From daisy.lewis at logonexus.info Tue Oct 9 17:38:01 2018 From: daisy.lewis at logonexus.info (Daisy Lewis) Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 06:38:01 +0000 Subject: [Grants] Audio Transcription Service Provider Message-ID: <52f2c0c0d86d5772f7bd51cbc0991e7f@185.154.110.154> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bdmc at buadh-brath.com Mon Oct 22 12:12:16 2018 From: bdmc at buadh-brath.com (Brian McCullough) Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 21:12:16 -0400 Subject: [Grants] Inquiry regarding a possible application from CAcert Message-ID: <20181022011216.GA3595@bdmcc-us.com> Dear Grants Group, As current President of CAcert, an organisation based in Sydney, Australia for the past fifteen years, we are considering approaching you for assistance in two things. The first is our goal of strengthening and increasing our membership in Australia, through attendance at both local groups and conferences in Australia, showing users the benefits of a well-authenticated, world-wide, user-driven cost-free Certificate System, supported with a strong Web of Trust. Our membership in Australia numbers more than 5,000, while our world-wide authenticated, or assured, membership, at present, numbers over 124,000. Our approach to increasing membership would involve preparing various advertising and promotional materials such as a banner, signs and brochures, describing and promoting CAcert to Australian Linux users. Beyond personal appearances, other methods could include social media. The second is to help support our members in Australia, and world-wide, by helping fund the infrastructure that they depend upon. For these reasons, we are considering approaching you for a grant, but are inquiring before doing so, to determine whether this could fit your criteria. If you have any comments or suggestions, I would be very glad to receive those. Brian McCullough President, CAcert, Inc. From john.twyman at greens.org.au Mon Oct 22 16:38:59 2018 From: john.twyman at greens.org.au (John Twyman) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:38:59 +1100 Subject: [Grants] Linux Australia Grant request - Unit testing & UX improvements for CiviCRM Elections extension Message-ID: Hi wonderful Linux Australia people, I wanted to drop a quick line and add my support to this particular grant request from Agileware. The Australian Greens is one of the larger users of CiviCRM globally and we see enormous potential in this extension being available for use. We believe that any opportunity to support this extension's release and usage is worth supporting. Thanks for your time. Regards, John Twyman -- Authorised by JOHN TWYMAN Systems Liaison Coordinator ? Australian Greens PO Box 1108, Canberra ACT, 2601 +61 401 992 836 | SKP: j.twyman greens.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at linux.org.au Tue Oct 23 12:39:19 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:39:19 +1100 Subject: [Grants] Inquiry regarding a possible application from CAcert In-Reply-To: <20181022011216.GA3595@bdmcc-us.com> References: <20181022011216.GA3595@bdmcc-us.com> Message-ID: <93b44037-a81d-9514-4cbe-89408330631d@linux.org.au> Hi Brian, Thanks for reaching out and for your enquiry. The main question I'd have here, with no offence or disrespect intended, is whether CAcert as an organisation still has relevance given the rise of Let's Encrypt, which is also open source. While CAcert has in the past provided a very valuable service, the need for a self-signed cert now that LE is available is less present. Does CAcert in Australia or internationally have a strategic plan we could look at? That would allow us to get a clearer picture of where the organisation is going, how it aligns with the broader open source ecosystem and so on - and then we'll be better placed to advise whether pursuing a grant is going to be a useful course. The entire open source community is always welcome to post information to our main list, linux-aus; http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/ Kind regards, Kathy On 22/10/18 12:12 pm, Brian McCullough wrote: > Dear Grants Group, > > As current President of CAcert, an organisation based in Sydney, > Australia for the past fifteen years, we are considering approaching you > for assistance in two things. > > The first is our goal of strengthening and increasing our membership in > Australia, through attendance at both local groups and conferences in > Australia, showing users the benefits of a well-authenticated, > world-wide, user-driven cost-free Certificate System, supported with a > strong Web of Trust. Our membership in Australia numbers more than > 5,000, while our world-wide authenticated, or assured, membership, at > present, numbers over 124,000. Our approach to increasing membership > would involve preparing various advertising and promotional materials > such as a banner, signs and brochures, describing and promoting CAcert > to Australian Linux users. Beyond personal appearances, other methods > could include social media. > > > The second is to help support our members in Australia, and world-wide, > by helping fund the infrastructure that they depend upon. > > > For these reasons, we are considering approaching you for a