From president at linux.org.au Thu Dec 13 12:05:22 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:05:22 +1100 Subject: [Announce] Courtesy note - we're updating linux.org.au today Message-ID: Hi everyone, This is a courtesy note to advise we're doing the migration of linux.org.au over the next two days. Bear with us as we expect some glitches, and possibly emails being generated from the CiviCRM system / WordPress system we are implementing. Further communications will be sent out tomorrow evening once migration is complete with clear instructions on how to activate your membership in the new system. Please don't hesitate to contact me directly (president at linux.org.au) if you have questions or concerns you're not comfortable sharing publicly. 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 president at linux.org.au Fri Dec 14 04:56:22 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 04:56:22 +1100 Subject: [Announce] READ ME: New Linux Australia Membership system and what you have to do Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Over the last year, the Linux Australia Council has been undertaking actions to renew both our web presence and our membership database. These projects have several drivers. Our existing web presence is dated, and the software stack on which it resides is difficult to maintain without significant effort. Our previous platform, MemberDB, is over 10 years old, and while it served us well, it is very definitely end of life. To this end, we undertook a competitive quote process and engaged the services of Agileware, a Canberra-based WordPress, Drupal and CiviCRM vendor. We've worked closely with Agileware over the last few months and the new website and membership database is now live. The new system is CiviCRM with WordPress. The new system requires some actions on your part as a Linux Australia member, and this email clearly communicates what to expect, what we need you to do, and where you can go for help and assistance. https://linux.org.au Membership renewal and how to renew your membership Due to our requirements as an incorporated association in the state of NSW, governed by the NSW Office of Fair Trading, we are implementing membership renewal. All existing records in MemberDB have been imported into the new Membership system based on CiviCRM, but they will need to be 'activated' by you to renew your membership. 1. Go to https://linux.org.au and click on the 'Login' button, and using your email address from MemberDB, reset your password. A confirmation of reset will be sent to your email address. 2. Log in to the website using your new password. 3. Click on the 'Member area' button 4. Select 'Renew Membership' 5. Update your Member details 6. Linux Australia Council members will review and, if all is in order, approve your membership. Memberships that are not renewed after several months will be expunged. Where to go for help If you need help in renewing your membership, please email me via return email. Website feedback? Other inquiries about the new system? Please use the 'Contact Us' form on the new website, which goes to the Council. That way we'll make sure we're able to effectively prioritise and action any feedback. You MUST renew your Membership before being able to vote or nominate in Council elections. 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All office bearer and ordinary committee member positions are open for election. * Nominations will open from 17 December 2018 until 30 December 2018 * Voting will open 31st December until 20 January 2019 * Results will be announced at the AGM in Christchurch, New Zealand at linux.conf.au on or after 21 January 2019 The election can be viewed here: https://linux.org.au/elections/ (You must be logged in to see the elections) What do I need to do? First of all, make sure your details are correct at https://linux.org.au/ If you wish to nominate, identify the positions you wish to nominate for and get an understanding of what they involve. Think about what you might bring to the role and prepare a short pitch. Then, accept the nomination you've been given by clicking the 'Accept nomination' link. If you wish to nominate another person for a position, you may wish to contact them first and have a chat to make sure they're happy being nominated. Then follow the 'Nominate' link to nominate them. Once voting is open, you will be able to vote for candidates. Results will be announced at the AGM at linux.conf.au in Christchurch in January 2019. Why should I nominate? Being a member of Linux Australia Council is a fun way to meet new people, work on exciting projects and expand your skill base. It gives you excellent transferable skills to help build your career, and allows you to grow your professional network. It looks great on a CV, and is also a chance to give back to the vibrant Linux and open source ecosystem in Australia and globally. If you're passionate about Linux and open source, it's a great opportunity to help drive and steer Australia's contribution in this field. If you are contemplating nominating for a role on Council, in addition to referring to the Position Descriptions provided [3], you are strongly encouraged to approach current and former council members for their perspective.? You will find them, to a person, willing to discuss the roles and responsibilities in a more informal manner. The roles do require a time commitment so please consider this with your nomination. Each role has been documented for you as a position description [1]https://linux.org.au/about-us/constitution/ [2]http://www.linux.org.au/membership [3]https://github.com/linuxaustralia/position-descriptions