On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Chris Neugebauer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrisjrn@gmail.com" target="_blank">chrisjrn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Nathan Bailey <<a href="mailto:nathan.bailey@monash.edu">nathan.bailey@monash.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> David,<br>
> Great ideas - are you going to stand for council? I'd support you on a<br>
> platform of a scholarship to OsCon for under 25s (?) and providing grants<br>
> and opportunities to groups of young people in Rasberry Pi, Arduino and<br>
> Android.<br>
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</div>Even though David *doesn't* appear to be running for council, these<br>
ideas have some level of merit. Perhaps raise with the incoming<br>
council once elected?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I agree with Chris. There is a grants programme explicitly for this type of activity, and specific ideas on how to attract and retain younger people into the Linux Australia community are something I expect would have a high degree of support - particularly given our survey results from a couple of years ago specifically demonstrated that this is an area that we struggle with.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Not all change within Linux Australia needs to come from the Council - in fact, I think that the more people outside the Council take positive action, the easier the job of the Council will be. </div>
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<br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Alice</div></div>