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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/1/25 12:12, Matt Cengia wrote:<br>
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light of this report, what's stopping you, the reader (as opposed
to a specific addressee), putting your hand up to run, or help
run, a conference? In other words, is there anything that could
convince you to help? Some sort of support, mentorship etc?<br>
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<p>Hi, Matt <i>(and other crew)</i>,<br>
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<p>Every person is different to every other (a factor most
politicians seem to never get the hang of). My last direct
organisational involvement was at LCA2003, in Perth, during which
I (mostly) ran an Education mini-conference.</p>
<p>Since then: three children, two grand-children, multiple
relocations, a near-fatal traffic accident and some significant
extended social trauma have somewhat interrupted such things.</p>
<p>I have a couple of local (Albany, WA) volunteer roles, however
organising around those would not be extremely difficult. There
are a few other tangential socially-fragile factors. Probably the
single most significant remaining obstacle would be dealing with
the needs of my (mobility-limited, odd medical issues, and also an
extended trauma target herself) spouse — which, without going into
the details, would be complex.</p>
<p>I am very much in favour of the whole mini-conference concept, as
it opens connections between Linux and other communities (and, of
course, between those other communities directly) which can often
achieve things which are basically inconceivable for many of the
people with a point-of-view centred on corporate, financial and/or
political issues.</p>
<p>In many Real Life situations, one glance can tell you that
whoever set up a situation (or process) does not use it every day.
I have seen the melding of interests in a mini-conference many
times begin eliminating such conceptual boundaries.</p>
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<div>How about you, reader? What would need to change for *you* to
say "yes" to being on the core team? Change is made by the folks
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<p>I have no specific LCA/OE path forwards for myself, yet hopefully
one or a few of you with a different context can contribute some
useful insights.</p>
<p>Cheers; Leon<br>
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