From lucychili at gmail.com Wed Dec 2 09:32:21 2015 From: lucychili at gmail.com (Janet Reid) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 09:02:21 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_=E2=80=8Bzdnet=3A_ATO_calls_for_publ?= =?utf-8?q?ic_feedback_on_digital_consultation_paper?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: hi folks in case it is useful janet ATO calls for public feedback on digital consultation paper The Australian Taxation Office continues to push forward plans to improve the digital experience taxpayers have with the agency. Aimee Chanthadavong By Aimee Chanthadavong | November 30, 2015 -- 03:51 GMT (14:51 AEDT) http://www.zdnet.com/article/ato-calls-for-public-feedback-on-digital-consultation-paper/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gnufsf at aromagardens.com.au Wed Dec 2 19:39:48 2015 From: gnufsf at aromagardens.com.au (meryl) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 19:39:48 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_=E2=80=8Bzdnet=3A_ATO_calls_for_publ?= =?utf-8?q?ic_feedback_on_digital_consultation_paper?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20151202193948.75b761f6@203.12.160.35> Recently when I called the ATO the officer I spoke to said, "the ATO does not support Linux because Windows is more secure", WTF!!! naturally, I explained that this was an erroneous assumption, but I felt like I was banging my head against a brick wall. I'm glad the ATO want feedback, they certainly need enlightenment (pardon the pun). Meryl From josh at nitrotech.org Wed Dec 2 21:31:12 2015 From: josh at nitrotech.org (Joshua Hesketh) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 21:31:12 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] =?utf-8?q?Open_Cloud_Symposium_Call_for_Proposals_?= =?utf-8?b?4oCTIExDQTIwMTY=?= Message-ID: <565EC870.5010504@nitrotech.org> We are pleased to announce that the call for proposals to the Open Cloud Symposium for linux.conf.au 2016 is now open! The symposium ? a one day mini-conference dedicated to all things cloud ? will be held on Monday 01 February 2016 in Geelong, Victoria as part of linux.conf.au 2016. Presentation subjects are warmly invited from a wide range of topics related to cloud. This includes practically any layer of the typical *aaS stack, containers, software defined networking/infrastructure and other emerging technology. Talks targeted at any relevant audiences are encouraged, such as: - System administration and operation of clouds, - Development of clouds and developer talks, - Cloud application development and users of cloud components. The symposium is agnostic of the cloud software presented ? so long as it is open source. The organisers are looking to get a wide variety of technologies represented and welcome proposals from as many cloud flavours as possible. If you have something interesting to talk about, please head on over to http://goo.gl/forms/IH8surT5Zs to lodge your submission. Dates: - CFP open: 02/12/2015 - CFP close: 29/12/2015 - Conference starts: 01/02/2016 Help dispersing this CFP to other mailing lists or individuals that you think would be well suited to presenting would be greatly appreciated. Presenters at the Open Cloud Symposium need to be delegates of linux.conf.au; so make sure you?ve registered at http://linux.conf.au/register/info. Even if you?re not presenting, you should consider attending this fantastic conference (and mini-conferences). Any questions or queries can be directed to josh at nitrotech.org Cheers, The Open Cloud Symposium organisers. http://sites.rcbops.com/opencloud_symposium/ == About Open Cloud Symposium == The Open Cloud Symposium will be held on Monday 01 February 2016 in Geelong, Victoria as part of linux.conf.au 2016. The Open Cloud Symposium is a one day mini-conference dedicated to all things cloud held as part of the main linux.conf.au conference. A ticket for linux.conf.au is required to attend the event. == About linux.conf.au == Linux Conference Australia, officially ?linux.conf.au? and affectionately known as ?LCA?, started life as the the Congress of Australian Linux Users in 1999. Since 2001, the conference has been held around different cities and towns in both Australia and New Zealand, attracting both Linux professionals and passionate hobbyists. linux.conf.au is an informal, grass-roots event, where the hallway track is just as valuable as the formal conference schedule. The conference has spawned a close knit and tightly connected community in Australia and overseas. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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She recently founded Everywhere Tech - an organisation facilitating open source technology transfer to foster resilient communities around the world. Her passion is to encourage the ?maker? in all of us - motivating a new generation?s interest in science, technology and collaboration. This passion extends to her current pursuits - doctoral academic research into the social impact of open and collaborative practices for the development of technologies. "I'm very much looking forward to the wonderful LCA. Long before there was open source hardware/materials, there was open source software and Linux - I can't wait for the opportunity to learn from the community who paved the way for the rest of us." Conference 2IC Kathy Reid was delighted to announce Ms Mota as Keynote Speaker. ?I first heard Catarina speak at LinuxCon Europe in Barcelona in 2012 and was simply awestruck. Her passion, her empathy, and sincere desire to make the world a better place through technology is so incredibly inspirational. Catarina?s work at the intersection of technology, collaboration and humanity is such a natural fit for linux.conf.au 2016?s theme of ?Life is better with Linux?. We?re honoured to be able to welcome her to Geelong in February.? One of the most respected technical conferences in Australia, Linux Conference Australia (linux.conf.au) will make Geelong home between 1st-5th February 2016. The conference is expected to attract over 500 national and international professional and hobbyist developers, technicians and innovative hardware specialists, and will feature nearly 100 Speakers and presentations over five days. Deakin University?s stunning Waterfront Campus will host the conference, leveraging state of the art networking and audio visual facilities. The conference delivers Delegates a range of presentations and tutorials on topics such as open source hardware, open source operating systems and open source software, storage, containers and related issues such as patents, copyright and technical community development. Linux is a computer operating system, in the same way that MacOS, Windows, Android and iOS are operating systems. It can be used on desktop computers, servers, and increasingly on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Linux embodies the ?open source? paradigm of software development, which holds that source code ? the code that is used to give computers and mobile devices functionality ? should be ?open?. That is, the source code should be viewable, modifiable and shareable by the entire community. There are a number of benefits to the open source paradigm, including facilitating innovation, sharing and re-use. The ?open? paradigm is increasingly extending to other areas such as open government, open culture, open health and open education. Potential Delegates and Speakers are encouraged to remain up to date with conference news through one of the following channels; Website:http://lcabythebay.org.au Twitter: @linuxconfau, hashtag #lca2016 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/lcabythebay Google+:https://www.google.com/+LcabythebayOrgAu Lanyrd:http://lanyrd.com/2016/linuxconfau/ IRC: #linux.conf.au on freenode.net Email: info at lcabythebay.org.au Announce mailing list:http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/lca-announce We warmly encourage you to forward this announcement to technical communities you may be involved in. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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No indication what it is really about or the private context or discussion it was related to! On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:32 PM, < j-conversations at decisions-and-designs.com.au> wrote: > Hey! > > > > *Open message* http://fotokabata.lv/nothing.php > > > > > j-conversations at decisions-and-designs.com.au > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Open message http://fotokabata.lv/nothing.php j-conversations at decisions-and-designs.com.au _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From noel.butler at ausics.net Thu Dec 17 17:33:35 2015 From: noel.butler at ausics.net (Noel Butler) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:33:35 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Fw: new message In-Reply-To: References: <00003cd4feef$2adc1a44$4b390dbe$@decisions-and-designs.com.au> Message-ID: <9691faa9d72c33a73a2ff59237e6473c@ausics.net> On 17/12/2015 10:22, Anthony Thyssen wrote: > This mail looks very suspicious. Almost like it is phishing or advertising. > > No indication what it is really about or the private context or discussion it was related to! > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:32 PM, wrote: > >> Hey! >> >> OPEN MESSAGE this crap has been going around for about 3 months now, just ignore them, most anti spam setups including spamassassin has been catching these for ages. -- If you have the urge to reply to all rather than reply to list, you best first read http://members.ausics.net/qwerty/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Almost like it is phishing or > advertising. > > No indication what it is really about or the private context or discussion > it was related to! > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:32 PM, < > j-conversations at decisions-and-designs.com.au> wrote: > >> Hey! >> >> >> >> *Open message* >> >> >> > > this crap has been going around for about 3 months now, just ignore them, > most anti spam setups including spamassassin has been catching these for > ages. > > > -- > If you have the urge to reply to all rather than reply to list, you best > first read http://members.ausics.net/qwerty/ > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at