From jamezpolley at gmail.com Wed Jul 1 08:02:55 2015 From: jamezpolley at gmail.com (James Polley) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 22:02:55 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Science Cafe In-Reply-To: <201506292147.07017.russell@coker.com.au> References: <201506292147.07017.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: I like the Cafe Scientifique and Science Cafe concepts - I'm a fan of anything that encourages science literacy or critical thinking. But I'm having trouble seeing how this is "a good fit for the aims of Linux Australia". http://linux.org.au/projects/grants has some details on some of the criteria the request should meet to be considered, starting with being "for the good of a project that relates to Linux or Open Source". I certainly think that encouraging science literacy benefits every aspect of life, but I'm having trouble making a direct connection to Linux or Open Source. I'd really like to see this sponsorship happen, but I'm having trouble seeing how it fits within the usual scope of the grants program. Would you be able to address some of the points from the Grants page to add some more detail about how this fits? On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:19 AM Russell Coker wrote: > I would like to start a Melbourne version of the "Science Cafe" project. > That > involves arranging meetings of scientists and people who are interested in > science to chat informally at cafes etc. > > I need a mailing list. I think that as it's a non-free project based > around > science it's a good fit for the aims of Linux Australia and running another > mailing list is a very easy form of sponsorship. So I'd like to use a > mailing > list on the LA server. A possible mailing list name would be science-cafe- > melb. > > Also if things go well in this regard I'll eventually setup a Meetup group. > If that happens would LA be willing to sponsor the Meetup fees and have > official > ownership of the Meetup account? I don't want this to be something that I > personally do, I want it to be easily passed on to other people who have > more > time and energy when appropriate. > > ====== > > Here's the background: > > The Science Cafe idea has been implemented in different ways in various > places. > The people who started it favored a very decentralised model so there isn't > even a clear definition of it apart from being generally involving people > talking about science, usually scientists talking to random people who > want to > learn in a cafe or other similar public place. I'm initially planning to > talk > to my contacts in medical research but it would be good if other people can > find scientists willing to get involved. > > If anyone from Melbourne wants to get involved then let me know by private > mail and I'll put you in contact with the other people. If anyone wants > to do > something in another region then I guess this list could be used to start > the > discussion. > > http://www.inspiring-australia.com.au/category/cafe-scientifique/ > > The above URL has information on what they are doing in QLD. Small > amounts of > money are available to help people who want to run similar events. > > http://www.scitech.org.au/events/all/1740-science-cafe > > The above URL has information about an event in Perth for year 9-11 kids. > > I didn't put much effort into finding out what's going on in other states, > the > fact that nothing is happening in Melbourne is all that's really of > interest > to me. > > -- > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.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 russell at coker.com.au Wed Jul 1 16:47:28 2015 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 16:47:28 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Science Cafe In-Reply-To: References: <201506292147.07017.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: <201507011647.28590.russell@coker.com.au> On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 08:02:55 AM James Polley wrote: > I like the Cafe Scientifique and Science Cafe concepts - I'm a fan of > anything that encourages science literacy or critical thinking. > > But I'm having trouble seeing how this is "a good fit for the aims of Linux > Australia". http://linux.org.au/projects/grants has some details on some of > the criteria the request should meet to be considered, starting with being > "for the good of a project that relates to Linux or Open Source". I I agree that a strict literal reading of the grants page would make this project ineligible for a financial grant. However at this time I'm not looking for money just for mailing list hosting. So even if it's determined that the grants page should be interpreted strictly I don't think this necessarily precludes mailing list hosting. But I think that the grants page should be interpreted more liberally. Computer Science is one branch of science and generally promoting science education goes along with Open Source. If it is determined that Linux Australia shouldn't offer mailing list hosting for such a project does anyone know of a good service to use? Don't say Google Groups. > certainly think that encouraging science literacy benefits every aspect of > life, but I'm having trouble making a direct connection to Linux or Open > Source. > > I'd really like to see this sponsorship happen, but I'm having trouble > seeing how it fits within the usual scope of the grants program. > > Would you be able to address some of the points from the Grants page to add > some more detail about how this fits? > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:19 AM Russell Coker wrote: > > I would like to start a Melbourne version of the "Science Cafe" project. > > That > > involves arranging meetings of scientists and people who are interested > > in science to chat informally at cafes etc. > > > > I need a mailing list. I think that as it's a non-free project based > > around > > science it's a good fit for the aims of Linux Australia and running > > another mailing list is a very easy form of sponsorship. So I'd like to > > use a mailing > > list on the LA server. A possible mailing list name would be > > science-cafe- melb. > > > > Also if things go well in this regard I'll eventually setup a Meetup > > group. If that happens would LA be willing to sponsor the Meetup fees > > and have official > > ownership of the Meetup account? I don't want this to be something that > > I personally do, I want it to be easily passed on to other people who > > have more > > time and energy when appropriate. > > > > ====== > > > > Here's the background: > > > > The Science Cafe idea has been implemented in different ways in various > > places. > > The people who started it favored a very decentralised model so there > > isn't even a clear definition of it apart from being generally involving > > people talking about science, usually scientists talking to random > > people who want to > > learn in a cafe or other similar public place. I'm initially planning to > > talk > > to my contacts in medical research but it would be good if other people > > can find scientists willing to get involved. > > > > If anyone from Melbourne wants to get involved then let me know by > > private mail and I'll put you in contact with the other people. If > > anyone wants to do > > something in another region then I guess this list could be used to start > > the > > discussion. > > > > http://www.inspiring-australia.com.au/category/cafe-scientifique/ > > > > The above URL has information on what they are doing in QLD. Small > > amounts of > > money are available to help people who want to run similar events. > > > > http://www.scitech.org.au/events/all/1740-science-cafe > > > > The above URL has information about an event in Perth for year 9-11 kids. > > > > I didn't put much effort into finding out what's going on in other > > states, the > > fact that nothing is happening in Melbourne is all that's really of > > interest > > to me. > > > > -- > > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > > My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-aus mailing list > > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From micbert75 at gmail.com Wed Jul 1 17:50:50 2015 From: micbert75 at gmail.com (Michele Bert) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 09:50:50 +0200 Subject: [Linux-aus] Science Cafe In-Reply-To: <201507011647.28590.russell@coker.com.au> References: <201506292147.07017.russell@coker.com.au> <201507011647.28590.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: 2015-07-01 8:47 GMT+02:00 Russell Coker : > If it is determined that Linux Australia shouldn't offer mailing list > hosting > for such a project does anyone know of a good service to use? Don't say > Google Groups. > Yahoo groups? :-D I know freelists.org offers free mailing list service for technical topics, but I don't know/remember whether science in general could be admitted, or it must be strictly IT technical. Just have a look to the terms and conditions. -- Mick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From a.nielsen at shikadi.net Wed Jul 1 17:42:14 2015 From: a.nielsen at shikadi.net (Adam Nielsen) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 17:42:14 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Hosted mailing list providers (was: Science Cafe) In-Reply-To: <201507011647.28590.russell@coker.com.au> References: <201506292147.07017.russell@coker.com.au> <201507011647.28590.