[Linux-aus] MINUTES of Council Meeting 28 Jan 2014

Sun Feb 2 13:24:41 EST 2014

Hi everyone,
Minutes of Council meeting 28 Jan follow, as always your comments and 
feedback are warmly welcomed,
Kind regards,
K.

    Council Minutes Tuesday 28 January 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, Francois Marier, Sae Ra Germaine, Kathy Reid, 
Chris Neugebauer and Josh Stewart

Apologies: Hugh Blemings

Quorum was achieved and Joshua meeting opened at 1947hrs

      1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or
      errata.

Confirm that the accuracy of;

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    Minutes of 16 January

are correct

MOTION by Joshua that Minutes of 16 January are correct, SECONDED by Sae 
Ra, carried unanimously

2. Log of correspondence

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    Quick stats

      o

        There have been 6 new members added since last meeting.
        Membership stands at 3095 according to MemberDB

      o

        Twitter followers stands at 688

      o

        Membership of linux-aus list stands at 585

      o

        Membership of announce list stands at 1559

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    Grant application from Papua New Guinea Open Source Community from
    ISAAC MANU
    UPDATE: There has been some discussion on the linux-aus list
    regarding this grant request.
    DEFERRED: Grant application to be discussed on list to reach
    consensus. Council noted the kind offers of assistance to ISAAC that
    had already been made on list.

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    Feedback from BRENDAN MOLLOY regarding Gender field on Membership
    sign up form
    DEFERRED: Discussion deferred to F2F.
    ACTION: Kathy to add to F2F agenda, ACTION COMPLETE

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    Grant request from NAT TORKINGTON for KangaFoo
    FOR DISCUSSION and DECISION on grant request
    DEFERRED: until budget has been reviewed and budget position for
    2014 is clearer. Discuss at F2F.
    ACTION: Kathy to add to F2F agenda, ACTION COMPLETE

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    Moderators for debian list on lists.linux.org.au
    UPDATE: ADAM BAXTER has appointed list moderators. Awaiting admin
    team to set this up.
    UPDATE: Steve Walsh has kindly appointed list moderators. Council
    sends thanks to Steve for arranging this.

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    Change of Planet feed request from SONIA HAMILTON
    UPDATE: MICHAEL DAVIESreports that lists have been updated, and that
    future requests should go to planet at linux.org.au
    <mailto:planet at linux.org.au>in future.
    Council noted completion of this action with thanks to Michael.

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    GCLUG current status report from STEVE DALTON
    FOR DISCUSSION on GCLUG becoming Subcommittee of LA
    ACTION: Josh Hesketh to respond to STEVE DALTON with more information

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    Offer of assistance from ALEC SLOMAN
    ACTION: Kathy to introduce Alec to Media Team

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    Videos from other events getting uploaded to YouTube raised by
    STEPHEN WALSH at AGM
    FOR DISCUSSION and DECISION on next steps
    UPDATE: CHRIS NEUGEBAUER has liaised with RYAN VERNER and STEPHEN
    WALSH regarding PyCon AU and DDU videos. STEPHEN has since mailed a
    hard disk to RYAN for providing the archived videos.
    UPDATE: Ryan has rec'd hard disk, is working on getting videos on to it

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    REQUEST from SHANE COUGHLAN from the OPEN INNOVATION NETWORKfor
    Clinton is seeking information from our legal sources.
    DEFERRED until F2F
    ACTION: Kathy to add to F2F agenda, action completed

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    Offer of assistance with anti Trans Pacific Partnership agreement
    activities from PAUL GARDNER-STEPHEN
    No further updates

      3. Review of action items from previous meetings

(Refer Trello for action items and please update current status before 
meeting)

      4. Items for discussion

     1.

        Organising Face to Face
        Francois has sent around a sign up sheet to find the best weekend.
        FOR DECISION on best weekend for Face to Face
        UPDATE:confirmed as 8-9 March in Hobart
        ACTION: All to block out calendars, advise Josh via spreadsheet
        of accommodation or other requirements, mindful of costs

     2.

        Inflammatory posts on the linux-aus list
        NOTED that we need a policy for mailing lists and contributions
        to such. The policy needs to be linked to the constitution.
        DECISION that list should remain in moderation for a few more
        days and the situation be monitored.
        Policy discussions DEFERRED to F2F
        ACTION: Kathy to add to F2F agenda, action completed

     3.

        LCA2014 closure activities

         1.

            People who left without paying, deposit is being withheld by
            Trinity and St George colleges. A list of outstanding
            debtors is available.

         2.

            May need some chasing, books close to being closed

     4.

        LCA2015 update

         1.

            Next key milestone is ghosts

         2.

            lca-ghosts list has now been sorted

     5.

        PyCon AU update

         1.

            Making good progress

     6.

        Drupal South

         1.

            In progress, tracking OK

     7.

        Drupal Gov
        No update

     8.

        Joomla Day Sydney
        Joshua H has an update
        ACTION: Josh to update website

     9.

        Discussion around conference selection and continuation
        subcommittee (re OSDC exec etc).
        DEFERRED to 2014 council f2f
        ACTION: Kathy to add to F2F agenda

      5. Items for noting

Nil

      6. Other business

Nil

      7. In camera

One item was discussed in camera

Meeting closed 2057hrs

-- 
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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