<div dir="ltr"><div>I think the idea of an LA open-source contest/awards is a fantastic proposal.</div><div><br></div>> As far as the reward is concerned, I *personally* would be less in favour of physical trophies and more supportive of a small monetary award. To me, spending $20 on a trophy that sits on a shelf gathering dust is not all that practical. <div>> However, I am only one voice and in any case this is detail that can be worked through in due course, perhaps by a small team of people formed to run the contest if that's where things end up.<br></div><div>></div><div>And/or names and awards added to a section on the LA website, with the council's approval, of course? </div><div><br></div><div>Wil.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 1:28 PM Jonathan Woithe via linux-aus <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Jan 01, 2024 at 03:16:08PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:<br>
> On Monday, 1 January 2024 14:13:32 AEDT Jonathan Woithe via linux-aus wrote:<br>
> > My understanding of your message is that you would like the 2024 LA Council<br>
> > to consider the suggestion when Council is formed following the election.<br>
> > Is this your intention?<br>
> <br>
> If we are in a formal shutdown phase before the election then I guess that<br>
> the new council would be involved. But also the organisers of Everything<br>
> Open 2024 can consider it. We have had programming contests at LCAs in<br>
> the past so there is precedent for awards for getting things done during<br>
> LCA.<br>
<br>
Thanks for confirming your thoughts, and to everyone who has provided<br>
suggestions thus far. Please keep the ideas flowing.<br>
<br>
It is true that the LA Council is effectively in caretaker mode in the lead<br>
up to the election. Once constituted, I expect the 2024 Council will<br>
consider the ideas raised in this thread and see what might be practical. <br>
If re-elected to Council I will make sure it is raised (although I expect<br>
this to happen as a matter of course).<br>
<br>
As far as the reward is concerned, I *personally* would be less in favour of<br>
physical trophies and more supportive of a small monetary award. To me,<br>
spending $20 on a trophy that sits on a shelf gathering dust is not all that<br>
practical. However, I am only one voice and in any case this is detail that<br>
can be worked through in due course, perhaps by a small team of people<br>
formed to run the contest if that's where things end up.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
jonathan<br>
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