<div dir="ltr">On 8 April 2014 23:04, Linux Australia Secretary <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:secretary@linux.org.au" target="_blank">secretary@linux.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
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welcomed all members of Council and thanked them for giving up
their time for the weekend, and also thanked the members of
Council for their service on Council. <br></span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I also thank you all.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Undertake
more outreach to university students</span></p></li></ul></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Definitely an area for improvement.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Better
document roles and responsibilities of Council members to
aid succession planning</span></p></li></ul></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That would be useful, particularly for bringing in more people. I think OCM would be hard to document because so much of it is doing whatever needs doing and the time can go up and down a lot. I sometimes did very little and did heaps on some of my uni breaks.<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Become
more involved in lobbying activities such as submissions to
the TPP. </span></p></li></ul></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'd like to see more of that. Since council only sometimes has the expertise, it may be good for council to organise community members to lobby, rather than doing it themselves. Similar to how we did the TPP submission, but preferably nudged along quicker.<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Undertake
succession planning for Council 2015</span></p></li></ul></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We've been really weak on this in the past. <br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span>Council
revisited the question of whether Linux Australia should charge
for membership, and how frequently we should do expiry.</span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>By my reading council's main interest is to drive members to take an active interest and participate more? Is it also intended to be a substantial revenue stream?<br>
</div><div>If charging more than a small, token amount I strongly recommend there be a student discount. I'd also like to see pensioner and low income discount.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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concept of LA’s relevance over time was discussed.</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think we will continue to be relevant. <br></div><div>Conferences are the main thing we do.<br></div><div>I've heard some people questioning the value of attending conferences with easy access to information online. However, I think if you asked people 'what is LCA to you?', 'what is pycon au to you?' a lot of the responses would revolve around people, community, networking, socialising. That can't be replaced with online content. <br>
Since our events are very community oriented I think they are much less likely to become irrelevant than most tech conferences. <br>I do look forward to the content, but it's the people that get me really excited about the conference.<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Council
discussed whether our values are relevant. </span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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whether ‘privacy’ should be added to the values given the rise
of concerns around surveillance and data collection. </span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hm, maybe.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span></span><span>Council
discussed whether we should just move a motion to put the Code
of Conduct in place for mailing lists, as it provides a clear
path forward for mailing list conduct.</span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think there should be some policy around mailing list conduct shown to all list members. We also need to iron out the internal procedures for dealing with incidents, we're not good at it.<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Council
discussed at length whether the Mailing List Policy should have
a clause stating that off list communications should remain
private. </span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think off list communications in response to or relating to content on the mailing list are within scope.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Council
considered whether there should be community Moderators for the
mailing lists, and whether the Moderators would have to be
members of Council.</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Moderators need to be trusted community members (as judged by council), but I see no need for them to be council members.<br></div><div> </div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>MOTION
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Joshua Hesketh that</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>a
new mailing list be created called <a href="mailto:policies@linux.org.au" target="_blank">policies@linux.org.au</a></span></p>
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which policy discussions may be referred. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>SECONDED
</span><span>by
Christopher Neugebauer</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>CARRIED
</span><span>unanimously</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Please publicise this wider and more clearly than in the middle of giant long minutes.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span></span><span>MOTION</span><span>
by Christopher Neugebauer that financial assistance programs
such as the Regional delegates Programme for LCA be moved to the
budget of the relevant conference to administer</span>
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</span><span>Hugh
Blemings</span></p>
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</span><span>unanimously</span></p></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The RDP was renamed to Linux Australia travel grants.<br></div><div>I'm glad this has been moved, I found myself considering the grants to be part of the conf budget in my head when it wasn't in the books.<br>
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<span></span><span>It
is likely that there will be submissions called for in regard</span> to...<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Council should be open to, and make it clear that they are open to, collaborating with community members to make submissions or lobby in other ways around relevant causes.<br>
<br></div><div>Thanks for all your work council, you're awesome!<br><br></div><div>Cheers,<br>Bianca<br></div></div></div></div>