From president at linux.org.au Thu May 11 09:17:51 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 09:17:51 +1000 Subject: [Announce] Bids for linux.conf.au 2020 will open soon - time to start thinking about it Message-ID: <5962919c-86da-22bc-2d33-54904dca547b@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Australasia's favourite Linux conference, as you know, will be held in Sydney in January 2018 and Bruce, James and the team are doing a marvellous job of preparing, and it's going to be awesome. The destination for linux.conf.au 2019 has already been chosen, after a venue inspection earlier this year, and the Penguins are busy getting their Antarctic venue hire agreements in place ;-) If you've ever thought about running linux.conf.au in your town or city, now is the time to start turning thoughts into action. Bids for linux.conf.au 2020 will open in the next month or so, and while the timetable has a little flexibility, bids will likely close around July. The formal call for bids will go out some time in June, but for now, please do start to mull it over. We may already have a serious expression of interest from a capital city. But I can neither confirm nor deny that ;-) With kind regards, Kathy -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 From josh at nitrotech.org Fri May 12 11:31:04 2017 From: josh at nitrotech.org (Stanley Lankford) Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 20:31:04 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Announce] (no subject) Message-ID: <20170512013104.C71E71906E0@wolfram.dreadnoughtpc.com> Hi , Get your low interest loans today. with interest rate as low as 8% per annum we're hard to beat bad credit score? no problem! we have a solution for everyone. just send us an email to: stanley.lankford at gmail.com for more information. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at linux.org.au Mon May 29 11:28:04 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 11:28:04 +1000 Subject: [Announce] Updates on Linux Australia's activities May 2017 Message-ID: <30f2f857-8368-8f15-5454-369181413516@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Hope this finds you and your loved ones warm and well - and your alert board green. Linux Australia activities have continued apace over the last couple of months, and I'd like to take the opportunity to keep you all briefed on progress and planned actions. Linux Australia Grants Program * Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network hosting infrastructure submitted by Paul Fenwick - approved $800 11th May * Hackerspace Ipswich - open hardware for training by Robert Manietta - approved $1500 11th May * Stemformatics open data platform for genomic research by Rowland Mosbergen - approved $5000 27th April * Moe Men's shed - organisation still in formative stage, grant deferred until operational * Sunraysia LuG - hosting and domain name registration by Phil Steel-Wilson - approved $50 Still under consideration * Hubcaps to creative hubs - open data by Dr Cristina Garduno Freeman - due for consideration 8th June * Ballarat HackerSpace Women's Wednesday by Robert Layton - community feedback due by 8th June, due for consideration 8th June In total, we have now committed $AUD 8850 of our $AUD 35k budget. At this time no applications have been received for the UX grant matching generously offered by Cartesian Creative. More information on our Grants Program is available at https://linux.org.au/projects/grants. Grant applications are open until 30th September 2017, however all funds must be expended by this date (our end of financial year). Again, many thanks to this community for your well considered and professional input and commentary on Grant Applications - your feedback helps ensure Council makes well informed decisions on Grants. Beyond 2020 Alliance Linux Australia is delighted to be a founding partner in the Beyond 2020 Alliance - a collaborative effort between Internet Australia, IT Professionals Australia (formerly SAGE-AU) and the Telecommunications Society of Australia, aimed at reshaping the conversation around the NBN - and driving evidence-based and research-backed discussions over the future of Australia's digital infrastructure post 2020. You can join the conversation at http://www.beyond2020.net.au, @Beyond2020All on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/Beyond2020All on Facebook. Especial thanks go to George Fong for his ever-respectful, diplomatic and quietly determined momentum in bringing the group together. Linux Australia rebranding With special thanks to Sae Ra Germaine (Secretary), Cameron Tudball (Vice President) and David Bell (Committee Member), we've now developed a Rebranding Brief. We've approached Tania Walker (graphic designer for LCA2017 and LCA2018) given her well-received work with the organisation in the past - essentially as a preferred supplier - and offered her the opportunity to provide first quote for the rebranding work. Rebranding work is required before we redevelop our Membership platform and website. As always, if anyone from the community would like to be involved in this tranche of work, we'd love to have your input. Linux Australia partnership with VALA Tech Camp Linux Australia is delighted to partner with VALA on the VALA Tech Camp, to be held 11-13th July in Melbourne. https://www.vala.org.au/events/1116-vala-tech-camp