As always, your feedback and questions are warmly welcomed. If you'd like to have a chat with anyone on Council around what it involves, please do make contact. With kind regards, Sae Ra -- Sae Ra Germaine Secretary Linux Australia secretary 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 president at linux.org.au Mon Dec 17 01:39:57 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 01:39:57 +1100 Subject: [Announce] Information on Elections in the new Linux Australia voting system Message-ID: <2b176b23-545e-e310-90a2-571b8e8a219d@linux.org.au> Dear Colleagues, In my previous email I outlined the new Linux Australia Membership System, based on CiviCRM, and provided details on how to update your details in the new system. I would now like to outline how Elections for the Linux Australia Council will run for Council 2019 using the Linux Australia Membership System. How are elections being run? We have engaged Agileware to build a custom module for CiviCRM based on the existing Membership DB preferential run-off style elections. You can see the source code for this module at https://github.com/agileware/au.com.agileware.elections To nominate a Linux Australia Member for Council 1. Log? in the Member area of the Linux Australia website https://linux.org.au/member-area 2. Click on Elections https://linux.org.au/elections/ 3. On the Election Linux Australia Council Election 2019, click the Nominate button 4. Search for the Linux Australia member you wish to Nominate 5. Select the member A member must be nominated twice to become a candidate. Members may nominate themselves. If you are viewing nominees and click the 'Second' button, be aware that the person won't be automatically selected and you will have to type their name in again. To vote in the election Voting will open on 31st December 2018. 1. Log? in the Member area of the Linux Australia website https://linux.org.au/member-area 2. Click on Elections https://linux.org.au/elections/ 3. On the ElectionLinux Australia Council Election 2019, click the Vote button 4. Vote for choice of candidate 5. Save your selection You can vote again - if you vote again it will overwrite your initial choice.? Where do I get help? Via return email, or via the 'Contact Us' form on the website. 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 secretary at linux.org.au Fri Dec 21 23:38:38 2018 From: secretary at linux.org.au (Linux Australia Secretary) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:38:38 +1100 Subject: [Announce] Agenda for Linux Australia Annual General Meeting 21st January 2019 1730hrs (NZDT) Message-ID: Dear all, Pursuant to Clause (24) of the?Linux?Australia?Constitution [1], I hereby give notice that the Annual General Meeting of the organisation will be held?on 21st January 2019 at?linux.conf.au?University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. The meeting will: confirm the minutes of the last preceding Annual General Meeting (to be forthcoming when the?Agenda?is advised) and of any Special General Meeting held since that meeting (nil SGM held), receive from the Council reports on the activities of the association during the last preceding financial year elect office-bearers of the association and ordinary committee members, or to announce the results of a ballot held prior to the Annual General Meeting under clause 15(5) - see [2] receive and consider any financial statement or report required to be submitted to members under the Act Please find below the draft agenda for the AGM. I would like to specifically point out the proposed changes to the Constitution. The pull request to this change is linked in the agenda below. Voting for these changes will be via the new website?s voting module and a link to this will be announced shortly.? Please advise me at secretary[at]linux.org.au?asap if you wish to be marked as an apology or if there are agenda items you wish to have tabled.? Don?t forget that nominations for the 2019 Council is currently open!? Kind Regards, Sae Ra -- Sae Ra Germaine Secretary Linux Australia secretary at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 -- Agenda of Linux Australia - Annual General Meeting 2019 University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Monday 21st ?January 2019, 1730hrs (NZDT) in ?Lecture Theatre ,C1. Zoom Facilities will also be available announcement coming. 1. President?s welcome MS KATHY REID, President To note: attendees should fill in attendance slip for an accurate record in the minutes 2. Approval of the minutes from the previous - Annual General Meeting 2018 MOTION by MS KATHY REID that the minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2018 of Linux Australia be accepted as complete and accurate. The minutes are available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Js5EzY4KCd_jHohwYw6gBmI6h8YWcYolmVEPaYzwDAs/edit?usp=sharing To be seconded and voted upon 3. To receive the REPORTS of activities of the preceding year from OFFICE BEARERS MS KATHY REID - President MR RUSSELL STUART - Treasurer Includes presentation of the Auditor?s Report MS SAE RA GERMAINE - Secretary Please refer to the Annual Report MOTION by {TBA} that the Auditor?s Report is a true statement of financial accounts MOTION by {TBA} that the President?s report is correct MOTION by {TBA} that the Secretary?s report is correct MOTION by {TBA} that the Treasurer?s report is correct MOTION by {TBA} that the actions of Council during 2018 are endorsed by the membership To be seconded and voted upon 4. To CONSIDER items tabled in the call for agenda items Amendments to the Constitution: The Council recommends changes