<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi Everyone</div><div><br></div><div>I was just looking on the linux.org.au website and noticed the section on grants - is this scheme still active? I seem to remember at LCA there was some talk about it being modified - is the info on the website current?</div><div><br></div><div>I am currently on the lookout for some sponsorship for BarCamp Gold Coast on 5th July - the first event like this on the Gold Coast (nothing ever seems to happen here). I also helped organise the previous 2 barcamps in Brisbane and at the last one the only sponsor we were able to get was Microsoft. While I was happy to take the money ($1000 less that they can spend on suing open source developers) I was a little disappointed that none of the OSS companies came to the party (we had 60 people at the event at the peak of the day). </div><div><br></div><div>Theres some info about the Barcamp at <a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampGoldCoast">http://barcamp.org/BarCampGoldCoast</a></div><div><br></div><div>Anyway - would LA be able to contribute a small amount? - I don't mind if it's a really small amount, it would just give a nice signal other potential sponsors.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy to submit a proper proposal in the correct format - just wanted to check on the procedure before I wasted my time with out of date stuff.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Steve</div><div><br></div><div>ps. If anyone has any contacts in any of the big Gold Coast companies that might be able to offer sponsorship - please get in touch - I listed a few I know of here: <a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampGoldCoastOrganisation">http://barcamp.org/BarCampGoldCoastOrganisation</a></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>--</div><div>I did have a signature, but the dog ate it.</div><div><br></div><div>google:steve.dalton | <a href="skype:spidieman">skype:spidieman</a> | msn: msn@steve.dalts.net | <a href="yahoo:daltonsp">yahoo:daltonsp</a> | aol: spidie100 | twitter: @spidie | mynetfone:09203861</div></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>