lcabythebay.org.au Mon Dec 21 14:58:03 2015 From: info at lcabythebay.org.au (Kathy Reid - Team linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:58:03 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Chair of Internet Australia George Fong to keynote linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong Message-ID: <567778CB.3070206@lcabythebay.org.au> Chair of Internet Australia George Fong to keynote linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong Regional and rural technology advocate, Federation University Council Member, former lawyer and Chair of Internet Australia, George Fong, will be one of four outstanding keynotes for linux.conf.au in February 2016. Eminently respected within the region for his tireless efforts in advancing technology access, governance and inclusion, his advice and counsel is sought far and wide. Most recently, Fong has been a driving force in the rebranding of the Internet Society of Australia into Internet Australia, transforming the organisation to be relevant and representative of a broad cross-section of Australians. ?Internet Australia is the peak body representing everyone who uses the Internet. Much of our work is dedicated to keeping the Internet as open and free from undue government interference as possible and seeing innovation thrive in the sector. It goes without saying that a significant part of that process is fueled by the open source and linux community.? There are new challenges in maintaining the integrity and utility of the Internet. Those challenges are redefining who we are in the technical community and what our roles and responsibilities are for communities and businesses nationally and internationally? Conference Director David Bell was thrilled to announce that Mr Fong would be keynoting. ?We?re delighted to be able to bring George?s considered wisdom, academic intellect and world view to linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay. The need for well researched, inclusive and representative technology policies is more important than ever given the disruption the world faces in coming years?. One of the most respected technical conferences in Australia, Linux Conference Australia (linux.conf.au) will make Geelong home between 1st-5th February 2016. The conference is expected to attract over 500 national and international professional and hobbyist developers, technicians and innovative hardware specialists, and will feature nearly 100 Speakers and presentations over five days. Deakin University?s stunning Waterfront Campus will host the conference, leveraging state of the art networking and audio visual facilities. The conference delivers Delegates a range of presentations and tutorials on topics such as open source hardware, open source operating systems and open source software, storage, containers and related issues such as patents, copyright and technical community development. Linux is a computer operating system, in the same way that MacOS, Windows, Android and iOS are operating systems. It can be used on desktop computers, servers, and increasingly on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Linux embodies the ?open source? paradigm of software development, which holds that source code ? the code that is used to give computers and mobile devices functionality ? should be ?open?. That is, the source code should be viewable, modifiable and shareable by the entire community. There are a number of benefits to the open source paradigm, including facilitating innovation, sharing and re-use. The ?open? paradigm is increasingly extending to other areas such as open government, open culture, open health and open education. Potential Delegates and Speakers are encouraged to remain up to date with conference news through one of the following channels; Website:http://lcabythebay.org.au Twitter: @linuxconfau, hashtag #lca2016 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/lcabythebay Google+:https://www.google.com/+LcabythebayOrgAu Lanyrd:http://lanyrd.com/2016/linuxconfau/ IRC: #linux.conf.au on freenode.net Email: info at lcabythebay.org.au Announce mailing list:http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/lca-announce We warmly encourage you to forward this announcement to technical communities you may be involved in. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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APART from obvious security fixes, would this help the media team / LA in the future? > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-aus [mailto:linux-aus-bounces at lists.