grant, but > are inquiring before doing so, to determine whether this could fit your > criteria. > > > If you have any comments or suggestions, I would be very glad to receive > those. > > > Brian McCullough > President, CAcert, Inc. > > > _______________________________________________ > Grants mailing list > Grants at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants -- 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 bdmc at buadh-brath.com Tue Oct 23 12:53:04 2018 From: bdmc at buadh-brath.com (Brian McCullough) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 21:53:04 -0400 Subject: [Grants] Inquiry regarding a possible application from CAcert In-Reply-To: <93b44037-a81d-9514-4cbe-89408330631d@linux.org.au> References: <20181022011216.GA3595@bdmcc-us.com> <93b44037-a81d-9514-4cbe-89408330631d@linux.org.au> Message-ID: <20181023015303.GU31837@bdmcc-us.com> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 12:39:19PM +1100, Linux Australia President wrote: > Hi Brian, Good afternoon, Kathy, > Thanks for reaching out and for your enquiry. > > The main question I'd have here, with no offence or disrespect intended, is > whether CAcert as an organisation still has relevance given the rise of > Let's Encrypt, which is also open source. While CAcert has in the past > provided a very valuable service, the need for a self-signed cert now that > LE is available is less present. It is nice to hear from someone who is familiar with CAcert. That is a question that we have been struggling with, as well. However, we feel that, if we can find a way to present our case properly, we can show that the Identification and Authentication factors provided by CAcert, as well as the fact that we are providing Client Certificates, as well as the Server Certificates that LetsEncrypt provides, may tip the balance in our favour. However, an this is the big question, do the people that we are trying to reach actually understand the value of Certificates that are properly identified and tied to real people, or does their concept of security extend only to the extent that some of the world's governments ideas of airline and airport security do? Do we "settle" for only those people who are already convinced that e-mail and Internet security is a "good thing," or do we try to reach the masses? > Does CAcert in Australia or internationally have a strategic plan we could > look at? I wouldn't go as far as "a plan," yet, but yes, that is something that we recognise as needed, and are actively pursuing. > That would allow us to get a clearer picture of where the organisation is > going, how it aligns with the broader open source ecosystem and so on - and > then we'll be better placed to advise whether pursuing a grant is going to > be a useful course. Thank you for your very useful comments. They will give us definite grist to chew on, to mix several metaphors. > Kind regards, > Kathy Thank you, Brian From jwoithe at just42.net Tue Oct 23 14:52:37 2018 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:22:37 +1030 Subject: [Grants] Inquiry regarding a possible application from CAcert In-Reply-To: <93b44037-a81d-9514-4cbe-89408330631d@linux.org.au> References: <20181022011216.GA3595@bdmcc-us.com> <93b44037-a81d-9514-4cbe-89408330631d@linux.org.au> Message-ID: <20181023035237.GD4408@marvin.atrad.com.au> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 12:39:19PM +1100, Linux Australia President wrote: > The main question I'd have here, with no offence or disrespect intended, is > whether CAcert as an organisation still has relevance given the rise of > Let's Encrypt, which is also open source. While CAcert has in the past > provided a very valuable service, the need for a self-signed cert now that > LE is available is less present. This is a valid question. However, while there is some overlap between the two organisations in the area of HTTPS certificates, CAcert does provide a service which LE does not: the provision of certificates formally validated against individuals rather than domain names. Such certificates are useful when digitally signing files, and so on. To obtain an LE certificate one must have a domain name and a working web server for that domain. To be issued with a CAcert you only need yourself and a sufficient level of trust within the web of trust. Not everyone has access to the former, but the latter is possible for almost anyone. > Does CAcert in Australia or internationally have a strategic plan we could > look at? > > That would allow us to get a clearer picture of where the organisation is > going ... Agreed. Regards jonathan From president at linux.org.au Thu Oct 25 17:24:25 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:24:25 +1100 Subject: [Grants] Application for a Linux Australia Grant In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <58048559-a255-261a-758e-1977a5460ba1@linux.org.au> Hi Manuel and Ronald, Firstly my apologies for taking so long to respond to you around this Grant Application. After consideration, we would like to advise that we will be declining this Grant Application. While we see merit in making the platform itself - the collection mechanism - open source - we feel that the real value of this platform is in the data that is gathered, and our understanding is that the data would be held under a proprietary license. We instead recommend that this product be developed as a commercial startup / commercial enterprise. We thank you for your Grant Application and wish you well for your project. Kind regards, Kathy On 16/8/18 5:05 pm, Manuel Diaz wrote: > > Dear Kathy and Members of the Council, > > > We would like to submit an application for a Linux Australia Grant. We > are working on an open-source project which aims to improve safety of > Australian roads by addressing driver fitness-to-drive. > > > Please find attached document providing details on the project. > > > We also have the following resources currently online: > > > You Tube video summary of the project: https://youtu.be/NU_DpR8aEx0 > > > Project website: https://waitadvisor.in2teq.com/ > > > Project blog: http://blog-waitadvisor.in2teq.com/ > > > Thank you and we look forward to your support. > > > Regards, > > Manuel Diaz > > Ronald Bolante > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Grants mailing list > Grants at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants -- 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 president at linux.org.au Thu Oct 25 17:43:19 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:43:19 +1100 Subject: [Grants] Linux Australia Grant request - Unit testing and UX improvements for CiviCRM Elections extension In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <820e8bc9-2bf8-c150-d2d0-1b0af9c8d13b@linux.org.au> Hi Justin, Firstly my apologies for taking so long to respond to this Grant request - it was discussed at Council meeting last fortnight. We have approved the Unit Testing grant request to the value of $3,300 GST, but would like to identify and work with other organisations to see if they would be willing to co-fund the $5,500 UX improvements part of the Grant Request. The next action here is for you to send me an invoice and we can provide payment of the $3,300 GST inc part of the Grant. Kind regards, Kathy On 27/9/18 12:11 pm, Justin Freeman wrote: > Linux Australia Grant request - Unit testing and UX improvements for > CiviCRM Elections extension > > BACKGROUND > > Agileware was engaged earlier in the year by Linux Australia to > undertake website replacement, and replacement of the existing > MemberDB system (https://www.flamingspork.com/projects/memberdb/) with > CiviCRM (https://civicrm.org) and a new CiviCRM extension, Elections > which implements online preferential voting. In order to meet the > project budget requirements, unit testing and UX of the Elections > extension CiviCRM - which replaces the equivalent functionality in > MemberDB - were removed from the project scope. > > CiviCRM's user base is predominantly not for profit organisations, and > some have similar voting requirements to Linux Australia - ie > preferential run-off voting. Linux Australia's brief was to make the > custom Elections extension available under an open source license so > other organisations can benefit from the work that has been done in > this space. > > Given the wider applicability of the Elections extension, we've > started work on unit tests and UX improvements on our own time, and > are reaching out to see if this is something that the community would > support as a grant request. > > SPECIFICS OF THE GRANT REQUEST > > 1. Unit testing - unit testing allows us to implement assertions > covering the Elections extension and ensure that they are validated as > part of continuous integration and continuous development processes. > This also allows the Elections extension to be more easily extended in > the future to meet the needs of organisations with different voting > requirements - and at a broader level helps the CiviCRM product to > continue to grow in its usefulness and robustness. The unit tests > themselves will be open sourced with the Elections extension. > > Grant request amount: $3,300 GST inc (24 hours x $137.50 hourly rate) > > 2. UX improvements - the default UX in CiviCRM is not user friendly. > The election workflow process is quite complex, both from a user > perspective and administrator perspective. One of the challenges not > for profit organisations face is in encouraging members to vote, and > by improving the UX of the Elections extension it will reduce > complexity and make the process easier for members to understand. As a > result, this will also reduce administrator time in managing elections > as members can self-service more effectively. > > Grant request amount: $5,500 GST inc (40 hours x $137.50 hourly rate) > -- > Justin Freeman?