What would also be great is an up-to-date list of such organisations so people can look them up. LA is happy to host it - and will provide strong encouragement for the creation of such a system (preferably where orgs can update their own info). Hey - maybe someone can sponsor the creation of it - come on web hackers/industry ppl - put some code out and get some free "Created By BLAH as a contribution to the Australian Linux Community" statements over the site. this would rock :) On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 16:29, Con Zymaris wrote: > Some months back, we started discussing (on these lists) the creation of a > national peak-body of for-profit organisations, firms and consultancies > which work with Free & Open Soure Software (FOSS). The purpose of such an > organisation would be to co-ordinate marketing and evangelism exercises, > targeting increased penetration of FOSS in the corporate, government and > education sectors, helping members build their businesses in the process. > > I've been in discussions with people from WA, SA, Tas, NSW & ACT about > what form such a body should take and have a few models for consideration. > > LCA 2004 would be a natural place to discuss this further. > > Seek me out if you are interested in helping. -- Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.org.au> Linux Australia Inc
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