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of > Kathy Reid > Sent: Monday, 21 December 2015 2:23 PM > To: Linux Australia > Subject: [Linux-aus] Media Team report for 2015 > > Hi everyone, > > Please find att'd the Media Team report for 2015. > > As always your questions, concerns and feedback are warmly welcomed, > > Kind regards, > Kathy Reid > > On behalf of the Media and Communications Subcommittee From kathy at kathyreid.id.au Mon Dec 21 21:30:30 2015 From: kathy at kathyreid.id.au (Kathy Reid) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 21:30:30 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Media Team report for 2015 In-Reply-To: <01e801d13bc3$c2602f40$47208dc0$@adam.com.au> References: <567617B7.2030704@kathyreid.id.au> <56775F2A.2090802@nitrotech.org> <56777784.5000000@kathyreid.id.au> <01e801d13bc3$c2602f40$47208dc0$@adam.com.au> Message-ID: <5677D4C6.90500@kathyreid.id.au> Hi David, Thanks for your feedback and for your question. The LA website was an excellent choice when it was developed around 5 years ago. It made key information for visitors clear and easily accessible, and had a lot of functions that allows Members to easily interact with the site - such as a login which worked between MemberDB and the website. Website design and development has evolved in that time, and the LA digital presence needs to evolve as well. - Firstly, the site is currently on Drupal 6. It requires an infrastructure upgrade. - The content could be better architected to suit the need of current - and future user cohorts. For example, Jobs are one of the most visited pages on the site, yet this content is not surfaced through the landing page. There are opportunities to better surface social media presence through the site as well, for instance through the use of a Twitter feed. - From a site design perspective, this hasn't been UX tested at all, and this is something that would be useful to improve its value. From an accessibility point of view, it's not terrible, but like all sites could be better. Rather than consider the website in isolation, there are some 'bigger picture' pieces that are touchpoints for the website; - Redoing the infrastructure for the site should be done as part of an Admin Team / Server / Infrastructure plan or strategy. Like all the subcommittees and Teams, the Admin team is strapped for time and resources, and writing a plan takes away from the time to actually keep things running. So, if anyone has a few hours' time to donate .... - Redoing the content should be considered in line with a move to a replacement for MemberDB. Presumably, the MemberDB and website would work hand in glove to provide content for Members and Non-Members. This requires the formation of a Membership Team to drive the replacement of MemberDB. - Redoing the site design itself is tied to a rebranding of Linux Australia (whether under that moniker or not). So, what can we do as an interim or tactical measure with the website? 1. The frontrunner candidate for MemberDB replacement is CiviCRM - so I'd recommend a Drupal upgrade to be in line with the recommended specs to run CiviCRM backended on to Drupal 2. We can easily surface more content through the home page such as Jobs and Twitter information 3. We can use tools such as Optimize.ly to A/B test various minor design changes / layout changes to see what works. Of course, all the above is really within Web Team's remit - and I'd welcome their advice and thoughts. With kind regards, Kathy On 21/12/15 18:46, David Lloyd wrote: > When you say the "site is somewhat out of date" on the last page, you > follow this up with a technical content. > > This implies that the report isn't saying the design is outdated, needs > urgent artistic/usability updating [1] but that's an assumption. > > So the document means that the site could be upgraded. > > APART from obvious security fixes, would this help the media team / LA > in the future? > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: linux-aus [mailto:linux-aus-bounces at lists.linux.org.au] On > Behalf Of >> Kathy Reid >> Sent: Monday, 21 December 2015 2:23 PM >> To: Linux Australia >> Subject: [Linux-aus] Media Team report for 2015 >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Please find att'd the Media Team report for 2015. >> >> As always your questions, concerns and feedback are warmly welcomed, >> >> Kind regards, >> Kathy Reid >> >> On behalf of the Media and Communications Subcommittee > From secretary at linux.org.au Tue Dec 22 20:54:55 2015 From: secretary at linux.org.au (Linux Australia Secretary) Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:54:55 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Notice of Annual General Meeting Monday February 01st 1800hrs Message-ID: <56791DEF.3000703@linux.org.au> *Dear Linux Australia Members,Pursuant to Clause (24) of the Linux Australia Constitution [1], I hereby give notice that the Annual General Meeting of the organisation will be heldMonday 01 February 2016 at 1800hrs as part oflinux.conf.au 2016 at Deakin University Waterfront Campus, Geelong, Victoria in room D2.193 Percy BaxterThe meeting will (a) confirm the minutes of the last preceding annual general meeting and of any special general meeting held since that meeting, (b) receive from the committee reports on the activities of the association during the last preceding financial year, (c) elect office-bearers of the association and ordinary committee members, or to announce the results of a ballot held prior to the annual general meeting under clause 15(5), (d) receive and consider any financial statement or report required to be submitted to members under the Act.A formal agenda, including reports from office-bearers, will be compiled and distributed in due course.I also hereby call for any agenda items to be tabled for discussion at the Annual General Meeting.With kind regards, Sae Ra Germaine[1]http://www.linux.org.au/constitution* -- Sae Ra Germaine 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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All office bearer and ordinary committee member positions are open for election. * Nominations will open from 22 December 2015 until 10 January 2016 * Voting will open 11 January until 31 January 2016 * Results will be announced at the AGM in Geelong at linux.conf.au on or after 01 February The election can be viewed here: https://www.linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=view-election&id=22 *What do I need to do?