[Media] [Linux-aus] Linux Australia Autumn Newsletter

Joshua Hesketh josh at nitrotech.org
Mon Apr 29 23:07:18 EST 2013 

Woohoo! Great work guys! :-)

On 29/04/13 22:43, Linux Australia Secretary wrote:
>
>
>     Introduction
>
> Hi there! We're pleased to bring you the first of what is hopefully
> many editions of the Linux Australia Community Newsletter. A
> newsletter is something we've been hoping to establish for some time,
> and we'd warmly welcome your support and advice in shaping it to bring
> you the news you want to read about Linux and Open Source in Australia.
>
> We'd really love your support to help keep the newsletter ticking
> along, and if you'd like to contribute as an editor, or if you have a
> news story to share, please get in contact at media at lists.linux.org.au
> <mailto:media at lists.linux.org.au>.
>
> -- Brianna Laugher, on behalf of the Media and Communications
> Subcommittee
>
>
>     Council news
>
> By Kathy Reid, Secretary
>
> All Council minutes can be found at http://linux.org.au/news .
>
> Recent meetings:
>
>   * 24 April <https://www.linux.org.au/meeting/2013-04-24>
>   * 28 March <http://linux.org.au/meeting/2013-03-28>
>   * 14 March <http://linux.org.au/meeting/2013-03-14>
>   * 2-3 March (face to face) <http://linux.org.au/meeting/2013-03-02>
>
>
>       TasLUG becomes a Subcommittee of Linux Australia
>
> Tasluglogo.gif <http://wiki.linux.org.au/File:Tasluglogo.gif>
>
> Following a request by Craige McWhirter on behalf of TasLUG, the
> Council considered and subsequently unanimously voted in favour of
> their proposal to become a subcommittee of Linux Australia. The
> anticipated benefits of working in this arrangement include reduced
> administrative overhead for finance matters, better access to
> insurance for events and the ability to leverage off Linux Australia's
> infrastructure - such as MemberDB for elections. We'd like to take the
> opportunity to warmly welcome TasLUG into the Linux Australia family,
> and we're very positive and excited to be working more closely together.
>
>   * http://www.taslug.org.au
>
>
>       Video and Streaming Subcommittee is formed
>
> With thanks to Tim Ansell for his hard work on promoting the need for
> a collaborative community in this space, we're excited to announce
> that the Video and Streaming Subcommittee has also recently been
> formed. It is intended that the Subcommittee provides advice and
> guidance, where sought, for events run under the Linux Australia
> umbrella.
>
> People interested in being part of the Subcommittee should contact Tim
> Ansell on mithro at mithis.com <mailto:mithro at mithis.com>.
>
>
>       Media and Communications Subcommittee
>
> With thanks to Brianna Laugher and Bianca Gibson, and many people who
> were interested in forming such a group, the Media and Communications
> Subcommittee has been formed. The mandate of the Subcommittee includes
> production of a regular Linux Australia community newsletter, and
> helping to give Linux Australia and related events and groups a
> stronger voice in the media. We'd love for you to be involved! Just
> drop a line to media at lists.linux.org.au
> <mailto:media at lists.linux.org.au>.
>
>
>     Upcoming events
>
> Keep up to date with all Linux Australia events on our Events Calendar
> - https://www.linux.org.au/events
>
>
>       WordCamp Melbourne
>
> Wordcampmelbournelogo.png
> <http://wiki.linux.org.au/File:Wordcampmelbournelogo.png>
>
> WordCampMelbourne will be held on the weekend of 27-28 April at RMIT's
> Storey Hall in Melbourne. WordCamp is a conference for WordPress
> enthusiasts, designers, developers, or anyone who is using WordPress
> for business or pleasure. We will have a range of speakers covering a
> broad series of topics, showing the incredible variety of uses for
> WordPress, from content management, blogging to e-commerce, community
> building, and beyond. In a first, tickets have sold out a week before
> the event. Awesome work by the event team!
