[I said I'd have this to Anthony on Thursday, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to annoy all of Community Code with the changes. Apologies for the lateness] This is the updated proposal for cooperation between Community Code and Linux Australia. Hopefully it's suitably concrete that the LA committee can make a decision on the matter. Purpose of Community Code Community Code exists for the purpose of encouraging participation in the FLOSS community by as many people from as many different and varied backgrounds and reasons as possible. In particular (though not exclusively): * We wish to provide the necessary administrative framework in which people are able to: - satisfy their Mutual Obligation requirements contributing to FLOSS projects and the FLOSS community; and - obtain suitable references for FLOSS work to provide to prospective employers. * Build a body of knowledge on ways and means to contribute to FLOSS projects; * Encourage anyone with an interest to contribute to FLOSS projects by whatever means they are able to do so. Examples: * Bob is studying an IT-related degree at University, but wants to get a leg-up in his job seeking. He's heard a bit about Open Source from his lecturers, but isn't entirely sure what it is or how great it is. He finds out about Community Code and gets in touch with us via the mailing list. After some brief discussions with a couple of members, Alice offers to be Bob's "official" mentor, and they work together getting Bob involved with creating free graphics and icons for the GNOME project, under Alice's general supervision. Three months after starting this work, Bob applies for a job at WidgetCo, and Alice provides a written reference regarding Bob's work on the GNOME art, and speaks with Bob's potential employer on the phone. As a result of this, Bob gets the job, has had exposure to Open Source and the benefits of this collaboration model, and continues to work with GNOME over the next few years. Scope of Activities CommunityCode intends to carry out the following activities: * Programming, documenting, and otherwise working with FLOSS projects by means of the Internet; * Meetings between mentors and participants, and between mentors. At present, we are willing to limit our activities to 15 active Community Code members (mentors and participants) at a time. Requirements from Linux Australia Community Code needs public liability insurance coverage of at least $5,000,000, for up to 15 Mentors and Participants at any one time. To qualify for Federal "Community Work" placements, under the Mutual Obligation scheme, we also need to reference Linux Australia's status as a community organisation. We also wish to have the oversight of Linux Australia to ensure we're not making "newbie" mistakes. Relationship between Linux Australia and Community Code Linux Australia will delegate a sub-committee for the purposes of running Community Code, chaired by Mary Gardiner. The members of the sub-committee will initially be: Adelle Hartley Anne Julienne Jacqueline McNally Ken Foskey Kylie Davies Mary Gardiner Matthew Palmer Pia Smith Taryn East Terry Collins (This list is, basically, everyone who has contributed to the cc-talk mailing list thus far). New members of the sub-committee will be added at the discretion of the sub-committee chair. It is anticipated that most discussions will take place on the cc-talk mailing list, where anyone is free to contribute, however if a vote on an issue is required, votes will only be accepted from current sub-committee members. The sub-committee chair will report to the LA committee as required.
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