[Linux-aus] Minutes of Council Meeting 22 April 2014
Linux Australia Secretary
secretary at linux.org.au
Sun Apr 27 12:25:35 EST 2014
Hi everyone,
Minutes of last Council Meeting for your reading pleasure.
As always, comments, feedback and concerns are warmly welcomed.
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Council Minutes Tuesday 22 April 2014
MINUTES Council Meeting
1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or errata
2. Log any correspondence for discussion or receipt
3. Review state of action items from previous meetings
4. Discuss starred items
5. Note any unstarred items
6. Other business
Present: Joshua Hesketh, Sae Ra Germaine, Christopher Neugebauer,
Francois Marier, Kathy Reid, Josh Stewart
Apologies: Hugh Blemings
Quorum was achieved and Joshua opened meeting at 1946hrs
Key Stats
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Membership stands at 3118 members (3112 last minutes)
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Twitter followers stands at 734 (729 last minutes)
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linux-aus subscribers stands at 586 (587 last minutes)
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announce subscribers stands at 1584 (1568 last minutes)
1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or
errata.
Confirm that the accuracy of;
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Minutes of 8 April are correct
MOTION by Joshua that minutes of 8 April are correct
SECONDED Francois
PASSED by a majority of Council with two abstentions (Council members
not present at meeting)
2. Log of correspondence
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Request from OAMPS insurance for policy renewal and executive
summary from Vice President, HUGH BLEMINGS
WAITING on receiving a quote from OAMPS before paying it
This requires urgent attention to ensure we remain in coverage.
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Sponsorship invitation from DR BETSY BLUNSDEN of ACSPRI (the
organisation who undertook the 2013 Member Survey on our behalf) for
support of ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference
<http://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/conf/conference2014>,
December 7-10, 2014 at The University of Sydney
MOTION by Kathy Reid
NOTING Linux Australia's current budget position, and the
possibility of revisiting in October 2014 in the new financial year,
Linux Australia recognises the alignment between values of ACSPRI
and our own values, but is unable to financially support and would
like to instead extend in kind support such as promotion through
mailings and social media
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SECONDED by Joshua Hesketh
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CARRIED unanimously
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ACTION: Kathy to correspond appropriately with ACSPRI
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Received various correspondence with thanks from DONNA BENJAMIN and
PETER LIEVERDINK regarding Drupal South Melbourne, including venue
contract and payment information
UPDATE: Francois has already actioned, no further action required
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Received with thanks DRUPALGOV CANBERRA 2014 request to umbrella
event, including proposal and budget, from ADAM MALONE
MOTION by Joshua Hesketh that a Subcommittee be formed, chaired by
ADAM MALONE, under existing Subcommittee policy until such time as
new Subcommittee Policy is ratified, at which time the Subcommittee
would transition to the new Subcommittee policy.
SECONDED by Christopher Neugebauer
CARRIED unanimously
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ACTION: Francois and Joshua to arrange financial delegations,
possibly sharing DrupalSouth bank account
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Offer of assistance with anti Trans Pacific Partnership agreement
activities from PAUL GARDNER-STEPHEN
UPDATE: Feedback was provided back to Josh S, for discussion on next
steps
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Josh S Will add a comment about similarities with OSIA.
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Nearly ready to send.
UPDATE: Minor wording change requested from LUV
ACTION: Josh Stewart to revise and submit, very close to completion
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ENQUIRY from CYPRIEN GAY regarding a petition against being forced
to buy an operating system when purchasing a computer
ACTION COMPLETE,remove next meeting
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NOTIFICATION from TOBIN HARDING to flag that a new Linux Users'
Group (LUG) has formed on the Central Coast of NSW - Central Coast
Linux Users' Group
www.cclug.org.au <http://www.cclug.org.au>
ACTION: Joshua to update www.linux.org.au
<http://www.linux.org.au>to link to the LUG and respond to Tobin
ACTION COMPLETE, remove next meeting
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Received unpaid invoice from DrupalSouth 2014 for JOSH WAIHI
ACTION: Kathy to take photo of invoice and submit to Francois for
processing
UPDATE: Francois has already processed
IN PROGRESS, awaiting advice from JOSH WAIHI
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Received with thanks correspondence related to LCA2015 from CHERIE ELLIS
MOTION by Joshua Hesketh that the main venue and Speakers' Dinner
venue for LCA2015 be approved as per documentation provided by
CHERIE ELLIS
SECONDED by Sae Ra Germaine
CARRIED unanimously
3. Review of action items from previous meetings
Mainly arising from Face to Face
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1. Announce new list CoC.
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2. Review of the subcommittee policy is currently under way.
ACTION:All to review the Subcommittee Policy so that we can get it to
approval stage.
UPDATE:Close to approval, final approvals to be discussed on list
4. Items for discussion
1.
LCA2015 update
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Filling team roles, esp Treasurer, in progress
2.
LCA2016 update
1.
Next meeting Sunday 4th May
2.
Should co-ordinate keynotes and keynote topics with LCA2015
ACTION: Kathy to chat with David Bell to arrange to ensure
LCA2015 and LCA2016 co-ordinate keynotes. Hugh happy to act
as neutral third party - or papers ctte chair.
3.
LCA2017 update
1.
ACTION: Joshua to resend call for Expressions of Interest
4.
PyCon AU update
1.
ACTION: Kathy to identify CfP and make some noise on Twitter.
2.
In progress, CfP are tracking almost exactly to 2012 level
5.
Drupal South
1.
Some DSW financials to sort out with Andrew Ruthven, mostly
under control
2.
DSM has paid their venue deposit
5. Items for noting
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The new policy list is live: http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/policies
6. Other business
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Shipping and storage of linux.conf.au gear
Plan is to ship the gear to CBR where Steve Walsh can onsend to AKL
or BNE as appropriate. Alternatives are not viable - we have
complete AV kits and routers, wasteful not to put them to use. What
AKL don't need, can be shipped to GLG for LCA2016. Not sure which
budgets it will come out of.
7. In camera
5 items were discussed in camera and due to confidentiality are not
being made public at this time.
Meeting closed at 2031hrs by Joshua
Next meeting Tuesday 6th May 1945hrs
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Kathy Reid
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
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