>
>   * Website: http://2013.melbourne.wordcamp.org
>   * Twitter: https://twitter.com/wcmelb
>
>
>       GovHack
>
> Govhacklogo.png <http://wiki.linux.org.au/File:Govhacklogo.png>
>
> With huge props to open government advocate and past-Vice President
> Pia Waugh, GovHack this year has gone national, and will be held on
> the weekend of June 1-2 2013. For more information or to register an
> expression of interest check out the website below. All over
> Australia, hundreds of hackers will join together to form teams and
> work to create the best new mashups, data visualisations and apps with
> Gov data.
>
>   * Register your interest:
>     http://www.govhack.org/register-your-expression-of-interest/
>   * Website: http://www.govhack.org
>   * Twitter: http://twitter.com/govhackau
>
>
>       Pycon Australia
>
> Pyconau logo.png <http://wiki.linux.org.au/File:Pyconau_logo.png>
>
> Pycon Australia will be held July 5--7 2013, Hobart, Tasmania. PyCon
> Australia is the national conference for users of the Python
> Programming Language. The conference promises a weekend packed full of
> amazing content on all aspects of the Python ecosystem, presented by
> experts and core developers of the tools and frameworks you use every
> day. Early Bird tickets are on sale until Friday 3rd May at a
> substantial discount.
>
>   * Announce List: http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/pycon-au-announce
>   * Twitter: https://twitter.com/pyconau
>   * Lanyrd: http://lanyrd.com/2013/pycon-au/
>   * Website: http://2013.pycon-au.org/
>
>
>       Devops Downunder
>
> Devops Days Downunder 2013 will be held on Friday 12th and Saturday
> 13th July 2013 in Ultimo Sydney. The Call for proposals is open until
> 24 May.
>
>   * http://www.devopsdays.org/events/2013-downunder/
>
>
>     Recent past events
>
>
>       BarCampMelbourne 16th March 2013, Melbourne, Victoria
>
> Convened by BarCamp stalwart Ben Dechrai, BarCampMelbourne 2013 had a
> last minute venue change with many thanks to Pomke and the team at
> Small World who lent the team their fabulous Causeway House Boardroom,
> enabling the event to go ahead. A huge thanks also to the team at No
> ISP for sponsorship. There were a number of great presentations, and
> much social interaction. Moreover the team is looking for feedback on
> a possible November BarCamp at a scout camp at outer Eastern Melbourne.
>
>   * http://www.barcampmel.org
>
>
>       Hardware Freedom Day
>
> Saturday 20th April saw the second global Hardware Freedom Day.
> Australia held three events, in Sydney, Gold Coast and Melbourne in
> respective HackerSpaces. If you'd like to get more involved in this
> area, check out the Hardware Freedom Day website and the events.
>
>   * Website: http://www.hfday.org/map/index.php?year=2013
>
>
>       Upcoming Linux User Group (LUG) meetings
>
> We don't know when all the upcoming LUG meetings are being held, so if
> you'd like us to include your LUG or open source group meeting in this
> newsletter, please email media at lists.linux.org.au.
>
>
>     Members corner
>
>
>       Vale Malcolm Tredinnick
>
> We were saddened to learn of the passing of longtime community member
> Malcolm Tredinnick in March. Malcolm has been a familiar face at LCA
> for many years and we will be poorer without his knowledgable,
> welcoming and friendly presence. Mary Gardiner has written a post
> <http://lecta.puzzling.org/2013/03/21/remembering-malcolm-tredinnick/>
> with some links to videos of his talks from years past.
>
> I (Brianna) remember going to his tutorial at my first LCA in 2008,
> "Memory-Efficient and Fast Websites -- Pick Two!" (slides/recordings
> <http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2008/programme/presentations.html>),
> where I sat on the floor because the room was so full, and I still
> couldn't take down his tips as fast as he was offering them. He
> obviously loved to share his knowledge and it is something we are all
> richer for.
>
>
>       Interview with Donna Benjamin
>
> By Michael Davies, licensed CC-BY-SA.
> <http://wiki.linux.org.au/File:Donnarustywrench.jpg>
>
> /For our inaugural newsletter, Kathy interviewed 2013 Rusty Wrench
> Award winner, Drupal Association at-large Board Member, linux.conf.au
> 2008 Conference Director and all-round bundle of awesome, Donna
> Benjamin./
>
> *K: So Donna, you've recently become more involved in the Drupal
> community. Care to tell us more?*
>
> I'm one of the first "At Large" Directors of the Drupal Association
> elected by the community. I ran the 2nd community elections, and have
> since been appointed to a 3 year term on the board.
>
> *K: Congratulations!*
>
> Dries recently asked me to join the newly formed "Community Working
> Group" - one of a number of working groups set up to streamline
> governance processes for the project.
>
> *K: Sounds like a great way to engage the community - where can we
> find out more?*
>
> Here's the charter
> http://drupalcode.org/project/governance.git/blob_plain/refs/heads/master:/charters/community-working-group-charter.html
>
>
> *K: Nice work on DrupalCon Sydney in February - how did it go?*
>
> It was pretty exciting to have DrupalCon come to Australia! and happen
> for the first time outside the northern hemisphere. Next up is
> DrupalCon Portland at the end of May, I'm pretty excited about that. I
> went to Portland for OSCON a couple of years ago, and I love the town
> - but also DrupalCon is just a huge amount of fun mixed with a huge
> amount of learning!
>
> *K: Sounds like it was a very positive experience. So where is Drupal
> itself heading?*
>
> As to the project itself, all eyes are on the ongoing development of
> Drupal 8 - lots of big changes coming. Under the hood, and up front.
> HTML5, Symfony, focus on improving the authoring experience, and
> responsive out of the box, plus a whole new theme layer.
>
> *K: So what plans does Drupal have in the mobile space, given the
> ubiquity of tablets and smartphones?*
>
> Massive plans... already well under way... check out
> http://groups.drupal.org/mobile/drupal-8
>
> Basically - There was a "Mobile Initiative" for D8 led by John Albin
> (who came to DrupalCon Sydney from Taiwan!)
>
> And this blog post gives a good overview
> http://www.unimitysolutions.com/blog/understand-drupal-8-mobile-initiative
>
>
> *K: Sounds like you don't have much spare time! What other awesome are
> you baking at the moment?*
>
> The other thing I'm really looking forward to - is this coming weekend
> I'm heading to Perth for ghosts.
>
> I really think the ghosts of conferences past is one of the secret
> success factors behind linux.conf.au - giving the next team the
> opportunity to meet and connect with past organisers, and have those
> old hands on deck to review plans is really valuable. It's great that
> each team doesn't have to start from scratch.
>
> *K: Thanks heaps for your time Donna!*
>
> You're welcome :-)
>
>
>     On the planet
>
> Check http://planet.linux.org.au for the latest articles. Want to get
> your blog featured in Plant Linux Australia? Ping us on Identi.ca or
> Twitter @LinuxAustralia, email council at linux.org.au or join the IRC
> conversation at #linux.conf.au on freenode.net
>
>
>     On the mailing lists
>
> Daniel Jitnah reports that OSIA (Open Source Industry Australia) is
> holding a survey <http://osia.com.au/surveys/index.php/288243?lang=en>
> "relating to the Open Source software industry in Australia", closing
> 8 May.
>
> Could you do a better job at summarising linux-aus
> <http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linux-aus> than this? Maybe you
> should submit a summary for the next newsletter! :)
>
> -- 
> Kathy Reid
> Secretary
> Linux Australia
>
> secretary at linux.org.au
> http://linux.org.au
>
>
>
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