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: <20150701174214.7b449415@teln.shikadi.net> > If it is determined that Linux Australia shouldn't offer mailing list > hosting for such a project does anyone know of a good service to > use? Don't say Google Groups. Not that I'm defending them, but just wondering what's wrong with them? You can subscribe via e-mail and don't need a Google account to post, so from a subscriber's point of view I'm not sure what the difference would be to any other hosted mailing list platform. Cheers, Adam. From lloy0076 at adam.com.au Wed Jul 1 22:09:53 2015 From: lloy0076 at adam.com.au (David Lloyd) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 21:39:53 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] Science Cafe In-Reply-To: <201507011647.28590.russell@coker.com.au> References: <201506292147.07017.russell@coker.com.au> <201507011647.28590.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: <939F317A-5A05-4DD3-A9DF-1202187D0CDE@adam.com.au> Perhaps one of the scientific institutes in Australia might be a better fit? Or a University science department? Or the Prime Minister?s Office (ok that was a joke)? DSL > On 1 Jul 2015, at 4:17 pm, Russell Coker wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 08:02:55 AM James Polley wrote: >> I like the Cafe Scientifique and Science Cafe concepts - I'm a fan of >> anything that encourages science literacy or critical thinking. >> >> But I'm having trouble seeing how this is "a good fit for the aims of Linux >> Australia". http://linux.org.au/projects/grants has some details on some of >> the criteria the request should meet to be considered, starting with being >> "for the good of a project that relates to Linux or Open Source". I > > I agree that a strict literal reading of the grants page would make this > project ineligible for a financial grant. > > However at this time I'm not looking for money just for mailing list hosting. > So even if it's determined that the grants page should be interpreted strictly > I don't think this necessarily precludes mailing list hosting. > > But I think that the grants page should be interpreted more liberally. > Computer Science is one branch of science and generally promoting science > education goes along with Open Source. > > If it is determined that Linux Australia shouldn't offer mailing list hosting > for such a project does anyone know of a good service to use? Don't say > Google Groups. > >> certainly think that encouraging science literacy benefits every aspect of >> life, but I'm having trouble making a direct connection to Linux or Open >> Source. >> >> I'd really like to see this sponsorship happen, but I'm having trouble >> seeing how it fits within the usual scope of the grants program. >> >> Would you be able to address some of the points from the Grants page to add >> some more detail about how this fits? >> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:19 AM Russell Coker wrote: >>> I would like to start a Melbourne version of the "Science Cafe" project. >>> That >>> involves arranging meetings of scientists and people who are interested >>> in science to chat informally at cafes etc. >>> >>> I need a mailing list. I think that as it's a non-free project based >>> around >>> science it's a good fit for the aims of Linux Australia and running >>> another mailing list is a very easy form of sponsorship. So I'd like to >>> use a mailing >>> list on the LA server. A possible mailing list name would be >>> science-cafe- melb. >>> >>> Also if things go well in this regard I'll eventually setup a Meetup >>> group. If that happens would LA be willing to sponsor the Meetup fees >>> and have official >>> ownership of the Meetup account? I don't want this to be something that >>> I personally do, I want it to be easily passed on to other people who >>> have more >>> time and energy when appropriate. >>> >>> ====== >>> >>> Here's the background: >>> >>> The Science Cafe idea has been implemented in different ways in various >>> places. >>> The people who started it favored a very decentralised model so there >>> isn't even a clear definition of it apart from being generally involving >>> people talking about science, usually scientists talking to random >>> people who want to >>> learn in a cafe or other similar public place. I'm initially planning to >>> talk >>> to my contacts in medical research but it would be good if other people >>> can find scientists willing to get involved. >>> >>> If anyone from Melbourne wants to get involved then let me know by >>> private mail and I'll put you in contact with the other people. If >>> anyone wants to do >>> something in another region then I guess this list could be used to start >>> the >>> discussion. >>> >>> http://www.inspiring-australia.com.au/category/cafe-scientifique/ >>> >>> The above URL has information on what they are doing in QLD. Small >>> amounts of >>> money are available to help people who want to run similar events. >>> >>> http://www.scitech.org.au/events/all/1740-science-cafe >>> >>> The above URL has information about an event in Perth for year 9-11 kids. >>> >>> I didn't put much effort into finding out what's going on in other >>> states, the >>> fact that nothing is happening in Melbourne is all that's really of >>> interest >>> to me. >>> >>> -- >>> My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ >>> My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> linux-aus mailing list >>> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >>> http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -- > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus From jamezpolley at gmail.com Thu Jul 2 11:31:06 2015 From: jamezpolley at gmail.com (James Polley) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 01:31:06 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Science Cafe In-Reply-To: <201507011647.28590.russell@coker.com.au> References: <201506292147.07017.russell@coker.com.au> <201507011647.28590.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 4:47 PM Russell Coker wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 08:02:55 AM James Polley wrote: > > I like the Cafe Scientifique and Science Cafe concepts - I'm a fan of > > anything that encourages science literacy or critical thinking. > > > > But I'm having trouble seeing how this is "a good fit for the aims of > Linux > > Australia". http://linux.org.au/projects/grants has some details on > some of > > the criteria the request should meet to be considered, starting with > being > > "for the good of a project that relates to Linux or Open Source". I > > I agree that a strict literal reading of the grants page would make this > project ineligible for a financial grant. > > However at this time I'm not looking for money just for mailing list > hosting. > So even if it's determined that the grants page should be interpreted > strictly > I don't think this necessarily precludes mailing list hosting. > > But I think that the grants page should be interpreted more liberally. > Computer Science is one branch of science and generally promoting science > education goes along with Open Source. > You've won me over with this reasoning. Science requires lots of openness: the methods used in an experiment need to be open, so that the experiment can be reproduced and verified. The data collected from the experiment needs to be open so that the conclusions can be verified. The knowledge gained from the experiment needs to be open so that later experiments are able to adapt and build on the results of earlier work. Computing is just one offshoot of the results of the open scientific process. The Open Source movement wouldn't have been possible without the fruits of centuries of Open Science that preceded it (not that it ever went by that name - but that's how it operated). Long term I think it might be a good branding exercise for LA to look into a broader offering of mailing list services for groups like this - possibly sponsored by one of the commercial mass mailing providers, if LA wants to go down the path of corporate sponsorship. Short term, I'm happy to support this request. It's true that scientific literacy isn't directly related to open source, but I think that promoting greater science literacy does have enough benefits to justify the small cost of hosting the list. > If it is determined that Linux Australia shouldn't offer mailing list > hosting > for such a project does anyone know of a good service to use? Don't say > Google Groups. > > > certainly think that encouraging science literacy benefits every aspect > of > > life, but I'm having trouble making a direct connection to Linux or Open > > Source. > > > > I'd really like to see this sponsorship happen, but I'm having trouble > > seeing how it fits within the usual scope of the grants program. > > > > Would you be able to address some of the points from the Grants page to > add > > some more detail about how this fits? > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:19 AM Russell Coker > wrote: > > > I would like to start a Melbourne version of the "Science Cafe" > project. > > > That > > > involves arranging meetings of scientists and people who are interested > > > in science to chat informally at cafes etc. > > > > > > I need a mailing list. I think that as it's a non-free project based > > > around > > > science it's a good fit for the aims of Linux Australia and running > > > another mailing list is a very easy form of sponsorship. So I'd like > to > > > use a mailing > > > list on the LA server. A possible mailing list name would be > > > science-cafe- melb. > > > > > > Also if things go well in this regard I'll eventually setup a Meetup > > > group. If that happens would LA be willing to sponsor the Meetup fees > > > and have official > > > ownership of the Meetup account? I don't want this to be something > that > > > I personally do, I want it to be easily passed on to other people who > > > have more > > > time and energy when appropriate. > > > > > > ====== > > > > > > Here's the background: > > > > > > The Science Cafe idea has been implemented in different ways in various > > > places. > > > The people who started it favored a very decentralised model so there > > > isn't even a clear definition of it apart from being generally > involving > > > people talking about science, usually scientists talking to random > > > people who want to > > > learn in a cafe or other similar public place. I'm initially planning > to > > > talk > > > to my contacts in medical research but it would be good if other people > > > can find scientists willing to get involved. > > > > > > If anyone from Melbourne wants to get involved then let me know by > > > private mail and I'll put you in contact with the other people. If > > > anyone wants to do > > > something in another region then I guess this list could be used to > start > > > the > > > discussion. > > > > > > http://www.inspiring-australia.com.au/category/cafe-scientifique/ > > > > > > The above URL has information on what they are doing in QLD. Small > > > amounts of > > > money are available to help people who want to run similar events. > > > > > > http://www.scitech.org.au/events/all/1740-science-cafe > > > > > > The above URL has information about an event in Perth for year 9-11 > kids. > > > > > > I didn't put much effort into finding out what's going on in other > > > states, the > > > fact that nothing is happening in Melbourne is all that's really of > > > interest > > > to me. > > > > > > -- > > > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > > > My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > linux-aus mailing list > > > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > > > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -- > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tony at bakeyournoodle.com Fri Jul 3 14:36:50 2015 From: tony at bakeyournoodle.com (Tony Breeds) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 14:36:50 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] LCA2018 Call for Bids Message-ID: <20150703043649.GA44954@thor.bakeyournoodle.com> Hi there, Plans are coming along really well for linux.conf.au 2016 in Geelong. We're very much looking forward to seeing you all there, but in the meantime it's time to start thinking about plans for 2018[0]. I realise we're a bit behind schedule on the formal call for bids, so here is the revised timeline * July - Formal Bids are requested to host linux.conf.au 2018 (this email) - Council works with Bid Teams to help them prepare their bids, answering questions and providing guidance * August 14 - Submission of formal bids closes - Council clarifies any questions regarding the bids and reviews them * September - Council conducts Site Inspections with shortlisted Bid Teams * November - Council decides on the winning city and informs the Bid Teams * January - The winning bid is announced at linux.conf.au 2016 If you have ever sat in the back of a LUG meeting or an LCA talk and had an informal chat to someone about running an LCA now is the time to put that idea into action. If you were the person two seats back listening in, go bug that person to put in a bid! If you haven't already, the first thing to to do is to send an email to council at linux.org.au to let them know you are thinking of submitting a bid. You should also CC linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au, this might help you find other people keen on helping you out. Once you've done that here are two documents to help you get started: * http://wiki.linux.org.au/Linux.conf.au_Bid_Guidelines * http://wiki.linux.org.au/LCA_HOWTO The first outlines what is required for the bid process, while the second give a fairly detailed overview of the sorts of things you need to think about when preparing to run an LCA, and provide example bid documents. There is also a comprehensive Event Portal with lots of useful information on how to run a successful event at http://wiki.linux.org.au/Linux_Australia:Events_Portal So go out, get your team together, talk to some venues/vendors and start bidding to run the next awesome LCA! Armed with your amazing organising skills, this is your opportunity to show off your city, do what you always wanted to do at LCA, add something extra special to the conference and have a say in the programme of the conference. This is something you will remember for a lifetime and gain life-long friends, professional contacts and the experience looks amazing on a resume. Not to mention, it's great fun to run! Once you've finalised your bid document then please send to council at linux.org.au and linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au. If you are thinking of bidding, please put your hand up sooner rather than later so that the Council can make sure you get the support you need to prepare a high quality bid. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need any help in preparing your bid. Cheers, Tony P.S. Please forward this announcement onto local LUG lists and anywhere else you think is relevant. 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Speakers attend the conference for free; travel and accommodation is still your own gig, although we may be able to make arrangements in some special cases. We welcome first-time speakers; this is a fun conference with a great community. We'd love to hear what you have to say about open source, whether it's software, hardware, data, education or government. Please sign up at https://2015.osdc.com.au/, create a speaker profile and propose a presentation. You can submit as many proposals as you wish, and come back to edit them later, so why not get started today? == Focus == The focus for OSDC 2015 is Opening Up For A Better World. Open source software, hardware and standards facilitate higher quality technology, better security and faster innovation; open data allows us to better discover and understand the world we live in; open government aims to ensure that citizens can participate in their democracy; open access publishing exists to spread knowledge and allow that knowledge to be built upon. Open by design is the best default. == Topics == While we're looking for presentations related to creation or use of open source, naturally, there are many aspects that you could address: * Cultivating an open source community * Showcasing a successful, or unsuccessful open source implementation * Open source in the physical world * Open source in education * Open source in the business world * Closed source in an open source world * Open Standards and Open Data * Open Government These, and many more topics that are relevant to today's open source developers are desirable to help provide a diverse range of subjects at this years conference. Register now at https://2015.osdc.com.au/ - we'd love to hear from you! Please also feel free to forward this CFP to anyone else you feel may be interested. Cheers, Tim (on behalf of the OSDC 2015 team) From dtbell91 at gmail.com Fri Jul 3 17:17:23 2015 From: dtbell91 at gmail.com (David Bell) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 17:17:23 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - CfP Update Message-ID: Hi everyone, This email is to let you know about the progress of the linux.conf.au 2016 Call for Proposals (CfP). The call has now been open for four weeks, and the quality of submissions so far has been outstanding. It is clear that there are many interesting stories to be told in our community, and that makes me very proud. Thank you to everyone who has submitted a proposal so far -- the conference wouldn?t be what it is without your contributions. However, we think there are more stories out there that deserve attention. Originally scheduled to be closed today, the papers committee has agreed to extend the deadline, just to give everyone a little extra time to have their voice heard. The linux.conf.au 2016 CfP will now close *midnight Sunday 2nd August 2015* (2015-08-02T23:59:59+1000). But that?s the absolute latest we?ll be taking proposals - we need to give our papers committee time to choose the best possible conference program! In addition to our time-honoured classic talks - the state of the Linux Kernel, advancements in architecture, storage, file systems and utilities - we?d like to see lots of talks from people who use Linux and F/LOSS to make our lives better. To make better people. And a better humanity. How do we develop for wearables and implantables? How do you do unit tests for an implantable wetware device? What happens when we see the first IoT murder? And who owns our data from wearable devices - us, or our insurance companies? Linux is now embedded in a raft of wearable, tiny devices - which present challenges and opportunities to be met and maximised. These are the questions we?d like to see answered. If you have been working on something interesting, now is the time to tell the world! Visit linux.conf.au/cfp, and submit your proposal today. Important Dates Call for proposals opens: 1 June 2015 Call for proposals now closes: 2 August 2015 Email notifications from conference organisers: by 7 September 2015 Early Bird registrations open: 14 September 2015 Conference dates: Monday 1 February to Friday 5 February 2016 How do I stay in touch? Potential Delegates and Speakers are encouraged to remain up to date with conference news through the following channels; *Website:* https://linux.conf.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:* contact 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. Thanks, David -- David Bell Conference Director linux.conf.au 2016 @linuxconfau contact at lcabythebay.org.au http://lcabythebay.org.au On 1 June 2015 at 06:52, David Bell wrote: > linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay are delighted to announce > #CfP is now open > > We're delighted to announce that the Call for Presentations for the > conference, to be held *1st-5th February at Deakin University's > Waterfront Campus*, are now open. *CfP will remain open until 6th July.* > Given the recent advances in wearable technology, embedded platforms, and > fruitful marriages between open design and technology, open source software > and hardware is delivering a number of tangible and intangible benefits for > our daily lives. > > *Life is better with Linux.* > > And that?s exactly what our conference theme is. linux.conf.au 2016 will > focus on how Linux and open source technologies are improving lives - > through humanitarian projects, wearables that give us greater control and > choice over our health and habits, and which enrich our lives through > protecting our privacy and our ?digital health?. > > What types of presentations are being sought? > > - *Presentations* - the standard, time-tested format for most > linux.conf.au. A sage on the stage presents interesting and hopefully > informative and engaging content, with time for questions. Around 45 mins > total. > - *Tutorials* - double slots with a defined syllabus, where delegates > walk out with a key skill or ability. Some prep work is usually required. > - *Prototypes* - we?d like to do something different this year and > introduce 45 minute sessions called ?Prototypes? - where Makers, Hackers, > and Voiders are able to show and tell what they?ve made. It could be a > hardware prototype, a software prototype, or a ?wetware? prototype - where > technology is interacting with the biomedical field for things like > implantable NFC chips. > > What presentation topics are welcomed? > We?re still expecting to have our time-honoured classic talks - the state > of the Linux Kernel, advancements in architecture, storage, file systems > and utilities. > > But we?d also like to see lots of talks from people who use Linux and > F/LOSS to make our lives better. To make better people. And a better > humanity. > > How do we develop for wearables and implantables? How do you do unit tests > for an implantable wetware device? What happens when we see the first IoT > murder? And who owns our data from wearable devices - us, or our insurance > companies? Linux is now embedded in a raft of wearable, tiny devices - > which present challenges and opportunities to be met and maximised. > > These are the stories we would like to hear. > > What about Miniconfs? > Miniconference proposals are also now welcome. *Miniconf #CfP will close > on 6th July*. > > How do I submit to the #CfP? > > 1. Go to http://linux.conf.au > 2. Create an account > 3. Confirm your email address > 4. On the conference website, log in and choose 'Submit a Proposal' > from the left hand menu > 5. Fill out the required information - remember, the more info you > provide, the better informed Papers Committee will be. > > How do I stay in touch? > > Potential Delegates and Speakers are encouraged to remain up to date with > conference news through the following channels; > > *Website:* https://linux.conf.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. > > Kind regards, > David > -- > David Bell > Conference Director linux.conf.au 2016 > @linuxconfau > contact at lcabythebay.org.au > http://lcabythebay.org.au > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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" [ with the "must" in bold ] Does that mean the Miniconf deadline will not be extended and if not is it the 6th or "today" ? -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar From dtbell91 at gmail.com Sat Jul 4 11:49:36 2015 From: dtbell91 at gmail.com (David Bell) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 11:49:36 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - CfP Update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Simon, >Well I'm sure this news took everybody by surprise :) It's completely unprecedented ;-) >Does that mean the Miniconf deadline will not be extended and if not is it the 6th or "today" ? Thanks for seeking clarification on this, we will also be extending the deadline for Miniconfs. The wording was such as it was not originally our intention but we feel that we would like to give everyone as much time as possible. The CfP page now has the updated date. Regards, David On 4 July 2015 at 09:57, Simon Lyall wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jul 2015, David Bell wrote: > >> However, we think there are more stories out there that deserve attention. >> Originally scheduled to be closed today, the papers committee has agreed >> to >> extend the deadline, just to give everyone a little extra time to have >> their >> voice heard. >> The linux.conf.au 2016 CfP will now close midnight Sunday 2nd August 2015 >> (2015-08-02T23:59:59+1000). >> > > Well I'm sure this news took everybody by surprise :) > > Anyway the CFP page says: > > " The tentative close date for Presentations, Tutorials and Prototypes is > 6th July. If you are proposing a Miniconf, you must submit your proposal by > 6th July. 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URL: From jwoithe at just42.net Sat Jul 4 12:01:54 2015 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 11:31:54 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - CfP Update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20150704020154.GA817@marvin.atrad.com.au> On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 11:57:21AM +1200, Simon Lyall wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jul 2015, David Bell wrote: > >However, we think there are more stories out there that deserve attention. > >Originally scheduled to be closed today, the papers committee has agreed to > >extend the deadline, just to give everyone a little extra time to have their > >voice heard. > >The linux.conf.au 2016 CfP will now close midnight Sunday 2nd August 2015 > >(2015-08-02T23:59:59+1000). > > Well I'm sure this news took everybody by surprise :) > > Anyway the CFP page says: > > " The tentative close date for Presentations, Tutorials and Prototypes is > 6th July. If you are proposing a Miniconf, you must submit your proposal by > 6th July. " As did the original mailout. > Does that mean the Miniconf deadline will not be extended and if not is it > the 6th or "today" ? I pinged David about both these issues yesterday. He confirmed to me that it was an error to say the cfp closed on Friday (the third); the original closing date was indeed the 6th. He said that at this stage it is the cfp which has been extended. The call for miniconfs closing date currently remains as previously advised - that is, the 6th of July. If this is to be extended there will be further communication to this effect. I hope that helps clear things up. Regards jonathan From cfp at ruxcon.org.au Mon Jul 6 12:04:30 2015 From: cfp at ruxcon.org.au (cfp at ruxcon.org.au) Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 02:04:30 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Ruxcon 2015 Final Call For Presentations Message-ID: <20150706020430.848B51102C@ruxcon.org.au> Ruxcon 2015 Final Call For Presentations Melbourne, Australia, October 24-25 CQ Function Centre http://www.ruxcon.org.au The Ruxcon team is pleased to announce the first round of Call For Presentations for Ruxcon 2015. This year the conference will take place over the weekend of the 24th and 25th of October at the CQ Function Centre, Melbourne, Australia. The deadline for submissions is the 15th of September, 2015. .