<div dir="ltr"><span class=""></span>Inspired by the Community Leadership Summit run each year before
OSCON, Donna Benjamin will be running an event to bring together
community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects and
organizations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong
community.
<p>The event pulls together the leading minds in community management,
relations and online collaboration to discuss, debate and continue to
refine the art of building an effective and capable community.</p>
<p>The event will be run in a similar manner to the parent event:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/">www.communityleadershipsummit.com</a></p>
<p>as an open unconference-style event in which everyone who attends is
welcome to lead and contribute sessions on any topic that is relevant.
These sessions are very much discussion sessions: the participants can
interact directly, offer thoughts and experience, and share ideas and
questions. These unconference sessions are also augmented with a series
of presentations from leaders in the field, panel debates and networking
opportunities.</p>
<p>Donna Benjamin currently chairs the Drupal community working group,
sits on the board of the Drupal Association, and works as community
engagement director with PreviousNext. She's also been an advisor to
councils of Linux Australia, and was conference director for LCA2008 in
Melbourne. Donna has also served as President of Linux Users of
Victoria, and as a Director of Open Source Industry Australia. </p>
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<h4><a href="http://Linux.conf.au">Linux.conf.au</a></h4>
<p><a href="http://linux.conf.au">linux.conf.au</a> is one of the foremost open source conferences in the
world, and is considered the most prestigious in the Southern
Hemisphere. The next conference, LCA2015, will be held on 12 - 16
January 2015 at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand.</p>
<h4><a href="http://Linux.conf.au">Linux.conf.au</a> Miniconfs</h4>
<p>Miniconfs are one day miniature conferences, within the main LCA2015
conference, which are targeted towards specific communities of interest
and offer delegates an opportunity to network with other enthusiasts
while immersing themselves in a specific topic or project.</p>
<p>LCA2015 miniconfs will be run on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th of
January 2015. Each miniconf's schedule is organised by the miniconf's
organiser and will be published ahead of time, listing speakers and
sessions for the day.</p>
<h4><a href="http://Linux.conf.au">Linux.conf.au</a> 2015</h4>
Date: 12 - 16 January 2015
<br>Venue: Owen G Glenn Building, University of Auckland, Grafton Road, Auckland.
<br>City: Auckland, New Zealand
<br>Web: <a href="http://linux.conf.au/">http://linux.conf.au/</a>
<br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LCA2015">https://www.facebook.com/LCA2015</a>
<br>Twitter: @linuxconfau
<br>Hashtag: #lca2015
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