From secretary at linux.org.au Thu Jan 2 23:38:52 2020 From: secretary at linux.org.au (Julien Goodwin) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 23:38:52 +1100 Subject: [Announce] Voting is now open for the 2020 Linux Australia Council elections & constitutional change Message-ID: Dear Linux Australia Community, Nominations have closed, and voting is now open for the elections for the Linux Australia Council. Voting will close at 11:59pm (AEDT) 12 January 2020, with results being announced at the Linux Australia AGM on the 13th of January, then posted to the website. Although only a single nomination was received for each officer position we do have six nominations for ordinary council members, and so your votes are important. To view and participate in the election please visit https://www.linux.org.au/ * Click on ?Login? located on the top right hand side of the page and log in. * Click on ?Elections?. * Under ?Linux Australia Council Elections 2020?, click on ?View & Submit Nominations?. REMINDER: Voting also remains open (also until 11:59 on the 12th) for the constitutional change to add a statement of objects to the Linux Australia constitution[3]. Kind regards, Julien Goodwin Secretary, Linux Australia [1]http://www.linux.org.au/constitution [2]http://www.linux.org.au/membership [3]For full details see message from 11th December entitled ?Constitutional Change to add Statement of Objectives into Constitution? From secretary at linux.org.au Sun Jan 12 21:04:58 2020 From: secretary at linux.org.au (Julien Goodwin) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:04:58 +1100 Subject: [Announce] Presenting the 2020 Linux Australia Annual Report Message-ID: <551a10c5-a387-0a1c-cadf-afc730964b53@linux.org.au> The 2020 Linux Australia Annual Report is now available on the Linux Australia website. Main page including past reports: https://linux.org.au/about-us/annual-reports/ Direct PDF link: https://linux.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/annual-report-2020-hires-combined.pdf (PDF, 20Mb) This will be tabled at the AGM at linux.conf.au on Monday. This report contains all Office Bearer reports. Kind regards, Julien Goodwin Secretary, Linux Australia From secretary at linux.org.au Tue Jan 21 17:52:19 2020 From: secretary at linux.org.au (Julien Goodwin) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:52:19 +1100 Subject: [Announce] Linux Australia 2020 council & AGM updates Message-ID: <26c71e2f-3d18-ddc6-e477-9e67104e9dff@linux.org.au> The Linux Australia AGM was held on the 13th of January as announced, your 2020 Linux Australia Council Members are: President - Sae Ra Germaine Vice President - Jonathan Woithe Secretary - Julien Goodwin Treasurer - Russell Stuart Ordinary Committee Member - Joel Addison Ordinary Committee Member - Benno Rice Ordinary Committee Member - Lisa Sands Council gives thanks to our departing members Josh Hesketh, Miles Goodhew & Clinton Roy. Although the constitutional amendment to add a statement of objects received a majority in favour it did not reach the 75% threshold required by the legislation. The AGM minutes have been published on the Linux Australia website, and may be viewed at: https://linux.org.au/2020-linux-australia-agm-minutes/ The reports mentioned in the AGM, as well as a summary of other actions by council in 2019 are presented in the Annual Report (thanks to Kathy Reid for compiling it), available at: https://linux.org.au/about-us/annual-reports/ https://linux.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/annual-report-2020-hires-combined.pdf Kind regards, Julien Goodwin Secretary, Linux Australia