[Linux-aus] Minutes of Council Meeting Tuesday 11th February 2014
Linux Australia Secretary
secretary at linux.org.au
Sat Feb 15 21:31:32 EST 2014
As always your comments, feedback and suggestions are warmly welcomed,
Kind regards,
Kathy
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Council Minutes Tuesday 11 February 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
Meeting opened 1948hrs
Present: Josh Hesketh, Hugh Blemings, Francois Marier, Kathy Reid, Sae
Ra Germaine, Josh Stewart, Chris Neugebauer
1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or
errata.
Confirm that the accuracy of;
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Minutes of 28 January
are correct
MOTION by Joshua Hesketh that Minutes of 28th January are accurate and
correct. SECONDED by Chris Neugebauer, passed unanimously
2. Log of correspondence
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Quick stats
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There have been 6 new members added since last meeting.
Membership stands at 3099 according to MemberDB
o
Twitter followers stands at 696 (688 last minutes)
o
Membership of linux-aus list stands at 585 (no change from last
minutes)
o
Membership of announce list stands at 1565 (1559 last minutes)
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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.
UPDATE: Kathy has moved a motion on list
MOTIONby Kathy Reid in response to Grant Application from PNG Open
Source Community form ISAAC MANU
Recognising the current early stages of this community,
and the kind offers of assistance from the Linux Australia community
already noted on list,
Council will provide in-kind support at this stage such as
- referrals to open source community leaders
- referrals to further information around open source
- provision of further information as required
Seconded by Sae Ra, passed unanimously
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Grant request from NAT TORKINGTON for KangaFoo
FOR DISCUSSION and DECISION on grant request
UPDATE: Josh H has responded, we should discuss this week and make a
decision
DECISION: Given that KangaFoo is an invitation only event it does not
fall in line with the values of openness and inclusion which Linux
Australia upholds. Council undertakes to provide promotional contacts,
industry referrals and other in-kind support but cannot financially
support the event at this time.
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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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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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Offer of assistance with anti Trans Pacific Partnership agreement
activities from PAUL GARDNER-STEPHEN
Josh S has contributed significantly to this document.
ACTION: Josh S to send a copy to Council so Council can read and endorse
COUNCIL: to set aside time to read in prep for MOTION to have
Council endorse the submission
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Offer of assistance from MARCO OSTINI for Media and Comms
Kathy has added Marco to Media team mailing list
Council noted its thanks to Marco for his kind offer of assistance
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MOTIONon list to create mailing lists for STC Australia for TIM HILDRED
Motion by Josh Hesketh, SECONDED Kathy Reid, passed on list by a
majority of Council.
ACTION:Admin team to liaise with TIM HILDRED for creation of lists.
Thanks to admin team, remove next minutes
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ENQUIRY from TasLUG (CRAIGE McWHIRTER) regarding public liability
insurance and requesting Certificate of Currency
ACTIONED, no further action
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ENQUIRY from CYPRIEN GAY regarding a petition against Secure Boot
FOR DISCUSSION on next action
ACTION: Hugh to read through make a recommendation
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NOTIFICATION of upcoming linux.conf.au 2014 SPEAKER SURVEY from
MICHAEL DAVIES and BRIANNA LAUGHER
Council notes the significant effort by Michael and Brianna and
thanks them for making linux.conf.au even more awesome.
NO ACTION, for info only
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REQUEST for 'social issues' mailing list from LUKE JOHN
DEFERRED for discussion at Face to Face
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RECOMMENDATION from RUSSELL COKER regarding MAILING LIST POLICY
That the mailing list policy should have a clause that off-list
discussion should remain private
DEFERRED FOR CONSIDERATION at F2F
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ENQUIRY from PETER LAWLER regarding prioritising distribution of
conference videos in patent-unencumbered formats over non-free formats.
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See
http://lists.linux.org.au/private/committee/2014-January/024824.html
MOTION by Josh Hesketh that LA continue to encourage video recording
teams to use open source tools and codecs and prioritise them over
patent encumbered formats, efforts should be made to transcode them to
patent unencumbered formats
SECONDED by Francois and passed unanimously
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
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
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
3.
Output from LCA2014 ZooKeepr registrations into MemberDB and
getting them in there and on to the Announce List
ACTION: Kathy to schedule as F2F activity
4.
LCA2015 update
1.
Next key milestone is ghosts
5.
PyCon AU update
1.
Making good progress
6.
Drupal South
1.
In progress, tracking OK
7.
Drupal Gov
No update, can be removed from the agenda next time.
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
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LCA2014 YouTube account got suspended, we would like an update from
TIM ANSELL
ACTION: Chris N to request update from TIM ANSELL
6. Other business
* Nil
7. In camera
Two matters were discussed in camera
Meeting closed at 2026hrs
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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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