Linux Australia is funding a Diversity Scholarship, aimed at increasing representation of Indigenous and rural/remote practitioners in technology. We're also facilitating the delivery of a two-hour Introduction to Python, and I'd like to extend thanks to Gala Camacho and Noon Silk from the Melbourne Python communities for their involvement, and to Brianna Laugher from PyLadies Melbourne for her behind the scenes efforts also. I'll also be delivering an introduction to free and open APIs. Linux Australia partnership with WordCamp We're still finalising details on this one, however the general approach is that WordCamp will channel funds to WordPress Meetups in Australia via Linux Australia. Many thanks to Josepha Haden from WordCamp, and to Dee Teal from the Australian WordPress community for their input and assistance on reaching this stage. Linux Australia on Facebook and LinkedIn We now have our own Facebook presence at https://www.facebook.com/LinuxAustralia and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/2966738 Linux Australia events Many LA-auspiced events are now in full swing, and I encourage you to explore them further. JoomlaDay Australia Sydney - https://joomladay.org.au/ - June 17-18, UTS Sydney This one-day event brings together the Australian Joomla community for talks and workshops. Big kudos to Peter Bui for all his efforts here. WordCamp Brisbane - https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/ - July 22-23, QUT Gardens Point Tickets are now on sale for another spectacular WordCamp event, brought to you by Dion Hulse, Cameron Jones, Ricky Blacker, Hannah Malcolm, Robert Wilde and Peter Bui. Pycon AU - https://pycon-au.org/ - August 3-8, Melbourne Convention Centre A huge congratulations to all Speakers who received their acceptances yesterday, and to all who submitted to the CfP. It's shaping up to be an incredible event. Big thanks to Richard Jones and his excellent crew. DrupalSouth - https://drupalsouth2017.drupal.org.nz/ - November 16-17, Auckland The CfP for attendees and speakers is now open. Big thanks to Pamela Clifford and Nicole Kirsch and Sparks Interactive for all their efforts here. linux.conf.au 2018 - January 22-26, UTS Sydney Planning is now well underway for linux.conf.au 2018 to be held next January in Sydney. Big thanks to Bruce Crawley, James Polley and the team for all their hard work to date. You won't want to miss this! It's time to start thinking about your #CfP submissions, as #CfP will open in a couple of months. GovHack - https://govhack.org - July 28-30, everywhere Although Linux Australia is not auspicing GovHack this year, we encourage you to take a look and get involved - http://www.govhack.org Upcoming Conference Bids Bids for linux.conf.au 2020 will open in June, so if you're interested in running the best Linux conference in the world in your home town, it's time to start getting serious! We have not received any Bids for Open Source Developers' Conference this year. Pycon AU bids are sought through the Pycon AU community. As always, your comments, questions, feedback and constructive criticism are warmly welcomed. Kind regards, Kathy -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From navjotsinghkanda at gmail.com Mon May 29 18:44:49 2017 From: navjotsinghkanda at gmail.com (Navjot Kanda) Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 08:44:49 -0000 Subject: [Announce] Updates on Linux Australia's activities May 2017 In-Reply-To: <30f2f857-8368-8f15-5454-369181413516@linux.org.au> References: <30f2f857-8368-8f15-5454-369181413516@linux.org.au> Message-ID: Impressive. Thanks On 29 May 2017 7:03 am, "Linux Australia President" wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Hope this finds you and your loved ones warm and well - and your alert > board green. Linux Australia activities have continued apace over the last > couple of months, and I'd like to take the opportunity to keep you all > briefed on progress and planned actions. > Linux Australia Grants Program > > - Comprehensive Kerbal Archive Network hosting infrastructure > submitted by Paul Fenwick - approved $800 11th May > - Hackerspace Ipswich - open hardware for training by Robert Manietta > - approved $1500 11th May > - Stemformatics open data platform for genomic research by Rowland > Mosbergen - approved $5000 27th April > - Moe Men's shed - organisation still in formative stage, grant > deferred until operational > - Sunraysia LuG - hosting and domain name registration by Phil > Steel-Wilson - approved $50 > > Still under consideration > > - Hubcaps to creative hubs - open data by Dr Cristina Garduno Freeman > - due for consideration 8th June > - Ballarat HackerSpace Women's Wednesday by Robert Layton - community > feedback due by 8th June, due for consideration 8th June > > In total, we have now committed $AUD 8850 of our $AUD 35k budget. At this > time no applications have been received for the UX grant matching > generously offered by Cartesian Creative. > > More information on our Grants Program is available at > https://linux.org.au/projects/grants. Grant applications are open until > 30th September 2017, however all funds must be expended by this date (our > end of financial year). > > Again, many thanks to this community for your well considered and > professional input and commentary on Grant Applications - your feedback > helps ensure Council makes well informed decisions on Grants. > Beyond 2020 Alliance > > Linux Australia is delighted to be a founding partner in the Beyond 2020 > Alliance - a collaborative effort between Internet Australia, IT > Professionals Australia (formerly SAGE-AU) and the Telecommunications > Society of Australia, aimed at reshaping the conversation around the NBN - > and driving evidence-based and research-backed discussions over the future > of Australia's digital infrastructure post 2020. > > You can join the conversation at http://www.beyond2020.net.au, > @Beyond2020All on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/Beyond2020All on > Facebook. > > Especial thanks go to George Fong for his ever-respectful, diplomatic and > quietly determined momentum in bringing the group together. > Linux Australia rebranding > > With special thanks to Sae Ra Germaine (Secretary), Cameron Tudball (Vice > President) and David Bell (Committee Member), we've now developed a > Rebranding Brief. We've approached Tania Walker (graphic designer for > LCA2017 and LCA2018) given her well-received work with the organisation in > the past - essentially as a preferred supplier - and offered her the > opportunity to provide first quote for the rebranding work. > > Rebranding work is required before we redevelop our Membership platform > and website. > > As always, if anyone from the community would like to be involved in this > tranche of work, we'd love to have your input. > Linux Australia partnership with VALA Tech Camp > > Linux Australia is delighted to partner with VALA on the VALA Tech Camp, > to be held 11-13th July in Melbourne. > > https://www.vala.org.au/events/1116-vala-tech-camp > > Linux Australia is funding a Diversity Scholarship, aimed at increasing > representation of Indigenous and rural/remote practitioners in technology. > > We're also facilitating the delivery of a two-hour Introduction to Python, > and I'd like to extend thanks to Gala Camacho and Noon Silk from the > Melbourne Python communities for their involvement, and to Brianna Laugher > from PyLadies Melbourne for her behind the scenes efforts also. I'll also > be delivering an introduction to free and open APIs. > Linux Australia partnership with WordCamp > > We're still finalising details on this one, however the general approach > is that WordCamp will channel funds to WordPress Meetups in Australia via > Linux Australia. Many thanks to Josepha Haden from WordCamp, and to Dee > Teal from the Australian WordPress community for their input and assistance > on reaching this stage. > Linux Australia on Facebook and LinkedIn > > We now have our own Facebook presence at https://www.facebook.com/ > LinuxAustralia > > and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/2966738 > Linux Australia events > > Many LA-auspiced events are now in full swing, and I encourage you to > explore them further. > JoomlaDay Australia Sydney - https://joomladay.org.au/ - June 17-18, UTS > Sydney This one-day event brings together the Australian Joomla community > for talks and workshops. Big kudos to Peter Bui for all his efforts here. WordCamp > Brisbane - https://2017.brisbane.wordcamp.org/ - July 22-23, QUT Gardens > Point > Tickets are now on sale for another spectacular WordCamp event, brought to > you by Dion Hulse, Cameron Jones, Ricky Blacker, Hannah Malcolm, Robert > Wilde and Peter Bui. > Pycon AU - https://pycon-au.org/ - August 3-8, Melbourne Convention > Centre A huge congratulations to all Speakers who received their > acceptances yesterday, and to all who submitted to the CfP. It's shaping up > to be an incredible event. Big thanks to Richard Jones and his excellent > crew. > DrupalSouth - https://drupalsouth2017.drupal.org.nz/ - November 16-17, > Auckland The CfP for attendees and speakers is now open. Big thanks to > Pamela Clifford and Nicole Kirsch and Sparks Interactive for all their > efforts here. > linux.conf.au 2018 - January 22-26, UTS Sydney Planning is now well > underway for linux.conf.au 2018 to be held next January in Sydney. Big > thanks to Bruce Crawley, James Polley and the team for all their hard work > to date. You won't want to miss this! > It's time to start thinking about your #CfP submissions, as #CfP will open > in a couple of months. > GovHack - https://govhack.org - July 28-30, everywhere > > Although Linux Australia is not auspicing GovHack this year, we encourage > you to take a look and get involved - http://www.govhack.org > Upcoming Conference Bids > > Bids for linux.conf.au 2020 will open in June, so if you're interested in > running the best Linux conference in the world in your home town, it's time > to start getting serious! > > We have not received any Bids for Open Source Developers' Conference this > year. Pycon AU bids are sought through the Pycon AU community. > > > As always, your comments, questions, feedback and constructive criticism > are warmly welcomed. > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > > -- > Kathy Reid > President > Linux Australia > > 0418 130 636 > president at linux.org.auhttp://linux.org.au > > Linux Australia Inc > GPO Box 4788 > Sydney NSW 2001 > Australia > > ABN 56 987 117 479 > > > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing list > announce at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/announce > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: