<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Following up on this now that CompCon 2015 is over.</div><div><br></div><div>Russell's talk was very popular with ~50 students in attendance (by my recollection), which was fantastic - along with the other talks we had from Red Hatters and IBMers who spoke on open source, it was great to see interest from so many students. Many of the conversations I had with attendees indicated that interest in contributing to open source and free software is alive and well among CS students!</div><div><br></div><div>Russell also spent a lot of his time after hours having in depth discussions with students - I'm aware of at least one student who made her first commit to a Python project while still at the conference, which is awesome.</div><div><br></div><div>So thanks to Russell for doing this, and thanks to Linux Australia for funding it!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Andrew</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Joshua Hesketh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josh@nitrotech.org" target="_blank">josh@nitrotech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hello Andrew,<br>
<br>
The council has discussed your request and is pleased to be able to
approve it:<br>
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> MOTION by JOSHUA HESKETH to approve the Grant Request from
Andrew<br>
> Donnellan to fund Russell Keith-Magee as a presenter at CompCon
2015 to<br>
> the value of $1,200.<br>
> SECONDED by CHRIS NEUGEBAUER<br>
> PASSED unanimously.<br>
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I'll contact you directly to make arrangements.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Josh<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 09/09/15 05:14, Andrew Donnellan
wrote:<br>
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<div>Date: 2015-09-09</div>
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<div>Project Name: CompCon 2015 - Russell Keith-Magee</div>
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<div>Aim of Project: To allow Russell Keith-Magee of the Django
Software Foundation to present a talk on open source
development at CompCon 2015</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Person Responsible for Request: Andrew Donnellan (Chair,
CompCon Inc - <a href="mailto:andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au" target="_blank">andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au</a>)</div>
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<div>Request:</div>
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<div>We request funding for travel and accommodation for Russell
Keith-Magee to attend the CompCon 2015 conference and give a
talk on open source software development.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>CompCon 2015 is being held at the University of Queensland
from 3-5 October 2015. CompCon is a national conference for
computing students (primarily undergraduates, but also high
schoolers and postgraduates), first held at the Australian
National University in 2013. CompCon is organised by CompCon
Inc, a registered charity operated entirely by current
students and recent graduates. CompCon 2013 had attendance of
over 130 people, and we are hoping for CompCon 2015 to exceed
this. While CompCon is not specifically an Open Source/Free
Software conference, open source will be strongly represented
in the schedule. More information is available at <a href="http://compcon.net.au" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://compcon.net.au" target="_blank">http://compcon.net.au</a>.</div>
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<div>Russell is the President of the Django Software
Foundation, a Django core developer, and a well-known member
of the Australian open source community. He has an
established speaking record at a number of major
conferences, including several PyCon AU conferences (run by
Linux Australia). He was personally recommended by a member
of CompCon Inc's committee on the basis of his talks at
PyCon.</div>
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<div>The expected benefit to the wider Australian open source
community is that the talk will provide an opportunity for
students interested in open source and free software
development to learn from and network with a well-known
developer.</div>
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<div>Estimated costs:</div>
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<div>* Return flights PER -> BNE, 3 October - 5 October =
$900</div>
<div>* Accommodation for 2 nights = $300</div>
<div>Total = $1,200</div>
<div><br>
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<div>(CompCon Inc waives the conference registration fee for
speakers)</div>
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<div>I made a similar grant request on behalf of CompCon in 2013
to fund Elena Williams' travel to Canberra, which was
successful. I don't have exact numbers, but Elena's talk
filled a lecture theatre almost to capacity - if we had known
how many people were interested in open source we would've had
to allocate her a larger room! We're hoping for a similar
level of interest this year.</div>
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<div>I declare that I am a member of Linux Australia Inc, I am
appropriately authorised to submit this request, and that I
agree to undertake the relevant responsibilities if the grant
is approved.</div>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div>Andrew</div>
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<div>Andrew Donnellan</div>
<div>Chair, CompCon Incorporated</div>
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<div>E: <a href="mailto:andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au" target="_blank">andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au</a></div>
<div>M: <a href="tel:%2B61%20406%20711%20748" value="+61406711748" target="_blank">+61 406 711 748</a></div>
<div>W: <a href="http://compcon.net.au" target="_blank">http://compcon.net.au</a></div>
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<div>CompCon Incorporated, ABN 80 658 343 393</div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Andrew Donnellan</div><div>Chair, CompCon Incorporated</div><div><br></div><div>E: <a href="mailto:andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au" target="_blank">andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au</a></div><div>M: +61 406 711 748</div><div>W: <a href="http://compcon.net.au" target="_blank">http://compcon.net.au</a></div><div><br></div><div>CompCon Incorporated, ABN 80 658 343 393</div></div></div>
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