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<p>Hi everyone, <br>
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<p>A quick note just to keep you all updated with LA's activities -
minutes of our meetings will be published in due course. <br>
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<h4>LCA2019 formally awarded</h4>
<p>linux.conf.au 2019 has been formally awarded to $city, after Bid
Inspections were recently carried out. Many thanks to Josh Stewart
and Hugh Blemings for their efforts here, especially as Antarctica
is so cold this time of year ;-)</p>
<p>Bids for linux.conf.au 2020 will open around June-July of this
year, so if you'd like linux.conf.au in your city then start to
think about putting a bid together. </p>
<h4>LCA2018 Ghosts in early April</h4>
<p>Bruce Crawley, James Polley and the LCA2018 team will be
convening Ghosts in Sydney in early April to learn from the wisdom
of previous linux.conf.au teams.<br>
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<h4>Linux Users Victoria is accepted as a Linux Australia
Subcommittee</h4>
<p>Linux Users of Victoria recently voted to disincorporate, and to
form as an LA Subcommittee. LA have voted to accept LUV as a
Subcommittee. There is still some administrivia to work through,
however we expect to be welcoming Andrew Pam and his team as a
Subcommittee in due course - a warm welcome to you all. <br>
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<h4>Linux Australia auspicing WordCamp Brisbane 2017</h4>
<p>We're delighted to be auspicing WordCamp Brisbane this year,
which will be in July-ish [0]. Big thanks to Dion Hulse and the
team for what's shaping up to be another great WordCamp event. <br>
</p>
<p>We're also in conversations with WordCamp.org around how Linux
Australia can better support WordPress Meetups in Australia. Stay
tuned. <br>
</p>
<h4>Membership platform, rebrand etc. <br>
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<p>We're going to do our brand refresh before we do the Membership
Platform refresh to reduce rework. Stay tuned, or if you'd like to
be involved let us know. <br>
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<h4>Grant Applications received: 0</h4>
<p>We are yet to receive any Grant Applications in the 2017 Grant
Program [1]. There's $AUD 35k sitting on the table. Don't leave it
there. Get the word out. Seriously. How often do we hear "there's
no money in open source", or "no one will fund us to do X". In
particular, have a look at our priority / weighted projects and
see if they appeal to you or your colleagues. I don't want this
$35k sitting in the bank account earning paltry interest. Put it
to work doing Good Things.<br>
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<p>Kind regards,</p>
<p>Kathy<br>
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[0] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/">https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/</a><br>
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://linux.org.au/projects/grants">https://linux.org.au/projects/grants</a><br>
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Kathy Reid
President
Linux Australia
0418 130 636
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:president@linux.org.au">president@linux.org.au</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://linux.org.au">http://linux.org.au</a>
Linux Australia Inc
GPO Box 4788
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
ABN 56 987 117 479 </pre>
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