| CEO > > phone: 1300 76 87 38 | web: https://agileware.com.au > > address: Unit 4, 55-57 Lathlain Street, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia > Agileware Pty. Ltd. | ABN: 46 100 906 947 > > Keep up to date with Agileware, sign-up to our newsletter, > https://agileware.com.au/newsletter > Latest training schedule for Wordpress, Drupal and CiviCRM courses, > https://agileware.com.au/training > > /Agileware are your Australian Wordpress, Drupal and CiviCRM experts. > We provide dedicated development, support, training and hosting./ > > _______________________________________________ > Grants mailing list > Grants at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants -- 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 justin at agileware.com.au Fri Oct 26 08:56:37 2018 From: justin at agileware.com.au (Justin Freeman) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:56:37 +1100 Subject: [Grants] Linux Australia Grant request - Unit testing and UX improvements for CiviCRM Elections extension In-Reply-To: <820e8bc9-2bf8-c150-d2d0-1b0af9c8d13b@linux.org.au> References: <820e8bc9-2bf8-c150-d2d0-1b0af9c8d13b@linux.org.au> Message-ID: Morning Kathy & Committee, Thanks very much for the approval of Unit Testing grant request. Have a great day! On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 at 17:43 Linux Australia President < president at linux.org.au> wrote: > Hi Justin, > > Firstly my apologies for taking so long to respond to this Grant request - > it was discussed at Council meeting last fortnight. > > We have approved the Unit Testing grant request to the value of $3,300 > GST, but would like to identify and work with other organisations to see if > they would be willing to co-fund the $5,500 UX improvements part of the > Grant Request. > > The next action here is for you to send me an invoice and we can provide > payment of the $3,300 GST inc part of the Grant. > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > On 27/9/18 12:11 pm, Justin Freeman wrote: > > Linux Australia Grant request - Unit testing and UX improvements for > CiviCRM Elections extension > > BACKGROUND > > Agileware was engaged earlier in the year by Linux Australia to undertake > website replacement, and replacement of the existing MemberDB system ( > https://www.flamingspork.com/projects/memberdb/) with CiviCRM ( > https://civicrm.org) and a new CiviCRM extension, Elections which > implements online preferential voting. In order to meet the project budget > requirements, unit testing and UX of the Elections extension CiviCRM - > which replaces the equivalent functionality in MemberDB - were removed from > the project scope. > > CiviCRM's user base is predominantly not for profit organisations, and > some have similar voting requirements to Linux Australia - ie preferential > run-off voting. Linux Australia's brief was to make the custom Elections > extension available under an open source license so other organisations can > benefit from the work that has been done in this space. > > Given the wider applicability of the Elections extension, we've started > work on unit tests and UX improvements on our own time, and are reaching > out to see if this is something that the community would support as a grant > request. > > SPECIFICS OF THE GRANT REQUEST > > 1. Unit testing - unit testing allows us to implement assertions covering > the Elections extension and ensure that they are validated as part of > continuous integration and continuous development processes. This also > allows the Elections extension to be more easily extended in the future to > meet the needs of organisations with different voting requirements - and at > a broader level helps the CiviCRM product to continue to grow in its > usefulness and robustness. The unit tests themselves will be open sourced > with the Elections extension. > > Grant request amount: $3,300 GST inc (24 hours x $137.50 hourly rate) > > 2. UX improvements - the default UX in CiviCRM is not user friendly. The > election workflow process is quite complex, both from a user perspective > and administrator perspective. One of the challenges not for profit > organisations face is in encouraging members to vote, and by improving the > UX of the Elections extension it will reduce complexity and make the > process easier for members to understand. As a result, this will also > reduce administrator time in managing elections as members can self-service > more effectively. > > Grant request amount: $5,500 GST inc (40 hours x $137.50 hourly rate) > -- > Justin Freeman | CEO > > phone: 1300 76 87 38 <1300%20768%20738> | web: https://agileware.com.au > address: Unit 4, 55-57 Lathlain Street, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia > > > Agileware Pty. Ltd. | ABN: 46 100 906 947 > > Keep up to date with Agileware, sign-up to our newsletter, > https://agileware.com.au/newsletter > Latest training schedule for Wordpress, Drupal and CiviCRM courses, > https://agileware.com.au/training > > *Agileware are your Australian Wordpress, Drupal and CiviCRM experts. We > provide dedicated development, support, training and hosting.* > > _______________________________________________ > Grants mailing listGrants at lists.linux.org.auhttp://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants > > -- > 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 > > -- Justin Freeman | CEO phone: 1300 76 87 38 | web: https://agileware.com.au address: Unit 4, 55-57 Lathlain Street, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia Agileware Pty. Ltd. | ABN: 46 100 906 947 Keep up to date with Agileware, sign-up to our newsletter, https://agileware.com.au/newsletter Latest training schedule for Wordpress, Drupal and CiviCRM courses, https://agileware.com.au/training *Agileware are your Australian Wordpress, Drupal and CiviCRM experts. 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