* First of all, make sure your details are correct in MemberDB [2] If you wish to nominate, identify the positions you wish to nominate for and get an understanding of what they involve. Think about what you might bring to the role and prepare a short pitch. Then, accept the nomination you've been given by clicking the 'Accept nomination' link. If you wish to nominate another person for a position, you may wish to contact them first and have a chat to make sure they're happy being nominated. Then follow the 'Nominate' link to nominate them. Once voting is open, you will be able to vote for candidates. Results will be announced at the AGM at linux.conf.au . *Why should I nominate?* Being a member of Linux Australia Council is a fun way to meet new people, work on exciting projects and expand your skill base. It gives you excellent transferable skills to help build your career, and allows you to grow your professional network. It looks great on a CV, and is also a chance to give back to the vibrant Linux and open source ecosystem in Australia and globally. If you're passionate about Linux and open source, it's a great opportunity to help drive and steer Australia's contribution in this field. The roles do require a time commitment - a minimum of 2-3 hours per week for an Ordinary Council Member; for office bearers 8-12 hours per week - so please consider this with your nomination. *Why should I run?* If you?ve been nominated, or are thinking of nominating yourself, you should give the opportunity serious consideration. Being on the council is both hard and often thankless work, but it is also incredibly rewarding. Linux Australia can only achieve what it does by its members and helping out with the council responsibilities is a great way to ensure Linux Australia continues to be successful. It is also an opportunity to help the organisation grow, reach into new areas and to succeed on important topics of national relevance. [1]http://www.linux.org.au/constitution [2]http://www.linux.org.au/membership As always, your feedback and questions are warmly welcomed. If you'd like to have a chat with anyone on Council around what it involves, please do make contact. With kind regards, Sae Ra* -- Sae Ra Germaine 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The symposium ? a one day > mini-conference dedicated to all things cloud ? will be held on Monday > 01 February 2016 in Geelong, Victoria as part of linux.conf.au 2016. > > Presentation subjects are warmly invited from a wide range of topics > related to cloud. This includes practically any layer of the typical > *aaS stack, containers, software defined networking/infrastructure and > other emerging technology. Talks targeted at any relevant audiences are > encouraged, such as: > - System administration and operation of clouds, > - Development of clouds and developer talks, > - Cloud application development and users of cloud components. > > The symposium is agnostic of the cloud software presented ? so long as > it is open source. The organisers are looking to get a wide variety of > technologies represented and welcome proposals from as many cloud > flavours as possible. > > If you have something interesting to talk about, please head on over to > http://goo.gl/forms/IH8surT5Zs to lodge your submission. > > Dates: > - CFP open: 02/12/2015 > - CFP close: 29/12/2015 > - Conference starts: 01/02/2016 > > Help dispersing this CFP to other mailing lists or individuals that you > think would be well suited to presenting would be greatly appreciated. > > Presenters at the Open Cloud Symposium need to be delegates of > linux.conf.au; so make sure you?ve registered at > http://linux.conf.au/register/info. Even if you?re not presenting, you > should consider attending this fantastic conference (and mini-conferences). > > Any questions or queries can be directed to josh at nitrotech.org > > Cheers, > The Open Cloud Symposium organisers. > http://sites.rcbops.com/opencloud_symposium/ > > == About Open Cloud Symposium == > > The Open Cloud Symposium will be held on Monday 01 February 2016 in > Geelong, Victoria as part of linux.conf.au 2016. > > The Open Cloud Symposium is a one day mini-conference dedicated to all > things cloud held as part of the main linux.conf.au conference. A ticket > for linux.conf.au is required to attend the event. > > == About linux.conf.au == > > Linux Conference Australia, officially ?linux.conf.au? and > affectionately known as ?LCA?, started life as the the Congress of > Australian Linux Users in 1999. Since 2001, the conference has been held > around different cities and towns in both Australia and New Zealand, > attracting both Linux professionals and passionate hobbyists. > > linux.conf.au is an informal, grass-roots event, where the hallway track > is just as valuable as the formal conference schedule. The conference > has spawned a close knit and tightly connected community in Australia > and overseas. > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From abartlet at samba.org Thu Dec 24 14:33:55 2015 From: abartlet at samba.org (Andrew Bartlett) Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:33:55 +1300 Subject: [Linux-aus] Proposing that Linux Australia fund Software Freedom Conservancy In-Reply-To: <20151128055938.GC4867@akranes.dyndns.org> References: <20151128055938.GC4867@akranes.dyndns.org> Message-ID: <1450928035.27753.7.camel@samba.org> On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 21:59 -0800, Francois Marier wrote: > I'd like to propose that Linux Australia support the Software Freedom > Conservancy [1] as part of its grants programme. > > Their leadership team, Karen Sandler and Bradley Kuhn [2], are > members of our > community and have talked at LCA several times. Their organisation > represents a number of projects [3] that either originated in > Australasia or > have many contributors from this part of the world. In particular, > they are > the non-profit home of Samba and Outreachy, two projects that embody > very > well the values of Linux Australia. > > Since they are hoping to create a strong base of supporters to allow > them > the freedom (pun intended) to protect FOSS users and developers, it > would be > great to see Linux Australia become an annual supporter. > > The minimum monthly amount for individuals is $10 USD/month ($120 / > year) > but LA could certainly give more since Conservancy is putting that > money to > very good use. As a member of a Conservancy project, and a rep to the Conservancy on the Samba Team's project leadership committee, I see close-hand the great work the Conservancy does. ?It would indeed be great if Linux Australia could (substantially) support the Conservancy, preferably by some kind of annual grant.? How can I help move this forward? Thanks, Andrew Bartlett -- Andrew Bartlett https://samba.org/~abartlet/ Authentication Developer, Samba Team https://samba.org Samba Development and Support, Catalyst IT https://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba From josh at nitrotech.org Fri Dec 25 00:18:15 2015 From: josh at nitrotech.org (Joshua Hesketh) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 00:18:15 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Proposing that Linux Australia fund Software Freedom Conservancy In-Reply-To: <1450928035.27753.7.camel@samba.org> References: <20151128055938.GC4867@akranes.dyndns.org> <1450928035.27753.7.camel@samba.org> Message-ID: <567BF097.8060801@nitrotech.org> Hello Andrew and all, Thanks for your input, it's very highly valued. This is something the council has begun discussing but failed to make a decision on just yet. Unfortunately we've had some very pressing matters to attend to, including the normal end of year financial work (one thing that this is slightly blocking on is a new budget for this year). I'm hoping we'll be able to add this to our agenda for next week and show our support one way or another. Personally I'd love to see LA support the conservancy, but I can't make any promises or speak for the whole council. In other words: watch this space, and don't let us forget! Cheers, Josh On 24/12/15 14:33, Andrew Bartlett wrote: > On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 21:59 -0800, Francois Marier wrote: >> I'd like to propose that Linux Australia support the Software Freedom >> Conservancy [1] as part of its grants programme. >> >> Their leadership team, Karen Sandler and Bradley Kuhn [2], are >> members of our >> community and have talked at LCA several times. Their organisation >> represents a number of projects [3] that either originated in >> Australasia or >> have many contributors from this part of the world. In particular, >> they are >> the non-profit home of Samba and Outreachy, two projects that embody >> very >> well the values of Linux Australia. >> >> Since they are hoping to create a strong base of supporters to allow >> them >> the freedom (pun intended) to protect FOSS users and developers, it >> would be >> great to see Linux Australia become an annual supporter. >> >> The minimum monthly amount for individuals is $10 USD/month ($120 / >> year) >> but LA could certainly give more since Conservancy is putting that >> money to >> very good use. > As a member of a Conservancy project, and a rep to the Conservancy on > the Samba Team's project leadership committee, I see close-hand the > great work the Conservancy does. It would indeed be great if Linux > Australia could (substantially) support the Conservancy, preferably by > some kind of annual grant. > > How can I help move this forward? > > Thanks, > > Andrew Bartlett > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: