. During linux.conf.au, several members of the Council attended the OSIA Special General Meeting in observer capacity, where discussions were held on ways in which OSIA and LA can partner, and possible avenues should OSIA no longer be a viable independent entity. I thank Jack Burton and Ronald Skeoch and the broader OSIA community for this opportunity. OSIA have much to work through over the next few months to arrive at key decisions about their future; we wish OSIA well in whatever outcome their members determine is appropriate for the organisation. Grants Program We're going to run our Grants Program again this year, but want to tweak the review process and criteria slightly. Stay tuned for more. Pycon AU 2018, Sydney, call out for team members Pycon AU heads to Sydney in late August, and they're on the lookout for awesome. Are you awesome? Want to gain additional awesomeness skills? Reach out at http://2018.pycon-au.org/ WordCamp Sydney 2018 WordCamp Sydney is in the early planning stages. Stay tuned at : https://2018.sydney.wordcamp.org/ Do you know of an open source alternative to Storify? We've been using Storify to capture highlights from Linux Australia events. https://storify.com/linuxaustralia Storify is shutting down - know of any good open source alternatives? That's it for now, as always your comments and questions 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... 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The site is available for me, as was the case at conference close (the last time I checked it until just now). jonathan From madduck at madduck.net Wed Jan 31 20:42:12 2018 From: madduck at madduck.net (martin f krafft) Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:42:12 +1300 Subject: [Linux-aus] January update from Linux Australia In-Reply-To: <20180131025043.GK14249@marvin.atrad.com.au> References: <847a8742-2c5c-fd34-ca1d-ade441f5b92a@linux.org.au> <20180131024239.GA22986@fishbowl.rw.madduck.net> <20180131025043.GK14249@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: <20180131094212.GA11493@fishbowl.rw.madduck.net> also sprach Jonathan Woithe via linux-aus [2018-01-31 15:50 +1300]: > The site is available for me, as was the case at conference close > (the last time I checked it until just now). It works now. Apparently github.io was unreachable from New Zealand for most part of the day, as I just found out from folks here. Sorry for the noise. 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