[Media] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: A personal welcome to Linux Australia

Sat Jan 25 11:50:46 EST 2014

Hi Brianna, Bianca and other members of our Media and Communications 
Subcommittee,
I'd like to introduce Alec Sloman who is a Linux and Open Source 
Evangelist with 99 Designs in Melbourne.

Would it be OK if I added Alec to the Media and Comms Subcommittee 
mailing list?

Kind regards,
Kathy

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Subject: 	Re: Fwd: Re: A personal welcome to Linux Australia
Date: 	Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:04:25 +1100
From: 	Alec Sloman <alecs at eml.cc>
To: 	secretary at linux.org.au, "Council, Linux" <council at linux.org.au>

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Hello,

Thanks Kathy for introducing me. As mentioned, my name is Alec Sloman
and I've been following a couple of your mailing lists for a few
weeks. I joined up today and in response to Kathy's email I mentioned
that I am interested in Linux advocacy.

While I'm not sure what it entails exactly, I can say that I love
Linux and what it represents. In my daily life, I'm a Developer
Advocate at 99designs in Melbourne. I organize events, write about
technology, and generally help our technical team with professional
development. I'm also a developer and general tinkerer with experience
in OS X desktop development, web development (which is where I
developed Linux chops). I've been using computers forever it seems. I
just love them.

My main interest in FOSS is the role it could play in conservation. I
have a futurist's view of a solar/distributed power grid powering
UNIX-powered perma-culture homesteads, and ultimately that's what I
want to work on. For now, I work on big HTTP infrastructures instead. :)

Anyways, that's just a little about myself and my interests. I
contacted Kathy because I want to get involved in Linux advocacy, but
I don't really know where to start. Perhaps you will have some idea of
things I might do in 2014.

A couple of things I can offer straight off the bat: like I mentioned,
I work at 99designs and we are generally very indebted to the Linux
kernel and FOSS in general. This year we are aiming to use our new
office in Richmond as a forum for the technology community in
Australia, and to that end I can offer an excellent venue for events.
Attached is a picture of our presentation space, complete with pulpit,
projector, and inflatable Llama.

Actually we have an interesting meetup coming up soon:

http://www.meetup.com/Infrastructure-Coders/

We want to host as many of these things as we can. It doesn't matter
if it's just about Linux in general, we are interested and want to get
involved.

Also, we can offer free design contests on 99designs to Linux
Australia if you're interested.

Beyond what is possible with my work at 99designs, I'd really love to
start a discussion about how I can get involved more personally. As
silly as this might sound, I truly believe that free software is
critical to the future of our planet. Computers are absolutely the
most powerful general-purpose tool we've ever had, and if I can help
put that power into more hands and inspire them to do good, then I
will feel like I'm doing the work I was meant to do.

I look forward to starting this discussion! Here's to a great 2014.