[x]. About Ruxcon .[x]. Ruxcon is ia premier technical computer security conference in the Australia. The conference aims to bring together the individual talents of the best and brightest security folk in the region, through live presentations, activities and demonstrations. The conference is held over two days in a relaxed atmosphere, allowing attendees to enjoy themselves whilst networking within the community and expanding their knowledge of security. Live presentations and activities will cover a full range of defensive and offensive security topics, varying from previously unpublished research to required reading for the security community. .[x]. Important Dates .[x]. September 30 - Final Call For Presentations Close October 22-23 - Breakpoint Conference October 24-25 - Ruxcon Conference .[x]. Topic Scope .[x]. o Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: o Mobile Device Security o Virtualization, Hypervisor, and Cloud Security o Malware Analysis o Reverse Engineering o Exploitation Techniques o Rootkit Development o Code Analysis o Forensics and Anti-Forensics o Embedded Device Security o Web Application Security o Network Traffic Analysis o Wireless Network Security o Cryptography and Cryptanalysis o Social Engineering o Law Enforcement Activities o Telecommunications Security (SS7, 3G/4G, GSM, VOIP, etc) .[x]. Submission Guidelines .[x]. In order for us to process your submission we require the following information: 1. Presentation title 2. Detailed summary of your presentation material 3. Name/Nickname 4. Mobile phone number 5. Brief personal biography 6. Description of any demonstrations involved in the presentation 7. Information on where the presentation material has or will be presented before Ruxcon To submit a presentation please use our submission form: http://goo.gl/WXNBvr * As a general guideline, Ruxcon presentations are between 45 and 60 minutes, including question time. .[x]. Contact .[x]. o Email: presentations at ruxcon.org.au o Twitter: @ruxcon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From clinton.roy at gmail.com Mon Jul 13 21:15:40 2015 From: clinton.roy at gmail.com (Clinton Roy) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:15:40 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] PyCon Australia 2015 Keynote Announcement: Carrie Anne Philbin Message-ID: Following on from 2014's inspirational keynote advocating Python for Every Child in Australia as part of the rollout of the Australian Digital Curriculum, this year sees PyCon Australia playing host to its first ever Python in Education Miniconf. As part of that event, we are thrilled to announce our second PyCon Australia 2015 keynote speaker: Carrie Anne Philbin, Education Pioneer at the Raspberry Pi Foundation , chair of the UK's Computing at School's #include initiative, author of "Adventures in Raspberry Pi" , and a member of the Board of Directors for the Python Software Foundation . As an award winning secondary Computing & ICT teacher, Carrie Anne is a vocal advocate for the merits of Python as an educational tool, and brings to PyCon Australia a wealth of experience with the UK's search for a suitable text based programming language to serve as a follow on from self-contained visual programming environments like Scratch. However, while Python is already a good tool for educational use, it's far from perfect. During the main conference, Carrie Anne will discuss existing barriers to Python becoming the premier language of choice for teaching computer science, and some of the possible ways those barriers could be lowered through improved tooling and further support from the Python developer community. In addition to her keynote presentation, as part of the Python in Education Miniconf, Carrie Anne will be reviewing the Raspberry Pi Foundation's experiences in creating and delivering the Picademy continuing professional development workshops for teachers in the UK, as well as facilitating small group ?birds of a feather? sessions where teachers and interested developers can explore ways to collaborate more effectively on both formal and informal educational efforts. Carrie Anne has a blended and open approach to teaching as can be seen by her website ICT with Miss P that students use to access their weekly lessons. She uses innovative web tools to help support and extend the learning in her 21st century classroom which resulted in becoming a Skype Moment Maker and ambassador for technology in 2014. Carrie Anne often speaks at conferences like BETT , Raspberry Jamboree , YRS and PyconUK , and is the creator of a YouTube video series for teenage girls called The Geek Gurl Diaries , which has won a Talk Talk Digital Hero Award. The episodes include interviews with women working in technology and hands on computer science based tutorials. It's genuinely exciting to offer such a practical follow-up to 2014's Python for Every Child in Australia as we help forge stronger connections between Australia's open source and educational communities. PyCon Australia has endeavoured to keep tickets as affordable as possible. We are able to do so, thanks to our Sponsors and Contributors. 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URL: From secretary at linux.org.au Tue Jul 14 22:35:27 2015 From: secretary at linux.org.au (Linux Australia Secretary) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:35:27 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Minutes of Council Meeting 17 June 2015 Message-ID: <55A5020F.9050100@linux.org.au> Good Evening everyone, Please find below the minutes for the Linux Australia Council Meeting held on the 17th June 2015. As always feedback and comments are warmly welcomed. Kind Regards, Sae Ra -------- *Meeting overview and key information* /Present//:/ Josh Hesketh, Sae Ra Germaine, Christopher Neugebauer, Craige McWhirter, Josh Stewart, James Iseppi /Apologies:/ Tony Breeds Meeting opened by Josh H at 1949hrs and quorum was achieved MOTION that the previous minutes of 03 June are correct Moved: Josh H Seconded: Chris Passed Unanimously *Log of correspondence* *Motions moved on list* Nil *General correspondence* * GovHack 2015 as a subcommittee o MOTION by Josh H We accept GovHack as an LA Sub-Committee with the task of running GovHack at a national level with: + Geoff Mason - lead + Alysha Thomas + Pia Waugh - as the liaison to LA + Sharen Scott + Diana Ferry + Alex Sadleir + Richard Tubb + Jan Bryson + Keith Moss Under the Sub-committee policy v1 to allow the committee to run with autonomy and to use an external entity for administration. + Seconded Chris + Passed Unanimously o The old Subcommittee policy will need to come into effect * Invoice from LESLIE POOLE - Reminder notice from Donna and Leslie have arrived. o Supporting the Drupal Accelerate fund o UPDATE: In Progress. Tony to process in Xero * Admin Team draft budget from STEVEN WALSH o UPDATE: To be discussed when Tony is available and Council Budget has been revised. o Also includes the requirement of a wildcard cert for *.linux.org.au o MOTION by Josh H accepts the expenditure of $150 per year on a wildcard SSL certificate on linux.org.au o Seconded: James Iseppi o Passed unanimously. o UPDATE: Awaiting for a more firm budget *Review of action items from previous meetings* * Email from DONNA BENJAMIN regarding website and update to D8 or possible rebuild. o Discussion held about means of finding people willing to assist with both the maintenance of the website platform as well as the content available on this. o JOSH H to speak to Donna regarding this o UPDATE: Ongoing o UPDATE: to be moved to a general action item. To do a call for help to work on the website. Could this be treated as a project. o We need to at least get the website to D8 and automate the updating process. o ACTION: Josh to get a backup of the site to Craig o ACTION: Craige to stage the website to see how easy it is to update. o UPDATE: Craige to log in to the website to elevate permissions. * ACTION with Josh Hesketh to ensure 3 year server support package in progress o Actions are in progress with Admin Team o UPDATE: A budget will be put forward by the admin team. An initial online hackfest has been conducted. Pending item. o UPDATE: Ongoing. * ACTION: Josh H and Tony to assess an appropriate amount to transfer funds back from NZ to Australia. o Update: In progress o Update: To be done on friday. * ACTION: Josh H to check with PyconAU to check their budgetary status. o UPDATE: Budget looks fine and trust the treasurer?s accounting abilities. o ACTION: JOSH to seek actuals in budget from PyconAU committee o UPDATE: Completed o Update: to be removed from agenda * ACTION WordCamp Brisbane - JOSH H to contact Brisbane members who may possibly be able to attend conference closing o ACTION: Sae Ra to send through notes on what to say to James. o UPDATE: James delivered a thank you message to WordCamp. o WordCamp was a successful event. Thank you to the organisers. o ACTION: Josh H to get a wrap up/closing report * Potential Sponsorship of GovHack. o More information is required on the types of sponsorship that LA can look at. o Clarify with GovHack. LA may not be able to sponsor a prize as you would also need to o UPDATE: Criteria would need to be developed. LA would be able to provide their own judge. Josh S to come with some wording and criteria motion to be held on list. o Value of the prize also to be discussed after budget has been analysed by Josh H and Tony B. * ACTION: Josh H to follow-up on Invoices from WordCamp Sydney *Items for discussion* * LCA2016 update o CFP has opened and going very well. * LCA2017 update o Nothing to report * PyCon AU update o Registrations opened. Early birds are looking to sell out very quickly. o Sponsorship is looking good o ACTION: Sae Ra to approve payment * Drupal South o ACTION: Follow-up on DrupalSouth 2016 enquiry. will need to setup a sub-committee o UPDATE: To work out the sub-committee details with organisers. * WordCamp Brisbane o Seeking a closure report * OSDConf o ACTION: Josh H to follow-up on budget status *Items for noting* Nil items for noting *Other business* * Backlog of minutes o ACTION: Josh H to help Sae Ra with updating the website and mailing list. o UPDATE: Ongoing. o UPDATE: Completed. o MOTION by Josh H Minutes to be published to planet.linux.org.au + Seconded: Craige + Passed unanimously * Bank account balances need rebalancing o ACTION: Tony to organise transfers to occur including NZ account. o Appropriate treasurers to be notified. o UPDATE: to be discussed on friday * Membership of auDA o Relationship already exists. o LA has the potential to influence the decisions that are made. o ACTION: Council to investigate and look into this further. To be discussed at next fortnight. * ZooKeepr o David would like to keep working on ZooKeepr. o We will need to find a solution that does not block volunteers from helping work on ZooKeepr. o ACTION: James to look at ZooKeepr o ACTION: Josh S to catch up with David Bell regarding the documentation. * Grant Request from Kathy Reid for Renai LeMay?s Frustrated State o MOTION by Josh H given the timing the council has missed the opportunity to be involved in the Kickstarter campaign. The council believes this project is still of interest to its members and will reach out to Renai on what might be helpful in an in kind, financial or other way. Therefore the grant request is no longer current and to be closed. + Seconded Sae Ra Germaine + Passed unanimously o ACTION: Josh S to contact Renai *In camera** * 2 Items were discussed in camera 2041PM close. -- 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... URL: From la at mjec.net Wed Jul 15 10:05:12 2015 From: la at mjec.net (Michael Cordover) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:05:12 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Let's Encrypt (was Minutes of Council Meeting 17 June 2015) In-Reply-To: <55A5020F.9050100@linux.org.au> References: <55A5020F.9050100@linux.org.au> Message-ID: <1436918712.3780611.323895185.2C3BD05D@webmail.messagingengine.com> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015, at 22:35, Linux Australia Secretary wrote: > * Admin Team draft budget from STEVEN WALSH > * UPDATE: To be discussed when Tony is available and Council Budget has been revised. > * Also includes the requirement of a wildcard cert for *.linux.org.au > * MOTION by Josh H accepts the expenditure of $150 per year on a wildcard SSL certificate on linux.org.au > * Seconded: James Iseppi > * Passed unanimously. Any thoughts on migrating to Let's Encrypt[0] when it comes online late this year? Obviously we'll want to see how it goes in the wild before leaping to it, but might this be the last year we spend money on SSL certificates? I'm also curious if anyone on list has any in-principle objection to Let's Encrypt, or if it really is the SSL panacea I'm hoping it is. - mjec [0]: https://letsencrypt.org/ From josh at nitrotech.org Thu Jul 16 22:22:36 2015 From: josh at nitrotech.org (Joshua Hesketh) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 22:22:36 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Science Cafe In-Reply-To: <201506292147.07017.russell@coker.com.au> References: <201506292147.07017.russell@coker.com.au> Message-ID: <55A7A20C.3090000@nitrotech.org> Hello Russell, The council is happy to help provide a mailing list * * Mailing list request from RUSSELL COKER regarding Science Cafe o To be discussed next Council Meeting. o MOTIONby Josh Hesketh Linux Australia approves Russell Coker?s Science Cafe Mailing List o Seconded: Sae Ra Germaine o Passed unanimously * I'll ask the admin-team to kick this off and make you the list owner. Cheers, Josh On 29/06/15 21:47, Russell Coker wrote: > I would like to start a Melbourne version of the "Science Cafe" project. That > involves arranging meetings of scientists and people who are interested in > science to chat informally at cafes etc. > > I need a mailing list. I think that as it's a non-free project based around > science it's a good fit for the aims of Linux Australia and running another > mailing list is a very easy form of sponsorship. So I'd like to use a mailing > list on the LA server. A possible mailing list name would be science-cafe- > melb. > > Also if things go well in this regard I'll eventually setup a Meetup group. > If that happens would LA be willing to sponsor the Meetup fees and have official > ownership of the Meetup account? I don't want this to be something that I > personally do, I want it to be easily passed on to other people who have more > time and energy when appropriate. > > ====== > > Here's the background: > > The Science Cafe idea has been implemented in different ways in various places. > The people who started it favored a very decentralised model so there isn't > even a clear definition of it apart from being generally involving people > talking about science, usually scientists talking to random people who want to > learn in a cafe or other similar public place. I'm initially planning to talk > to my contacts in medical research but it would be good if other people can > find scientists willing to get involved. > > If anyone from Melbourne wants to get involved then let me know by private > mail and I'll put you in contact with the other people. If anyone wants to do > something in another region then I guess this list could be used to start the > discussion. > > http://www.inspiring-australia.com.au/category/cafe-scientifique/ > > The above URL has information on what they are doing in QLD. Small amounts of > money are available to help people who want to run similar events. > > http://www.scitech.org.au/events/all/1740-science-cafe > > The above URL has information about an event in Perth for year 9-11 kids. > > I didn't put much effort into finding out what's going on in other states, the > fact that nothing is happening in Melbourne is all that's really of interest > to me. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Cheers, Josh On 15/07/15 10:05, Michael Cordover wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015, at 22:35, Linux Australia Secretary wrote: >> * Admin Team draft budget from STEVEN WALSH >> * UPDATE: To be discussed when Tony is available and Council > Budget has been revised. >> * Also includes the requirement of a wildcard cert for > *.linux.org.au >> * MOTION by Josh H accepts the expenditure of $150 per year on > a wildcard SSL certificate on linux.org.au >> * Seconded: James Iseppi >> * Passed unanimously. > Any thoughts on migrating to Let's Encrypt[0] when it comes online late > this year? 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This year the conference is a three day event with Friday featuring a keynote speaker, tutorials and a poster session and Saturday and Sunday featuring two more keynote speakers and talks. Also included are morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea during the whole conference. Here's a breakdown of all the ticket prices and what they get you: Regular ticket $150 will get you a ticket to the full 3 day conference and a Kiwi PyCon 2015 t-shirt. Tickets to individual days can be purchased for $50 each. Buy a regular ticket now at https://register.nzpug.org/page-1765945#idUpcomingEvent_1712963 Unwaged / Student ticket For students and those of you not in employment, these tickets give you the full Kiwi PyCon experience at a more affordable price. $90 will get you a ticket to the full 3 day conference and a Kiwi PyCon 2015 t-shirt. As with the standard ticket, you can purchase tickets to individual days of the conference for $30 each. 