to the Constitution in the following areas https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/commit/9c215f83037e6e2193f9bcf83fb70747e56a5a71 Voting for this Constitutional change will be available via the website shortly 5. DECLARATION of Election and WELCOME of incoming Council by the Returning Officer 6. NOMINATION and ELECTION of Members to Vacant Council Positions 7. To HEAR and RESPOND to questions from the floor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From treasurer at linux.org.au Sun Dec 23 12:15:17 2018 From: treasurer at linux.org.au (Russell Stuart) Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 11:15:17 +1000 Subject: [Announce] [LACTTE] Changes to the Constitution to be voted on at the AGM Message-ID: <1545527717.26655.19.camel@linux.org.au> LA members, Early this year a conference organiser suggested Linux Australia become a registered Charity as that would have made it easier for some of the organisations he approached to sponsor his conference.??Later on Stripe told me the same thing: it would be much easier to grant LA the not for profit discount (automatic in fact) if LA was a registered charity. The council sort advice on this from our Auditor and Account.??Both advised becoming a charity would have no material effect on how LA is run. Consequently the executive has put in application to https://www.acnc.gov.au/ to make LA a charity.??The ACNC then told us our application can not proceed until include some clauses they require in our constitution. You can find the discussion on the proposed pull request here. Put in your own 2c worth if you wish: ????https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/pull/38 No changes can be accepted after Dec 30th, as our constitution requires 21 days notice of any proposed change.??My apologies for the short discussion period. The current text adds the following section to the constitution, but beware the pull request is the authoritative version of the changes: ?43. Objects of the association ? ?(1) The objects for which the association is established are: ? ???(a) to facilitate the communication of information relating to ???????inventions, results, techniques, and governance of open source; ? ???(b) to support open source projects and the creators of open? ???????source; ? ???(c) to support and promote the adoption of open source; ? ???(d) to support and promote awareness and understanding of? ???????open source; ? ???(e) to conduct open source advocacy with the government, business ???????and civil society; ? ???(f) to create a network for related local and online open source ???????communities. ? ?(2) The association must pursue charitable purposes only and must ?????apply its income in promoting those purposes. ? ?(3) The association must manage payments and gifts to the association ?????and ensure that they are used to further the stated objects of ?????the association. ? ?(4) In the event of the Organisation being wound up, its assets must ?????go to a charitable entity whose objectives aren?t inconsistent ?????with the stated objects of the Organisation. -- Regards, Russell Stuart Treasurer, Linux Australia +61 438 805 133 http://www.humbug.org.au/RussellStuart From president at linux.org.au Mon Dec 24 20:05:34 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 20:05:34 +1100 Subject: [Announce] December update, and a very happy holidays to all Message-ID: <492883e1-bd70-ce68-93d2-8d80f94d3631@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Firstly on behalf of the Council we hope that this message finds you happy, healthy and enjoying the holidays - but perhaps not so much the heat that is visiting upon much of the country - stay safe and cool. This is our last communication for 2018, and there's quite a lot to get through, so without further ado, our December update! Declaration of election, Council positions available and call for Agenda items for AGM It may be dry and boring for most people, but as an Incorporated Association, there are a few bits and pieces that legally we need to do to be compliant - and to govern effectively. Chief among these are the election of a new Council, as Council terms are 12 months, and expire in January. You can read more about nominating from Council on our new website; https://linux.org.au/nominate-for-council/ Several Council members, myself included, are not standing for re-election, for various reasons. At the time of writing, we have zero (0) nominations for President or Vice President, and only two nominations for three OCM positions. Without these positions nominated and filled, Linux Australia Council as a team, and Linux Australia as an organisation, is less likely to be as effective as it has been in recent years. If there's something you would like Linux Australia to be working on, now's your chance to put up your hand and make it happen! Nominations close 30th December, make sure you nominate soon. The election this year is being run through our new website. Specifically, it's running a custom-written Voting module for CiviCRM - a previous email had the link to the open source code if anyone wants to inspect it. We've done our best to bring over accounts from MemberDB and to merge duplicates, but if you can't log in to the new website Member Area to nominate or vote, then let me know, or use the Contact Form on the website. We've still got quite a few inquiries to respond to, so thanks in advance for your patience. Our wonderful Secretary Sae Ra has recently sent out information about our upcoming AGM, including a call for agenda items. Please let her know if there are any items you wish to be added to the agenda. This