Regards,
Alec

On 03/01/14 12:17, Linux Australia Secretary wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> With Alec's permission, I'd like to forward on our email
> conversation; Alec is passionate about developer advocacy and has
> offered assistance with some of our Comms and related activities.
> Alec - would you like to introduce yourself?
>
> Best wishes, K.
>
>
> -------- Original Message -------- Subject:     Re: A personal
> welcome to Linux Australia Date:     Fri, 03 Jan 2014 11:51:14
> +1100 From:     Alec Sloman <alecs at eml.cc> To:
> secretary at linux.org.au
>
>
>
> Sure thing, although I'd say more if I were to introduce myself
> properly. This is a start though: go ahead and forward it. After
> that I'll say a bit more about myself and how I'd like to get
> involved.
>
> I understand about the logo completely, the last thing I want to do
> is step on any toes! Perhaps we can help you with a website
> spruce-up. Let's talk more and see if there's anything we can help
> you with.
>
>
> On 03/01/14 11:48, Linux Australia Secretary wrote:
>> Brilliant, will add you :-) Are you OK if I forward your email
>> below to Council just to introduce you?
>
>> Our logo was designed a few years ago by some long standing
>> community members so it's probably not something we would change
>> immediately. Our website though does need a bit of a spring
>> clean and spruce up :-)
>
>> Kind regards, Kathy
>
>> On 3/01/2014 11:29 AM, Alec Sloman wrote: Absolutely add me!
>
>> In fact, I am a "Developer Advocate" in my daily-life for
>> 99designs, so this sort of stuff is right up my alley.
>
>> By the way, I would love to offer Linux Australia a free design
>> contest from 99designs. We have big success with logo design and
>> are looking to increase our outreach to the Australian
>> technology community in general, and the open-source community
>> more specifically. This could be a natural, initial
>> collaboration.
>
>> I look forward to starting a discussion with the group!
>
>> Regards, Alec
>
>> On 03/01/14 11:19, Linux Australia Secretary wrote:
>>>>> HI Alec, Thanks so much for your email.
>>>>>
>>>>> We struggle a lot in the evangelism area, and in marketing
>>>>> and communications, and any assistance you might be able
>>>>> to provide would be incredibly valued. In particular we're
>>>>> hoping to gain critical mass on our newsletter production
>>>>> - which did generate a first issue early last year but
>>>>> appears to have stalled;
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2013-April/020577.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
>>>>>
We also formed a Media and Comms subcommittee last year, however
>>>>> again we've struggled to achieve momentum.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would you be comfortable with me adding you to the media
>>>>> and comms subcommittee mailing list and introducing you to
>>>>> the others on the team?
>>>>>
>>>>> With kind regards, Kathy
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/01/2014 11:06 AM, Alec Sloman wrote: Thank you Kathy,
>>>>> it's an honour and joy to be a member of Linux Australia.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've subscribed to a number of mailing lists and will dip
>>>>> my toes in over the next couple of months. I especially
>>>>> look forward to meeting folks over the course of 2014.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am particularly interested in FOSS evangelism. I am a
>>>>> skilled writer and communicator (if I don't say so myself)
>>>>> and would love to get involved. If you have time to
>>>>> correspond with me directly on this subject, I would love
>>>>> to know how I could get involved.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards, Alec Sloman
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/01/14 10:55, Linux Australia Secretary wrote:
>>>>>>>> Dear new Linux Australia members,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Welcome.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You're receiving this email as you have recently
>>>>>>>> applied to become a new Linux Australia member, and
>>>>>>>> your membership application has been approved.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for your interest in joining an
>>>>>>>> organisation committed to the advocacy, evangelism
>>>>>>>> and adoption of Linux and other free and open source
>>>>>>>> technologies. Linux Australia is the peak body for
>>>>>>>> Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as
>>>>>>>> such represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux
>>>>>>>> users and developers. Linux Australia is voluntarily
>>>>>>>> bound by the principles embodied by its statement of
>>>>>>>> values <http://linux.org.au/values> and the articles
>>>>>>>> of association, and undertakes to operate at all
>>>>>>>> times in an open, transparent and democratic manner.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This email contains some brief information on how
>>>>>>>> you can access more information and benefits from
>>>>>>>> Linux Australia.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We again welcome you to our community and look
>>>>>>>> forward to your participation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kathy Reid on behalf of the Linux Australia Council
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Linux Australia website - http://www.linux.org.au -
>>>>>>>> including;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Our values - https://www.linux.org.au/values Meeting
>>>>>>>> minutes - https://www.linux.org.au/news Grants
>>>>>>>> program - https://www.linux.org.au/projects/grants
>>>>>>>> Jobs board - https://www.linux.org.au/jobs Upcoming
>>>>>>>> events - https://www.linux.org.au/events
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Linux Australia mailing lists -
>>>>>>>> http://lists.linux.org.au ('linux-aus' is the main
>>>>>>>> mailing lists, subscribe to 'announce' for less
>>>>>>>> frequent important postings)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Linux Australia on Twitter and Identi.ca -
>>>>>>>> @LinuxAustralia
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Linux Australia on IRC - #linux.conf.au on
>>>>>>>> freenode.net
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Linux Australia on LinkedIn -
>>>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/company/2966738
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
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