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Hello Andrew,<br>
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That's fantastic. Thanks so much for the follow-up report. Glad to
hear everything went off really well. Linux Australia are glad to be
able to help :-)<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Josh<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/10/15 00:00, Andrew Donnellan
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi all,
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<div>Following up on this now that CompCon 2015 is over.</div>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div>So thanks to Russell for doing this, and thanks to Linux
Australia for funding it!</div>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div>Andrew</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Joshua
Hesketh <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:josh@nitrotech.org" target="_blank">josh@nitrotech.org</a>></span>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Hello Andrew,<br>
<br>
The council has discussed your request and is pleased to
be able to approve it:<br>
<br>
> 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>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Josh
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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>
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<div>Person Responsible for Request: Andrew
Donnellan (Chair, CompCon Inc - <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au">andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au</a></a>)</div>
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<div>Request:</div>
<div><br>
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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>
</div>
<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
<div><br>
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<div>Estimated costs:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<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>
</div>
<div>(CompCon Inc waives the conference
registration fee for speakers)</div>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
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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>
<div><br>
</div>
<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>
</div>
<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au"
target="_blank">andrew.donnellan@compcon.net.au</a></div>
<div>M: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%2B61%20406%20711%20748"
value="+61406711748" target="_blank">+61
406 711 748</a></div>
<div>W: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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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