year's AGM also contains a proposed constitutional change. Our excellent Treasurer Russell has previously outlined the reason for the proposed change, and the method to suggest amendments. The election for this will be set up shortly in the Member Area of the new website shortly. https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/pull/38 New website and membership system Thanks to everyone who's already jumped in and had a look around, and for the feedback we've already received. We'll be tweaking the website to respond to feedback over the next few weeks, and will gradually be adding more content, such as the Council minutes. Again, if you have any issues, let me know, or use the Contact Forum on the website to let us know. If you have images available under a CC license that you would like to be featured on the site, let me know - we picked a few great ones - but we know there's lot of great images out there of Linux Australia events, so let us know. Equally, if we've used a CC image of yours, and you're not comfortable with this, we'll take it down. linux.conf.au There is still time to register! It will be awesome! Get on it! https://linux.conf.au Linux Australia sponsors Open Hardware Miniconf at linux.conf.au The Open Hardware folks - Andy Gelme, Jon Oxer, and many others working behind the scenes, have something Very Special planned this year to celebrate 10 years of Open Hardware Miniconf. In order to both encourage diversity of attendance at OHMC, and to keep the price point around $AUD 100, Linux Australia has sponsored the OHMC up to $AUD 4k. Call for bids for LCA2021 extended to end of December We've extended the Call for bids for LCA2021 to, whelp, Sunday night! So if you're thinking of making a bid, get in super super quick. Again, very best wishes for the holidays, 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 s.germaine at gmail.com Sat Dec 29 21:38:31 2018 From: s.germaine at gmail.com (Sae Ra Germaine) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 21:38:31 +1100 Subject: [Announce] Declaration of Election - Linux Australia Inc. In-Reply-To: <0ca4f011-0f31-9500-30a8-827beb44dc7c@linux.org.au> References: <0ca4f011-0f31-9500-30a8-827beb44dc7c@linux.org.au> Message-ID: Dear All, Just a quick reminder that nominations close TOMORROW! If you have nominated you will need to accept the nomination if you have been seconded. If you would like to nominate but are not sure please do ping one of us on Council I'm sure we can help you out. Thanks, Sae Ra On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 01:39, Linux Australia President < president at linux.org.au> wrote: > Dear Linux Australia Community, > > Pursuant to clause (15) of the Linux Australia constitution [1] we hereby > declare an election open and call for nominations to the Linux Australia > Council for the term January 2019 to January 2020. > > All office bearer and ordinary committee member positions are open for > election. > > > - Nominations will open from 17 December 2018 until 30 December 2018 > - Voting will open 31st December until 20 January 2019 > - Results will be announced at the AGM in Christchurch, New Zealand at > linux.conf.au on or after 21 January 2019 > > > > The election can be viewed here: > > https://linux.org.au/elections/ > > (You must be logged in to see the elections) > > > What do I need to do? > First of all, make sure your details are correct at https://linux.org.au/ > > If you wish to nominate, identify the positions you wish to nominate for > and get an understanding of what they involve. Think about what you might > bring to the role and prepare a short pitch. Then, accept the nomination > you've been given by clicking the 'Accept nomination' link. > > If you wish to nominate another person for a position, you may wish to > contact them first and have a chat to make sure they're happy being > nominated. Then follow the 'Nominate' link to nominate them. > > Once voting is open, you will be able to vote for candidates. Results will > be announced at the AGM at linux.conf.au in Christchurch in January 2019. > > Why should I nominate? > Being a member of Linux Australia Council is a fun way to meet new people, > work on exciting projects and expand your skill base. It gives you > excellent transferable skills to help build your career, and allows you to > grow your professional network. It looks great on a CV, and is also a > chance to give back to the vibrant Linux and open source ecosystem in > Australia and globally. If you're passionate about Linux and open source, > it's a great opportunity to help drive and steer Australia's contribution > in this field. > > > If you are contemplating nominating for a role on Council, in addition to > referring to the Position Descriptions provided [3], you are strongly > encouraged to approach current and former council members for their > perspective. You will find them, to a person, willing to discuss the roles > and responsibilities in a more informal manner. > > The roles do require a time commitment so please consider this with your > nomination. Each role has been documented for you as a position description > > [1]https://linux.org.au/about-us/constitution/ > [2]http://www.linux.org.au/membership > [3]https://github.com/linuxaustralia/position-descriptions > > As always, your feedback and questions are warmly welcomed. If you'd like > to have a chat with anyone on Council around what it involves, please do > make contact. > > With kind regards, > > > Sae Ra > > > -- > > Sae Ra Germaine > Secretary > Linux Australia > > secretary at linux.org.au > http://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: