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    Hello Andrew,<br>
    <br>
    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,
        <div><br>
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        <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>
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        <div><br>
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        <div>Andrew</div>
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      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <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>
              <br>
              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>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>Project Name: CompCon 2015 - Russell
                        Keith-Magee</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <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>
                      </div>
                      <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>
                      <div><br>
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                      <div>Request:</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <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>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <div>
                        <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>
                      </div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <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>
                      </div>
                      <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>
                      </div>
                      <div>---</div>
                      <div><br>
                      </div>
                      <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>
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                      <div><br>
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                      <div>Andrew</div>
                      <div><br>
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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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            <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: +61 406 711 748</div>
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                href="http://compcon.net.au" target="_blank">http://compcon.net.au</a></div>
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