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URL: From info at lcabythebay.org.au Sat Jul 25 12:29:06 2015 From: info at lcabythebay.org.au (Kathy Reid - Team linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay) Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:29:06 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay - Stakeholder Update July 2015 Message-ID: <55B2F472.8030905@lcabythebay.org.au> Dear Colleagues, You're receiving this email as you're a key stakeholder and/or interested party for linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay. We'll be keeping you informed in the lead up to the conference with key updates. Call for Papers The conference #CfP opened in June, and we've had a fantastic response! #CfP will be open until 2nd August, so please do consider passing the link below to any colleagues who may be interested in presented on open source or linux-related topics. This year, we introduced a new presentation type - Prototypes - aimed at showcasing near-to-market hardware and software ideas, and bringing the intellectual capital of our community to bear on them. http://linux.conf.au/cfp Our seasoned and respected Papers Committee, led by Michael Still and Michael Davies of Rackspace, will review and select the Conference Programme in late August, and Speakers will be notified in September. Elastic signed as our first Sponsor! We're thrilled to announce that Elastic are our first Sponsor! Elastic search was founded in 2012, with a rich history in open source development thanks to founder Shay Banon. It's software is used for providing fast and efficient scalable search in all kinds of documents. The company has raised over $100 Million in funding so far. http://elastic.co For more information about Sponsorship opportunities with #lca2016 please email sponsorship at lcabythebay.org.au Video recording and streaming We've engaged the wonderful folks at Next Day Video to manage our video recording. We're considering whether we'll stream the conference, given the large overhead involved. Our next actions here are to identify the AV equipment in our conference venues and identify the best approach to video recording. http://nextdayvideo.com Conference registration We use a system called ZooKeepr (http://zookeepr.org/) to manage registrations and ticket sales for linux.conf.au, and we've been putting the finishing touches to the system to prepare for opening ticket sales in September. You can register on the site now. http://linux.conf.au/ Accommodation We're working with Deakin Residences for accommodation and will keep you updated on developments here. Transport We're working with transport providers in the Geelong region to ensure all Delegates can get quickly and easily to and from the airport. Stay tuned for more. How do I stay in touch? Potential Delegates and Speakers are encouraged to remain up to date with conference news through the following channels; Website: https://linux.conf.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. With kind regards, David Bell and Kathy Reid linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ac at main.me Tue Jul 28 21:53:08 2015 From: ac at main.me (ac) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 13:53:08 +0200 Subject: [Linux-aus] mailing lists Message-ID: <20150728123342.3A8EC136A@mailhost.linux.org.au> hello, I am new to your community and I have two questions (for now :) ) There are so many lists hosted, but from the archives they seem to be not so well supported/used, anyway, I did not find a general oss or chat list, does linux.org.au host one? and then, as a newbie to .au which is the most active linux list? the best tech list, etc ? andre From web at polynate.net Wed Jul 29 10:41:55 2015 From: web at polynate.net (Nathan Bailey) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:41:55 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] mailing lists In-Reply-To: <20150728123342.3A8EC136A@mailhost.linux.org.au> References: <20150728123342.3A8EC136A@mailhost.linux.org.au> Message-ID: Hi Andre, Welcome to Linux Australia :-) LA tends to be more of a coordinating body for Linux and open source activity in Australia rather than a Linux users group. Generally that function is taken on at a state and regional level through Linux Users Groups (LUGs). If you let us know what state you're in, we can point you to one! If you're interested in helping with the conference (LCA), or starting or supporting a project that grows Linux, open source or even open information/access approaches in Australia, then please feel free to float your idea or questions here. cheers, Nathan On 28 July 2015 at 21:53, ac wrote: > hello, > > I am new to your community and I have two questions > (for now :) ) > > There are so many lists hosted, but from the archives they > seem to be not so well supported/used, anyway, I did not > find a general oss or chat list, does linux.org.au host one? > and then, as a newbie to .au which is the most active linux list? > the best tech list, etc ? > > andre > _______________________________________________ > 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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If you let us know what state you're in, we can point > you to one! > > If you're interested in helping with the conference (LCA), or starting > or supporting a project that grows Linux, open source or even open > information/access approaches in Australia, then please feel free to > float your idea or questions here. > > cheers, > Nathan > > On 28 July 2015 at 21:53, ac > wrote: > > hello, > > I am new to your community and I have two questions > (for now :) ) > > There are so many lists hosted, but from the archives they > seem to be not so well supported/used, anyway, I did not > find a general oss or chat list, does linux.org.au > host one? > and then, as a newbie to .au which is the most active linux list? > the best tech list, etc ? > > andre > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -- David Lloyd "/Validly Odd /" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Feel free to post your oss or other questions here :-) Cheers, Josh On 28/07/15 21:53, ac wrote: > hello, > > I am new to your community and I have two questions > (for now :) ) > > There are so many lists hosted, but from the archives they > seem to be not so well supported/used, anyway, I did not > find a general oss or chat list, does linux.org.au host one? > and then, as a newbie to .au which is the most active linux list? > the best tech list, etc ? > > andre > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From ac at main.me Wed Jul 29 14:51:33 2015 From: ac at main.me (ac) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 06:51:33 +0200 Subject: [Linux-aus] mailing lists In-Reply-To: <55B84023.4000606@adam.com.au> References: <20150728123342.3A8EC136A@mailhost.linux.org.au> <55B84023.4000606@adam.com.au> Message-ID: <20150729045212.6D86327F5@mailhost.linux.org.au> Thank you all, I feel very welcome and I hope/wish that I will contribute to the group :) I am not yet in a state but I have decided that I am no longer an African and am leaving my country of birth to either AU or US, and as an excited geek am checking out my future community top posting/bottom posting/lost in translation/etc If I do something weird, please tell me, I have not yet been banned from any major lists, survived the linux kernel and many other lists but in the spirit of openness, I have been banned from one linux user group list before as I cannot accept weird politics, clickyness and back room dictator like behavior for a lug... of course, i do have floss projects and yes, of course i have no issues with dictatorships (or bofh) if it is your project the reason for my long diatribe is that there are many rats leaving a sinking ship, so you never know if there is a fellow rat lurking in some shadow and it is always good to shine light in dark corners, even if it is only to see some funky fluff :) I will probably land in Sydney, so I did check out the slug website... the lists show nginx and some of the other links go to a barbie (is that the right aussie word?) website? does anyone know if the slug lists work or who the slug dude is? thanks so much! andre On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:23:23 +0930 David Lloyd wrote: > Hi Andre, > Aye - welcome to Linux Australia too! > You're welcome to checkout LinuxSA (South Australia) at > http://www.linuxsa.org.au/ - which reminds me I need to go chase a > speaker up... > > DSL > > On 29/07/2015 10:11 AM, Nathan Bailey wrote: > > Hi Andre, > > Welcome to Linux Australia :-) > > > > LA tends to be more of a coordinating body for Linux and open > > source activity in Australia rather than a Linux users group. > > Generally that function is taken on at a state and regional level > > through Linux Users Groups (LUGs). If you let us know what state > > you're in, we can point you to one! > > > > If you're interested in helping with the conference (LCA), or > > starting or supporting a project that grows Linux, open source or > > even open information/access approaches in Australia, then please > > feel free to float your idea or questions here. > > > > cheers, > > Nathan > > > > On 28 July 2015 at 21:53, ac > wrote: > > > > hello, > > > > I am new to your community and I have two questions > > (for now :) ) > > > > There are so many lists hosted, but from the archives they > > seem to be not so well supported/used, anyway, I did not > > find a general oss or chat list, does linux.org.au > > host one? > > and then, as a newbie to .au which is the most active linux > > list? the best tech list, etc ? > > > > andre > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-aus mailing list > > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > > > > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-aus mailing list > > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > From lloy0076 at adam.com.au Wed Jul 29 16:56:30 2015 From: lloy0076 at adam.com.au (David Lloyd) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:26:30 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] mailing lists In-Reply-To: <20150729045212.6D86327F5@mailhost.linux.org.au> References: <20150728123342.3A8EC136A@mailhost.linux.org.au> <55B84023.4000606@adam.com.au> <20150729045212.6D86327F5@mailhost.linux.org.au> Message-ID: <55B8791E.6040204@adam.com.au> Hi Andrew, On 29/07/2015 2:21 PM, ac wrote: > many other lists but in the spirit of openness, I have been > banned from one linux user group list before as I cannot accept > weird politics, clickyness and back room dictator like behavior > for a lug... of course, i do have floss projects and yes, of course > i have no issues with dictatorships (or bofh) if it is your project > Oh, we're a fairly egalitarian bunch - I was thrown off all the LinuxSA mailing lists and banned at least once, generally caused a huge stir amongst everyone and some still blame me for the splitting of the then only mailing list. Six years later and I'm making sure that things happen down here in South Australia - the different LUGs prefer different leadership styles and LinuxSA tends to prefer a single, non-committee type of leadership [1]. If you /really/ want to get a taste of all the LUGs together then you could consider going to a Linux Conf (linux.conf.au); I haven't been due to work reasons for a while but a lot of the people I know from the Adelaide open source community have been to the ones since I last left and say that they're really only getting better. DSL -- David Lloyd "/Validly Odd /" [1] Some call it a "benevolent dictator" - others might think I'm about to overtake the whole place and declare myself Emperor :) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ac at main.me Wed Jul 29 19:11:24 2015 From: ac at main.me (ac) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:11:24 +0200 Subject: [Linux-aus] mailing lists In-Reply-To: <55B8791E.6040204@adam.com.au> References: <20150728123342.3A8EC136A@mailhost.linux.org.au> <55B84023.4000606@adam.com.au> <20150729045212.6D86327F5@mailhost.linux.org.au> <55B8791E.6040204@adam.com.au> Message-ID: <20150729091202.B5D462CD6@mailhost.linux.org.au> On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:26:30 +0930 David Lloyd wrote: > Hi Andrew, > On 29/07/2015 2:21 PM, ac wrote: > > many other lists but in the spirit of openness, I have been > > banned from one linux user group list before as I cannot accept > > weird politics, clickyness and back room dictator like behavior > > for a lug... of course, i do have floss projects and yes, of course > > i have no issues with dictatorships (or bofh) if it is your project > Oh, we're a fairly egalitarian bunch - I was thrown off all the > LinuxSA mailing lists and banned at least once, generally caused a > huge stir amongst everyone and some still blame me for the splitting > of the then only mailing list. Six years later and I'm making sure > that things happen down here in South Australia - the different LUGs > prefer different leadership styles and LinuxSA tends to prefer a > single, non-committee type of leadership [1]. good to know, thank you so much! this list though, is run by committee as far as i can tell? and there is no general noise, chat, oss general tech type list? so i can chat and comment about intel 3d xpoint, etc here? if there are many people from all over AU on this list will the level of noise not be hectic? - the list archives for this list it seemed so quiet... > If you /really/ want to get a taste of all the LUGs together then you > could consider going to a Linux Conf (linux.conf.au); I haven't been > due to work reasons for a while but a lot of the people I know from > the Adelaide open source community have been to the ones since I last > left and say that they're really only getting better. > AU Linux Conf's sounds great, added to bucket list :) Which is the most active Lug's? Ones with SFD (software freedom day) and all sorts of things going on all the time? (side note: I saw on adam.com.au about page about BBS :) my fondest memories about bbs ) andre From email at lukejohn.me Thu Jul 30 00:43:20 2015 From: email at lukejohn.me (Luke John) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:43:20 +0800 Subject: [Linux-aus] mailing lists In-Reply-To: <20150729091202.B5D462CD6@mailhost.linux.org.au> References: <20150728123342.3A8EC136A@mailhost.linux.org.au> <55B84023.4000606@adam.com.au> <20150729045212.6D86327F5@mailhost.linux.org.au> <55B8791E.6040204@adam.com.au> <20150729091202.B5D462CD6@mailhost.linux.org.au> Message-ID: When any particular topic starts to overwhelm this list that's the stage it gets upgraded to it's own list. On the topic of open source communication mechanisms in Australia, has anyone setup an open slack for aus open source yet? cheers, luke On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 5:11 PM, ac wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:26:30 +0930 > David Lloyd wrote: >> Hi Andrew, >> On 29/07/2015 2:21 PM, ac wrote: >> > many other lists but in the spirit of openness, I have been >> > banned from one linux user group list before as I cannot accept >> > weird politics, clickyness and back room dictator like behavior >> > for a lug... of course, i do have floss projects and yes, of course >> > i have no issues with dictatorships (or bofh) if it is your project >> Oh, we're a fairly egalitarian bunch - I was thrown off all the >> LinuxSA mailing lists and banned at least once, generally caused a >> huge stir amongst everyone and some still blame me for the splitting >> of the then only mailing list. Six years later and I'm making sure >> that things happen down here in South Australia - the different LUGs >> prefer different leadership styles and LinuxSA tends to prefer a >> single, non-committee type of leadership [1]. > > good to know, thank you so much! this list though, is run by committee > as far as i can tell? > > and there is no general noise, chat, oss general tech type list? > so i can chat and comment about intel 3d xpoint, etc here? > if there are many people from all over AU on this list will the > level of noise not be hectic? - the list archives for this list it > seemed so quiet... > > > If you /really/ want to get a taste of all the LUGs together then you >> could consider going to a Linux Conf (linux.conf.au); I haven't been >> due to work reasons for a while but a lot of the people I know from >> the Adelaide open source community have been to the ones since I last >> left and say that they're really only getting better. >> > AU Linux Conf's sounds great, added to bucket list :) > > Which is the most active Lug's? Ones with SFD (software freedom day) > and all sorts of things going on all the time? (side note: I saw on > adam.com.au about page about BBS :) my fondest memories about bbs ) > > andre > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus From michael at the-davies.net Thu Jul 30 10:39:44 2015 From: michael at the-davies.net (Michael Davies) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:09:44 +0930 Subject: [Linux-aus] LCA2016: CFP closes this Sunday, and we want to see your ideas! Message-ID: Hey everyone, Just a quick reminder that the LCA2016 CFP is closing this week, and I don't want any of you to miss out on the wonderful opportunity of speaking at our conference, linux.conf.au. If you're doing cool things in open source, free software, open hardware, community, software development, sysadmin, networks, web, applications, libraries, frameworks, filesystems, kernels, desktop, embedded, big iron, databases, games, documentation, community, leadership, licensing, security - or anything else that's in the sphere of our community, why not put in a proposal to speak at linux.conf.au? Whether that be a miniconf, tutorial, presentation or our new 'prototype' slot - there's a way you can contribute and make our conference awesome! Anyone who has spoken at the conference before will tell you that it is a wonderful opportunity to get your ideas out there, to recruit others to your project, to receive recognition for what you're doing, and to have an awful amount of fun! No-one ever regrets speaking, but you might be left wondering what it would be like to speak at linux.conf.au unless you put that proposal in :) This CFP closes this Sunday night, 2nd August (23:59 AEST). You can register and send us your proposal at http://linux.conf.au/cfp The LCA2016 Papers Committee look forward to reviewing your proposal, so why not do that today? We can't wait to see your ideas! Michael... -- Michael Davies michael at the-davies.net Rackspace Cloud Builders Australia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: