From president at linux.org.au Wed Oct 4 12:35:33 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 12:35:33 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Official call for bids for linux.conf.au 2020 - LCA 2020 Message-ID: Hi everyone, As the very keen among us know, plans are coming along really well for linux.conf.au 2018 in Sydney and tickets are now available at https://linux.conf.au. We're very much looking forward to seeing you all there, and seeing all the hard work that Bruce Crawley, James Polley and the Sydney team have been doing to deliver a wonderful event. In the meantime, it's time to start thinking about plans for 2020. We may already have informal expressions of interest from two cities, but I can neither confirm nor deny this. Last year, Council assessed bids for LCA2019, and the winning city will be announced at the close of LCA2018 in January next year *cough, Antarctica* ;-) The timeline for the LCA2020 bid? * Earlier this year: Council seeks Expressions of Interest in running linux.conf.au 2020 * October - formal Bids are requested to host linux.conf.au 2020 * November 10th - Submission of formal bids closes * December / January - Council clarifies any questions regarding the bids and reviews them * Quarter 1 2018 - Council conducts Site Inspections with shortlisted Bid Teams * Early 2018 - Council decides on the winning city and informs the Bid Teams * January 2019 - Winning bid is announced at linux.conf.au in $CITY_FOR_LCA2019 If you've ever sat in the back of a LUG meeting or an LCA talk, or 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 do is to send an email to council at linux.org.au to let us know you are thinking of submitting a bid. You should also CC linux-aus at 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: * https://wiki.linux.org.au/Linux.conf.au_Bid_Guidelines * https://wiki.linux.org.au/LCA_HOWTO The first outlines what is required for the bid process, while the second gives a fairly detailed overview of the sorts of things you need to think about when preparing to run an LCA, and provides example bid documents. We have more bid documents that aren't linked here which we can provide. There is also a comprehensive Event Portal with lots of useful information on how to run a successful event at: https://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 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. Please do forward this on to anyone you think may be interested. 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Follow along at #lca2018 on Twitter or join the Facebook page DrupalSouth November 16-17th, Auckland, New Zealand https://drupalsouth2017.drupal.org.nz/conference/tickets Tickets are now available. It will also be awesome. Follow along at @DrupalSouth or join the Facebook page We're sponsoring CiviCon Canberra October 23rd, Canberra We're delighted to be Bronze Sponsors of CiviCon Canberra, the first CiviCon in Australia. CiviCRM is an opensource CRM platform, and it's what we'll be moving to after the rebrand. Yes, it will be awesome. https://civicrm.org/civicon/canberra-2017 As part of our sponsorship, we get a free ticket. If you're in Canberra, or can travel to Canberra and are free on the 23rd, please email Council. If there are multiple applicants we'll make a call based on how active you've been in the Linux Aus community. LCA2020 Bids are open!!!!!!! 11111!!!!! Want LCA2020 in your city? You do? Reckon you can do a kick-arse LCA? if (1) then submit an LCA2020 Bid!111!!!11 http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2017-October/023216.html Warmly welcoming Linux Users Victoria as a subcommittee of Linux Australia Linux Users Victoria have disincorporated as an incorporated association in Victoria, and have reformed as a Subcommittee of Linux Australia. Many thanks especially to Andrew Pam and Wen Lin for all their professionalism and efforts during this transition. Check them out at @linuxusersvic on Twitter or https://www.luv.asn.au Rebrand update We've been through one draft of rebranding material, and have now narrowed down options, and our graphic designer will now further refine these. If you'd like to be involved, let me know. Grants Program 2018 Our end of financial year was September 30, which means that we're now operating on the 2017/2018 budget, which was set at Face to Face in August. It allocates $35k for Grants and Sponsorship for the year. At Council meeting on 26th September, we resolved to spend no more than $10k from this allocation before the new Council is elected in January - basically so we don't spend money that is really up to the new Council to administer. At some stage we'd like to do a review of how the 2017 Grants Program went but for now we'll operate under the same conditions / process / expectations as the 2017 Grants Program, then "re-launch" if we make changes to the process. The next Grant up for discussion is BuzzConf Grant for Kids Track http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2017-September/023196.html We will soon be chasing Grant reports from 2017 Grant recipients.? If you've ever thought "Linux Australia should do more of X", then Grants are your avenue to help make that happen. Want more Indigenous reach out for open source? Submit a Grant so we can fund you to make it happen. Want better UX in open source products? Submit a Grant so we can fund you to make it happen. Awesome things happen because awesome people make them happen. Report from Nathan Sentance, Diversity Scholarship recipient for VALATechCamp Nathan Sentance was awarded the Diversity Scholarship for VALATechCamp, sponsored by Linux Australia. Nathan has provided a conference report of his experience, with an excerpt below - wise words indeed. Happy to provide the full report if desired. "Winning the VALA/Linux Diversity Scholarship and attending VALA Tech Camp was an invaluable experience for my career. I have long had an interest in being part of something like the VALA Tech Camp as I believe information technology presents exciting opportunities for Aboriginal communities to access, revitalise and disseminate our culture and knowledge. Just have a look at the many language apps coming out. Libraries and similar memory institutions have long been considered gatekeepers in regards to records relating to Aboriginal culture and history, but in the digital space that control can be handed back to community and potential access barriers may be minimised. Because of this, VALA Tech Camp sessions such as the introduction to Python were handy to my personal and professional development as it can help increase of understanding in regards to computer science which in turn I will use to help increase access to cultural heritage information for community as well as preserve it digitally. Additionally, the more I increase my digital literacy skills the more I will attempt to share those skills with my community and in this digital age those are not just useful, they are necessary. " Are you awesome? Want to learn to be more awesome? Should you be on Linux Australia Council? Linux Australia is awesome because we have many awesome people doing many awesome things. Part of that awesome is making sure that our legal requirements are fulfilled, running programs like our Grants Program, running our finances, building relationships with sponsors and grant recipients, building our digital presence, maintaining membership records and generally getting stuff done. Being a part of Council is a great professional development activity, but does require a time commitment. Start thinking about whether this is something you might be interested in, as Council elections will open soon (TM). Sae Ra Germaine, our longstanding Secretary, has compiled Position Descriptions here - https://github.com/linuxaustralia/position-descriptions Next actions Council is going to be pretty busy over the next couple of months with running-an-incorporated-association-administrivia such as * Doing the books for the 2017-2018 financial year and getting these audited * Preparing reports for AGM in January - this year we'll be doing a combined Annual Report * Submitting paperwork to relevant $AUTHORITIES * Preparing to open Council elections for 2018 * Ensuring that our activities are in a good place for handover to Council 2018 Parting thoughts On another note, many in our community will really enjoy the latest episode of #QandA, which featured a mature discussion on drones, artificial intelligence and their societal implications: http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/qanda/NC1703H033S00 On a more personal note, many in Australia will have already voted in the postal survey on marriage equality, and many more are yet to do so. My personal views on this are well known, but with my President hat on, let me make one and only comment on the issue. History, time and time again, has shown that the most successful societies and organisations are also those that are the most inclusive. Together we do better - and Linux Australia has endeavoured - sometimes well, and sometimes not so well - to be more inclusive over the years. My thoughts are especially with those in our community who are experiencing increased levels of anxiety, and psychological distress at this time. This debate is difficult for many. As always, your feedback, comments and concerns are warmly welcomed. May your dashboards be green and your packets be fast. Kind regards, Kathy -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president 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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Cheers, -- @martinkrafft | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ "twenty-four hour room-service must be one of the premiere achievements of modern civilization." -- special agent dale cooper spamtraps: madduck.bogus at madduck.net -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: digital_signature_gpg.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 1118 bytes Desc: Digital GPG signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current) URL: From president at linux.org.au Fri Oct 6 10:09:13 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 10:09:13 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] [Grant Application] IWS-Hackathon 2017 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, Confirming that this Grant Request is open for community feedback until 20th October. In the interests of transparency, I've had a phone call with Mike about this, and have advised to use the 2017 Grants Program process for this request. There is $35k allocated to the 2017/2018 Grants Program. The highest amount applied for here of $2170 represents 6.2% or around 1/16th of our total grants budget for the year. Kind regards, Kathy Reid On 06/10/17 03:20, Mike Imelfort wrote: > > Thank you for considering this application for support for our > Education-based hackathon. We?re a very new group with lots of energy > and a mission to make teaching STEM easier for teachers. We welcome > any questions. > > > *Project name * > > > The IWS Hackathon - http://iws-hackathon.org > > > * About the IWS * > > > IWS stands for ?Intelligent Watering System?. Think of it as a > Raspberry Pi attached to a tap, but intelligently! Basic versions can > measure how much water is in the soil and how much water is being > released, while more advanced versions can measure rainfall, > temperature and humidity. We've created a 100% open source controller > from readily available components so the IWS is not only powerful, > it's also inexpensive and repairable. It's simple enough to be > assembled on a breadboard by primary school students but we?ve also > designed a freely (as in speech) available PCB, ready for soldering. > > > The IWS was developed at Kimberley Park State School to teach primary > school students STEM concepts. Students can write new code for the IWS > using Scratch or python to modify it's functionality or add entirely > new sensors and create something awesome. Two of our organisers have > spent the past 12 months working with students in class and they?re > having great results. Now we?d like to help other schools make use of > and improve on our work. > > > The version we'll be focusing on at the hackathon has been designed to > water potted plants or small gardens, but it's equally comfortable > watering much larger spaces. At Kimberley Park State School, the home > of the IWS, it's currently being used to water a very large vegetable > garden. > > > * Aim of the project, including any key stages or milestones of the > project * > > > We need lesson plans that integrate well with existing curriculum > requirements and can easily be adapted for different classroom > environments and IWS setups. So we?ve invited primary and secondary > school teachers along to help us get started and hopefully join us on > the journey. > > > Our goal is to start producing an open, freely available toolkit for > the IWS that includes teacher instruction, connections to the > Australian Curriculum, assessment and extension opportunities. We want > to empower participants to create a shared portfolio of ideas around a > wide variety of topics including where the IWS fits into the > curriculum, what lesson plans will look like, how assessment will > work, how to physically install an IWS in a classroom or school and > how to extend students using the IWS. > > > Small teams of three or four teachers will work to create one or more > lesson plans that use the IWS, include links to the Australian > Curriculum and fit with a theme of work that students would typically > work with throughout the year (e.g. the water cycle). All lesson plans > will be uploaded to instructables (so anyone can use them) and any > other supporting material will be hosted on Github or on > http://iws-hackathon.org. > > > Our immediate goals are hold the first IWS hackathon where we aim to: > > > ? -? Bring like-minded people together to talk STEM, the IWS and share > ideas. > > ? -? Create 6-8 lessons in a usable format that are freely available > online, are appropriate for integrating with common teaching themes > and can be modified and shared. > > ? -? Start building an online community that creates, collates and > shares IWS-related curriculum information, lesson plans, software, > designs and schematics. > > ? -? Include teachers from public and private schools and ensure that > schools with socioeconomic / behavioural etc. challenges are well > represented. > > > After the event we?ll continue to work with teachers to develop more > lesson plans or help them build and install the IWS in their school. > If the hack proves successful we may hold it again with different > participants as a way of growing the online community. > > > * How we will know when we are successful * > > > We will measure our success against the stated goals of the project. > Specifically: > > > ? -? We will work with between 25 and 30 teachers to develop teaching > materials including at least 6-8 lesson plans that are available online. > > > ? -? We will structure the event so that all participants have > multiple opportunities to use digital tools to create, modify and > share teaching materials. Every participant will create and upload at > least one online artifact during the event. > > > ? -? We are holding the event in Logan, so we will endeavour to > include schools whose students are representative of the communities > that live in Logan. > > > ? -? We will finalise organising all the code and schematics for the > IWS that have been developed in class and make them freely available > under an appropriate open source license before the event. > > > We will record data about our progress on these goals and include a > summary in our reports. > > > * Estimated cost breakdown of the project, including any materials, > projects or online services that are required to deliver the project. > The cost breakdown should include estimates of labour costs and/or > professional services. * > > > The Hackathon begins on Friday evening (November 3rd) and wraps up on > Saturday night. We are in the final stages of finalising the Venue > with the support of Logan City Council. There is no cost for the > venue. We?re going to limit the size of this first hack to roughly 30 > people. We want to make this a free event so we?re trying to keep it lean. > > > What we have: > > > ? -? An assembled IWS that can be used to test with during the event > > ? -? A dedicated organising team > > ? -? Teachers who are willing to come to the hackathon > > ? -? A place to hold the event > > ? -? A website to host info about the hack and materials generated > throughout and after the event > > > What we still need: > > > ? -? We need to feed our hackers: We need to supply some light food > and drinks on the Friday evening, brekkie and snacks on the Saturday > and some more food and drinks on Saturday night. The total cost will > depend on the number of participants but we?d like to keep the cost > per person to under $30. > > > ? -? One or more IWS controllers to give away to attending schools: We > can buy the parts to build one IWS controller + one ball valve + one > moisture sensor + one light sensor + one 12VDC power supply and some > other cables for between $100 and $150 depending on the supplier and > the amount purchased. The largest single expense is the valve coming > in at about $50. Anyone that want?s to use the IWS would need to > supply their own Raspberry Pi and all the hose parts that attach to > the valve. We are currently approaching some suppliers to see if we > can get them to sponsor us with a discount or some freebies but we > will need to pay some amount. We believe it?s very important to get > the IWS into the hands of the teachers that come to the hack so that > they can get it set up ASAP and use it to test, extend and develop new > lessons. Depending on how many we can get together we may give them > out as prizes or one to each school whose teachers attend up to about > 8-10 units in total. > > > ? -? Stationary including post it notes / butchers paper / pens. This > should cost no more than $70. > > > How LA can help: > > > We?d like to ask you to consider three possible grant amounts ranging > from the minimum amount that would be needed to run the proposed > event, up to an amount that would allow us to run the event comfortably. > > > $1000 would be split as $400 to help with catering + $600 (4 IWS > controllers to give away) > > $1600 would be split as $400 to help with catering + $1200 (8 IWS > controllers to give away) > > $2170 would be split as $900 to help with catering + $1200 (8 IWS > controllers to give away) + $70 for stationary. > > > Of course, we?re happy to hear any ideas you may have about how to > structure or split amounts. We would also appreciate any structural > support LA could offer such as helping us to raise invoices to other > potential sponsors etc. Open Knowledge does this for HealthHack and it > is a lifesaver. > > > * The project team * > > > Dr Mike Imelfort > > > Mike has a PhD in Bioinformatics and works as a data scientist for a > biotech startup in the genome sequencing space. He's an open data and > Hackathon enthusiast and active member of the Brisbane tech community. > Mike is passionate about making technology available to diverse groups > of people. He?s produced a number of open source bioinformatics tools > (mainly GPL) which are available on github: > https://github.com/minillinimand https://github.com/ecogenomics. Mike > has been a local and national organiser for HealthHack > (http://healthhack.com.au) and served as the lead national organiser > for HealthHack 2016 which was held in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, > Perth and Canberra. Mike is also the President of the the Kimberley > Park P&C Association. > > > Mr Andrew Kudzius > > > Andrew is passionate about using his extensive electrical and > mechanical engineering background to educate students and help provide > real world solutions for current and future problems. Andrew is the > lead designer of the IWS and volunteers at Kimberley Park State School > teaching students coding and electronics. > > > Ms Bridgette Bird > > > Bridgette is a teacher at Kimberley Park State School providing > accelerated learning opportunities for students in coding, advanced > science, engineering and mathematics in a STEM program of excellence. > Bridgette is passionate about engaging students in STEM activities > that are connected to real-world issues, collaborative and offer > design and solution processes. > > > * Person responsible for project * > > > Dr Mike Imelfort will be responsible for this project and is more than > happy to provide a detailed report on the outcomes of the actual event > as well as provide updates on how the IWS community project is > progressing. > > > > _______________________________________________ > committee mailing list > committee at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/committee > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > committee-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president 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 michael.imelfort at gmail.com Fri Oct 6 03:20:31 2017 From: michael.imelfort at gmail.com (Mike Imelfort) Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 02:20:31 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Grant Application] IWS-Hackathon 2017 Message-ID: Thank you for considering this application for support for our Education-based hackathon. We?re a very new group with lots of energy and a mission to make teaching STEM easier for teachers. We welcome any questions. *Project name * The IWS Hackathon - http://iws-hackathon.org * About the IWS * IWS stands for ?Intelligent Watering System?. Think of it as a Raspberry Pi attached to a tap, but intelligently! Basic versions can measure how much water is in the soil and how much water is being released, while more advanced versions can measure rainfall, temperature and humidity. We've created a 100% open source controller from readily available components so the IWS is not only powerful, it's also inexpensive and repairable. It's simple enough to be assembled on a breadboard by primary school students but we?ve also designed a freely (as in speech) available PCB, ready for soldering. The IWS was developed at Kimberley Park State School to teach primary school students STEM concepts. Students can write new code for the IWS using Scratch or python to modify it's functionality or add entirely new sensors and create something awesome. Two of our organisers have spent the past 12 months working with students in class and they?re having great results. Now we?d like to help other schools make use of and improve on our work. The version we'll be focusing on at the hackathon has been designed to water potted plants or small gardens, but it's equally comfortable watering much larger spaces. At Kimberley Park State School, the home of the IWS, it's currently being used to water a very large vegetable garden. * Aim of the project, including any key stages or milestones of the project * We need lesson plans that integrate well with existing curriculum requirements and can easily be adapted for different classroom environments and IWS setups. So we?ve invited primary and secondary school teachers along to help us get started and hopefully join us on the journey. Our goal is to start producing an open, freely available toolkit for the IWS that includes teacher instruction, connections to the Australian Curriculum, assessment and extension opportunities. We want to empower participants to create a shared portfolio of ideas around a wide variety of topics including where the IWS fits into the curriculum, what lesson plans will look like, how assessment will work, how to physically install an IWS in a classroom or school and how to extend students using the IWS. Small teams of three or four teachers will work to create one or more lesson plans that use the IWS, include links to the Australian Curriculum and fit with a theme of work that students would typically work with throughout the year (e.g. the water cycle). All lesson plans will be uploaded to instructables (so anyone can use them) and any other supporting material will be hosted on Github or on http://iws-hackathon.org. Our immediate goals are hold the first IWS hackathon where we aim to: - Bring like-minded people together to talk STEM, the IWS and share ideas. - Create 6-8 lessons in a usable format that are freely available online, are appropriate for integrating with common teaching themes and can be modified and shared. - Start building an online community that creates, collates and shares IWS-related curriculum information, lesson plans, software, designs and schematics. - Include teachers from public and private schools and ensure that schools with socioeconomic / behavioural etc. challenges are well represented. After the event we?ll continue to work with teachers to develop more lesson plans or help them build and install the IWS in their school. If the hack proves successful we may hold it again with different participants as a way of growing the online community. * How we will know when we are successful * We will measure our success against the stated goals of the project. Specifically: - We will work with between 25 and 30 teachers to develop teaching materials including at least 6-8 lesson plans that are available online. - We will structure the event so that all participants have multiple opportunities to use digital tools to create, modify and share teaching materials. Every participant will create and upload at least one online artifact during the event. - We are holding the event in Logan, so we will endeavour to include schools whose students are representative of the communities that live in Logan. - We will finalise organising all the code and schematics for the IWS that have been developed in class and make them freely available under an appropriate open source license before the event. We will record data about our progress on these goals and include a summary in our reports. * Estimated cost breakdown of the project, including any materials, projects or online services that are required to deliver the project. The cost breakdown should include estimates of labour costs and/or professional services. * The Hackathon begins on Friday evening (November 3rd) and wraps up on Saturday night. We are in the final stages of finalising the Venue with the support of Logan City Council. There is no cost for the venue. We?re going to limit the size of this first hack to roughly 30 people. We want to make this a free event so we?re trying to keep it lean. What we have: - An assembled IWS that can be used to test with during the event - A dedicated organising team - Teachers who are willing to come to the hackathon - A place to hold the event - A website to host info about the hack and materials generated throughout and after the event What we still need: - We need to feed our hackers: We need to supply some light food and drinks on the Friday evening, brekkie and snacks on the Saturday and some more food and drinks on Saturday night. The total cost will depend on the number of participants but we?d like to keep the cost per person to under $30. - One or more IWS controllers to give away to attending schools: We can buy the parts to build one IWS controller + one ball valve + one moisture sensor + one light sensor + one 12VDC power supply and some other cables for between $100 and $150 depending on the supplier and the amount purchased. The largest single expense is the valve coming in at about $50. Anyone that want?s to use the IWS would need to supply their own Raspberry Pi and all the hose parts that attach to the valve. We are currently approaching some suppliers to see if we can get them to sponsor us with a discount or some freebies but we will need to pay some amount. We believe it?s very important to get the IWS into the hands of the teachers that come to the hack so that they can get it set up ASAP and use it to test, extend and develop new lessons. Depending on how many we can get together we may give them out as prizes or one to each school whose teachers attend up to about 8-10 units in total. - Stationary including post it notes / butchers paper / pens. This should cost no more than $70. How LA can help: We?d like to ask you to consider three possible grant amounts ranging from the minimum amount that would be needed to run the proposed event, up to an amount that would allow us to run the event comfortably. $1000 would be split as $400 to help with catering + $600 (4 IWS controllers to give away) $1600 would be split as $400 to help with catering + $1200 (8 IWS controllers to give away) $2170 would be split as $900 to help with catering + $1200 (8 IWS controllers to give away) + $70 for stationary. Of course, we?re happy to hear any ideas you may have about how to structure or split amounts. We would also appreciate any structural support LA could offer such as helping us to raise invoices to other potential sponsors etc. Open Knowledge does this for HealthHack and it is a lifesaver. * The project team * Dr Mike Imelfort Mike has a PhD in Bioinformatics and works as a data scientist for a biotech startup in the genome sequencing space. He's an open data and Hackathon enthusiast and active member of the Brisbane tech community. Mike is passionate about making technology available to diverse groups of people. He?s produced a number of open source bioinformatics tools (mainly GPL) which are available on github: https://github.com/minillinim and https://github.com/ecogenomics. Mike has been a local and national organiser for HealthHack (http://healthhack.com.au) and served as the lead national organiser for HealthHack 2016 which was held in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra. Mike is also the President of the the Kimberley Park P&C Association. Mr Andrew Kudzius Andrew is passionate about using his extensive electrical and mechanical engineering background to educate students and help provide real world solutions for current and future problems. Andrew is the lead designer of the IWS and volunteers at Kimberley Park State School teaching students coding and electronics. Ms Bridgette Bird Bridgette is a teacher at Kimberley Park State School providing accelerated learning opportunities for students in coding, advanced science, engineering and mathematics in a STEM program of excellence. Bridgette is passionate about engaging students in STEM activities that are connected to real-world issues, collaborative and offer design and solution processes. * Person responsible for project * Dr Mike Imelfort will be responsible for this project and is more than happy to provide a detailed report on the outcomes of the actual event as well as provide updates on how the IWS community project is progressing. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at linux.org.au Mon Oct 16 16:08:17 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:08:17 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] [LACTTE] Grant Application for Meetup Group Hardware In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <09154212-129f-96e4-a567-81dea9f95fce@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Apologies for the delay on responding to this Grant Request - we approved it several weeks ago but I missed an action item in communicating this. Request for $350 from Wil Brown for WordCamp Sydney hardware http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/private/committee/2017-August/059111.html (bringing to Council this week because the original grant request has been bouncing around for a while b/w Tim Ansell and Wil Brown) MOTIONby Kathy Reid that the Grant Request by Wil Brown for recording hardware for WordCamp meetups be approved. Seconded by David. Carried unanimously. ??? ACTION: Kathy to follow-up This grant request is approved. Council noted in particular the strong willingness of the community to collaborate on identifying and working toward an optimal solution, and one which can be replicated for other groups. In terms of providing the funds, Wil please let me know what works best - if you are comfortable, we can reimburse based on receipts, or buy the equipment for you and have forwarded to an address. Kind regards, Kathy On 25/08/17 17:08, Wil Brown wrote: > Date: August 25th, 2017 > > Project Name: WordPress Sydney Audio Kit > > Aim of Project: To help record meetup presenter talks on to video > > Person Responsible for Request: Wil Brown > > Request: > Based on an ongoing talk with Tim Ansell?I would like to apply for a > $351.00?grant to purchase a tripod, smart phone mount and wireless > microphone system for our WordPress Sydney meetup events. > > The aim would be to publish presenter talks via YouTube to further > engage with the WordPress and open source community as well as > starting to understand the process of video and audio mixing at a > budget level, hopefully to upscale it at a later date.? The kit will > allow us to broadcast audio from a wireless lapel mic to a smartphone > recording the video. > > The kit being purchased would be: > 1 x ATF Clover Tripod $39 > https://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/atf-clover-tripod# > > > 1 x?Mobile Phone Tripod Mount $13 > https://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/mobile-phone-tripod-mount# > > > 1 x Azden PRO-XD Digital Wireless Microphone System $299 > https://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/azden-pro-xd-digital-wireless-microphone-system# > > > Kind regards, > Wil. > > -- > Wil Brown > > *Web Developer, WordPress Consultant & Speaker > **Zero Point Development**?-?We*???*WordPress** > * > * > * > *Skype: DeveloperWil ?m. 0423 526 829 ?p. +61 (0)2 809 13634* > * > * > *zeropointdevelopment.com ?| > @DeveloperWil * > > *Join us at?WordPress Sydney * > > > _______________________________________________ > committee mailing list > committee at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/committee > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > committee-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president 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 linux-aus at ewen.mcneill.gen.nz Mon Oct 16 17:14:34 2017 From: linux-aus at ewen.mcneill.gen.nz (Ewen McNeill) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:14:34 +1300 Subject: [Linux-aus] LCA2018 venue: which UoT Sydney campus? Message-ID: Can anyone tell me for sure _which_ University of Technology, Sydney, campus LCA2018 is being held at? And/or a nearby cross street to help with accommodation planning? http://lca2018.linux.org.au/ just says "University of Technology, Sydney", but there appear to be several campuses: http://maps.uts.edu.au/map.cfm (some, but not all, of which seem to be within walking distance of each other). My guess is the Broadway Campus, with Broadway / Harris Street or Thomas / Harris Street being reasonable corners to measure distances from, but it's just a guess. Given that there's no LCA2018 accommodation information available ("coming soon" -- http://lca2018.linux.org.au/attend/accommodation/), and no estimate on when that might arrive (eg, LCA2018 ticket #473), and I need to be in Sydney some/all of the week before, I'm considering just trying to book, eg, a studio apartment for the 2 weeks. Rather than trying to book week before / week of LCA2018 separately. If I do that, I'd like to at least end up within easy walking distance of LCA2018, which is a bit tough to figure out while still trying to guess at the LCA2018 venue. Any hints welcomed, Thanks, Ewen PS: Asking here because there's no detailed location information on the LCA2018 website, no indicate of when it might appear, and I've had no answer from LCA2018 team in 10+ days. From andrew at donnellan.id.au Mon Oct 16 17:26:28 2017 From: andrew at donnellan.id.au (Andrew Donnellan) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:26:28 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] LCA2018 venue: which UoT Sydney campus? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 16 October 2017 at 17:14, Ewen McNeill via linux-aus < linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote: > Can anyone tell me for sure _which_ University of Technology, Sydney, > campus LCA2018 is being held at? And/or a nearby cross street to help with > accommodation planning? > > http://lca2018.linux.org.au/ just says "University of Technology, > Sydney", but there appear to be several campuses: > > http://maps.uts.edu.au/map.cfm > > (some, but not all, of which seem to be within walking distance of each > other). My guess is the Broadway Campus, with Broadway / Harris Street > or Thomas / Harris Street being reasonable corners to measure distances > from, but it's just a guess. > > Given that there's no LCA2018 accommodation information available ("coming > soon" -- http://lca2018.linux.org.au/attend/accommodation/), and no > estimate on when that might arrive (eg, LCA2018 ticket #473), and I need to > be in Sydney some/all of the week before, I'm considering just trying to > book, eg, a studio apartment for the 2 weeks. Rather than trying to book > week before / week of LCA2018 separately. > > If I do that, I'd like to at least end up within easy walking distance of > LCA2018, which is a bit tough to figure out while still trying to guess at > the LCA2018 venue. > Haymarket, Broadway and Blackfriars are all "precincts" within walking distance of each other - if you look at the maps, they're all within a few blocks of each other in Ultimo/Haymarket. 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The main plenary sessions and rego desks will be located in the main UTS tower building (CB01), with other sessions running in the adjoining buildings. We have updated the venue page overnight to add some clarity: https://linux.conf.au/about/venue/ Overnight we have also finally updated the accommodation page with some details of what we have been able to procure from nearby hotels. More information can be found here: https://linux.conf.au/attend/accommodation/ Regards Bruce Crawley linux.conf.au 2018 Conference Director On 16 October 2017 at 17:14, Ewen McNeill via linux-aus < linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote: > Can anyone tell me for sure _which_ University of Technology, Sydney, > campus LCA2018 is being held at? And/or a nearby cross street to help with > accommodation planning? > > http://lca2018.linux.org.au/ just says "University of Technology, > Sydney", but there appear to be several campuses: > > http://maps.uts.edu.au/map.cfm > > (some, but not all, of which seem to be within walking distance of each > other). My guess is the Broadway Campus, with Broadway / Harris Street > or Thomas / Harris Street being reasonable corners to measure distances > from, but it's just a guess. > > Given that there's no LCA2018 accommodation information available ("coming > soon" -- http://lca2018.linux.org.au/attend/accommodation/), and no > estimate on when that might arrive (eg, LCA2018 ticket #473), and I need to > be in Sydney some/all of the week before, I'm considering just trying to > book, eg, a studio apartment for the 2 weeks. Rather than trying to book > week before / week of LCA2018 separately. > > If I do that, I'd like to at least end up within easy walking distance of > LCA2018, which is a bit tough to figure out while still trying to guess at > the LCA2018 venue. > > Any hints welcomed, > > Thanks, > > Ewen > > PS: Asking here because there's no detailed location information on the > LCA2018 website, no indicate of when it might appear, and I've had no > answer from LCA2018 team in 10+ days. > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > linux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at linux.org.au Tue Oct 17 12:01:46 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:01:46 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Advance notification of Linux Australia Council elections Message-ID: <6f8289dd-ab89-4378-8e14-f953b2b10be3@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, This email is advance notification of the planned dates for Linux Australia Council elections, to allow plenty of time for any of our members who are considering nominating to investigate what's involved, have a chat with current or previous Council members and contemplate nominating for election. In order to nominate, you MUST be a member of Linux Australia. https://linux.org.au/membership/ *cue the flood of password reset emails* We are aiming to open nominations Monday 27th November, closing nominations on Sunday 24th December (Christmas Eve), opening voting on Monday 25th December until Sunday 21 January, with the AGM on Monday 22nd January 2018 at LCA2018 in Sydney. The day between 21 and 22 January will be used for the Returning Officer to scrutineer the election and results. For transparency, Council has held private discussions around who will likely stand for elections, so that succession planning and continuity planning can occur. I thank the Council for their openness. At this stage, at least 3 Council members will not be seeking re-election - for reasons of privacy I won't disclose who. Last year, a set of Position Descriptions, which outline the scope, expectations, as well as benefits of the Council roles was produced by long-standing Secretary, Sae Ra Germaine, so that you can have a better understanding of what you're signing up for. https://github.com/linuxaustralia/position-descriptions Serving on Council is a challenging, yet rewarding, volunteer role that provides exposure to board practices, governance and decision making and provides an opportunity to do Good Things for the open source community in Australia. So, please do consider nominating and serving on Council - feel free to reach out to myself or to past Council members for a confidential chat. https://www.linux.org.au/council Kind regards, Kathy -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 From president at linux.org.au Tue Oct 17 12:22:24 2017 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:22:24 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Grant Application] Kids Tracks at BuzzConf In-Reply-To: <0ea3cd49-8420-9dd3-66a8-1646257f3e98@dechrai.com> References: <0ea3cd49-8420-9dd3-66a8-1646257f3e98@dechrai.com> Message-ID: Hi everyone, This Grant Application was considered at Council meeting 12th October, and has been approved to the value of $AUD 1500 BuzzConf grant submission for review 2017-10-12: http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2017-September/023195.html MOTION by Kathy Reid that Linux Aus provide a grant to BuzzConf of $1500 noting that this will specifically be used to encourage children to use Open Source Hardware. Seconded by Russell Stuart. Passed unanimously. ACTION Kathy to communicate the outcome of this grant. Council noted that the grant request is specifically for open source hardware, which will be used to increase engagement of children with technology. We noted the strong community feedback around this request, and the distinction between the overall BuzzConf focus, and this particular element of the event. NEXT ACTION: Ben, could you please raise an Invoice to Linux Australia for this amount and we'll get it paid ASAP, Kind regards, Kathy On 18/09/17 20:19, Ben Dechrai via linux-aus wrote: > Dear LA council and members, > > You may have heard about BuzzConf . It's an > annual technology festival that's about to see its third event run > from Dec 1st to 3rd. Take liberal portions of tech conference, mix in > a family friendly atmosphere, a strong focus on diversity, and the > party atmosphere of a music festival, and you're on the right track. > > This year, we've had a fantastic number of submissions to the kids > track , and have enough to run two > tracks for them! Some of them require the supply of hardware, in > particular: > >> *Nightmare Light* >> >> In this workshop we will help you design, build and program a >> nightmare-light. We?ll have sensors available for those who want to >> detect ambient light for an extra challenge. The workshop is geared >> towards children but those young-at-heart are welcome to join too! >> Younger children can participate too if they have an overseeing >> parent to help them. >> >> Participation is $30 per person to cover hardware costs. Each person >> will get a kit with: >> >> 1 x Arduino (will need a USB cable for programming) >> 1 x Photo resistor >> 1 x LED light pack >> 1 x Battery >> 1 x Set of wires (for electrical connection) > > Children attend BuzzConf for free and get their own educational track, > because we want to make events like these as accessible as possible to > families, especially single-parent families, who often can't get to > conferences. > > In this spirit, we'd love to cover all workshop costs for children > too. We currently have 37 child tickets sold, with 13 more available. > With an anticipated 20-30 children making a nightmare light, the > workshop organiser will be supplying $600 - $900 worth of hardware. > > CoderDojo Carlton are also running a number of workshops and, while > they will be bringing hardware from their pool, they anticipate > incurring costs of around $65 for the components that kids will be > taking away (conductive tape, and LEDs). > > We are seeking funding to cover the cost to the organisers of running > the children's workshops, estimated at no more than $1,000. Would LA > be amenable to covering this cost? After the event, we would provide a > detailed itinerary and costs of hardware that was given to the kids > (we wouldn't expect workshop organisers to be reimbursed for hardware > that they don't give away), so that LA's contribution is only for > those costs. It may, in this scenario, be easier for this request to > be that the organisers are paid directly by LA, and that we are > seeking funding on their behalf. > > In acknowledgement of this support, we would including LA's logo on > our website as a Festival Sponsor (a $1,000 value in our sponsor doc). > > On the off-chance that LA would consider a larger investment, in order > to run the two tracks for children, we are needing to secure > additional facilities, such as tables, tents, power, and projection > facilities. If LA were to consider a $5,000 investment and become a > Festival Partner, we would prioritise these funds to ensure the > children's workshop cost outlined above are covered first and > foremost. The remainder would help us with the increased costs of > additional facilities. The Festival Partner support level also > includes two festival tickets, which LA could use as they wish. (You > might want to send some representatives of LA, or give them away to > the community. We could help promote any activity around making these > available to others.) > > Many thanks in advance for your consideration. I welcome any questions > for clarification. > > Ben Dechrai > Co-founder, BuzzConf Technology Festival > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > linux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president 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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Passed > unanimously. > > ACTION Kathy to communicate the outcome of this grant. > > > Council noted that the grant request is specifically for open source > hardware, which will be used to increase engagement of children with > technology. We noted the strong community feedback around this > request, and the distinction between the overall BuzzConf focus, and > this particular element of the event. > > > NEXT ACTION: Ben, could you please raise an Invoice to Linux Australia > for this amount and we'll get it paid ASAP, > > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > > > > > On 18/09/17 20:19, Ben Dechrai via linux-aus wrote: >> Dear LA council and members, >> >> You may have heard about BuzzConf . It's an >> annual technology festival that's about to see its third event run >> from Dec 1st to 3rd. Take liberal portions of tech conference, mix in >> a family friendly atmosphere, a strong focus on diversity, and the >> party atmosphere of a music festival, and you're on the right track. >> >> This year, we've had a fantastic number of submissions to the kids >> track , and have enough to run two >> tracks for them! Some of them require the supply of hardware, in >> particular: >> >>> *Nightmare Light* >>> >>> In this workshop we will help you design, build and program a >>> nightmare-light. We?ll have sensors available for those who want to >>> detect ambient light for an extra challenge. The workshop is geared >>> towards children but those young-at-heart are welcome to join too! >>> Younger children can participate too if they have an overseeing >>> parent to help them. >>> >>> Participation is $30 per person to cover hardware costs. Each person >>> will get a kit with: >>> >>> 1 x Arduino (will need a USB cable for programming) >>> 1 x Photo resistor >>> 1 x LED light pack >>> 1 x Battery >>> 1 x Set of wires (for electrical connection) >> >> Children attend BuzzConf for free and get their own educational >> track, because we want to make events like these as accessible as >> possible to families, especially single-parent families, who often >> can't get to conferences. >> >> In this spirit, we'd love to cover all workshop costs for children >> too. We currently have 37 child tickets sold, with 13 more available. >> With an anticipated 20-30 children making a nightmare light, the >> workshop organiser will be supplying $600 - $900 worth of hardware. >> >> CoderDojo Carlton are also running a number of workshops and, while >> they will be bringing hardware from their pool, they anticipate >> incurring costs of around $65 for the components that kids will be >> taking away (conductive tape, and LEDs). >> >> We are seeking funding to cover the cost to the organisers of running >> the children's workshops, estimated at no more than $1,000. Would LA >> be amenable to covering this cost? After the event, we would provide >> a detailed itinerary and costs of hardware that was given to the kids >> (we wouldn't expect workshop organisers to be reimbursed for hardware >> that they don't give away), so that LA's contribution is only for >> those costs. It may, in this scenario, be easier for this request to >> be that the organisers are paid directly by LA, and that we are >> seeking funding on their behalf. >> >> In acknowledgement of this support, we would including LA's logo on >> our website as a Festival Sponsor (a $1,000 value in our sponsor doc). >> >> On the off-chance that LA would consider a larger investment, in >> order to run the two tracks for children, we are needing to secure >> additional facilities, such as tables, tents, power, and projection >> facilities. If LA were to consider a $5,000 investment and become a >> Festival Partner, we would prioritise these funds to ensure the >> children's workshop cost outlined above are covered first and >> foremost. The remainder would help us with the increased costs of >> additional facilities. The Festival Partner support level also >> includes two festival tickets, which LA could use as they wish. (You >> might want to send some representatives of LA, or give them away to >> the community. We could help promote any activity around making these >> available to others.) >> >> Many thanks in advance for your consideration. I welcome any >> questions for clarification. >> >> Ben Dechrai >> Co-founder, BuzzConf Technology Festival >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-aus mailing list >> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >> http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to >> linux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au > -- > Kathy Reid > President > Linux Australia > > 0418 130 636 > > president 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 linux-aus at ewen.mcneill.gen.nz Tue Oct 17 14:41:58 2017 From: linux-aus at ewen.mcneill.gen.nz (Ewen McNeill) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:41:58 +1300 Subject: [Linux-aus] LCA2018 venue: which UoT Sydney campus? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2910e7f4-c186-5924-0650-5c0696f4e25f@ewen.mcneill.gen.nz> Hi Bruce, On 17/10/17 12:29, Bruce Crawley wrote: > I can confirm that the conference is indeed being held at the main UTS > campus in Broadway. [CB01 and nearby] We have updated the venue page > overnight to add some clarity: https://linux.conf.au/about/venue/ Thanks for this detail, and thanks to the people who replied on list / offlist. I booked an apartment last night, for both weeks, which I'm told is "just the other side of Broadway" from the UoT Broadway Campus, so it seems to have all worked out. > Overnight we have also finally updated the accommodation page with some > details of what we have been able to procure from nearby hotels. More > information can be found here: https://linux.conf.au/attend/accommodation/ I'd encourage anyone else waiting on booking accommodation to look there -- it's (now) got the detail I was looking for when I did my LCA registration, including some block bookings for nearby hotels (the non-LCA-booking-code hotel room space at nearby hotels is already looking a bit scarce and/or expensive at this "peak summer" time). For future LCA teams reference, even if you can't get hotel information up by "registration open" time, it'd be very helpful if (a) an indication of if there'll be LCA-discount codes / student accommodation available or "fend for yourself, good luck", (b) a decent "measure to this" location for planning what is "nearby", and (c) an approximate ETA for when more information will be available. Attendees travelling from overseas/out of town may well be waiting on booking flights (as I was) until they've figured out accommodation options (and thus are able to do the "there/not there that day saves half the airfare juggle -- one night at "rack rate" in many nearby hotels in Sydney on some of the nights is more than 1/3rd of my round trip airfare). Ewen From harrywwc at yahoo.com.au Tue Oct 17 15:00:43 2017 From: harrywwc at yahoo.com.au (harry wwc) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:00:43 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] LCA2018 venue: which UoT Sydney campus? In-Reply-To: <2910e7f4-c186-5924-0650-5c0696f4e25f@ewen.mcneill.gen.nz> References: <2910e7f4-c186-5924-0650-5c0696f4e25f@ewen.mcneill.gen.nz> Message-ID: not in anyway meant as a criticism of the LCA team. As the period of the conference is during the UTS summer break, I am surprised that there was no approach to the UTS Housing to let some of their space. This could have potentially been a cheap option for out-of-towners, and a way for UTS-H to earn a few bucks over a usually quiet period of the year. I only mention this (all be it too late) because other conferences I have attended (even as far back as the early 1990's - anyone remember DECUS in Auckland?) have had similar arrangements. Kind regards, ..h On 17 October 2017 at 14:41, Ewen McNeill via linux-aus wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > On 17/10/17 12:29, Bruce Crawley wrote: >> >> I can confirm that the conference is indeed being held at the main UTS >> campus in Broadway. [CB01 and nearby] We have updated the venue page >> overnight to add some clarity: https://linux.conf.au/about/venue/ > > > Thanks for this detail, and thanks to the people who replied on list / > offlist. I booked an apartment last night, for both weeks, which I'm told > is "just the other side of Broadway" from the UoT Broadway Campus, so it > seems to have all worked out. > >> Overnight we have also finally updated the accommodation page with some >> details of what we have been able to procure from nearby hotels. More >> information can be found here: https://linux.conf.au/attend/accommodation/ > > > I'd encourage anyone else waiting on booking accommodation to look there -- > it's (now) got the detail I was looking for when I did my LCA registration, > including some block bookings for nearby hotels (the non-LCA-booking-code > hotel room space at nearby hotels is already looking a bit scarce and/or > expensive at this "peak summer" time). > > For future LCA teams reference, even if you can't get hotel information up > by "registration open" time, it'd be very helpful if (a) an indication of if > there'll be LCA-discount codes / student accommodation available or "fend > for yourself, good luck", (b) a decent "measure to this" location for > planning what is "nearby", and (c) an approximate ETA for when more > information will be available. Attendees travelling from overseas/out of > town may well be waiting on booking flights (as I was) until they've figured > out accommodation options (and thus are able to do the "there/not there that > day saves half the airfare juggle -- one night at "rack rate" in many nearby > hotels in Sydney on some of the nights is more than 1/3rd of my round trip > airfare). > > Ewen > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > linux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au From bruce at lca2018.org Tue Oct 17 15:02:54 2017 From: bruce at lca2018.org (Bruce Crawley) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:02:54 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] LCA2018 venue: which UoT Sydney campus? In-Reply-To: References: <2910e7f4-c186-5924-0650-5c0696f4e25f@ewen.mcneill.gen.nz> Message-ID: <104bd0eccff867f03104ee53527950ba@lca2018.org> Hi Harry, The UTS Housing establishments were the first places we approached during our enquiries. We thought, like you, that they would be free over the summer period and looking to fill a gap. That didn't end up being the case though. Regards Bruce Crawley From roland at cryptoaustralia.org.au Tue Oct 17 22:38:04 2017 From: roland at cryptoaustralia.org.au (Roland Wen) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:38:04 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Privacy Social Night in Sydney Message-ID: Hi Everyone, CryptoAUSTRALIA is holding a social night at Spawn Point Video Game Bar. Join us to chat about privacy or just relive the glory days of gaming. Also, it is your chance to meet the organisers in a casual environment and have a friendly chat with them. Our team would love to hear your voice and learn what kind of events, topics and projects you are interested over 2018. Date: Wednesday 25 October, 18:00 Location: Spawn Point Bar, Basement, 199 Clarence Street, Sydney RSVP and more info: https://www.meetup.com/CryptoAUSTRALIA-Digital-Self-Defence-Privacy/events/244075655 Hope to see you there! Cheers, Roland & The CryptoAUSTRALIA Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon at darkmere.gen.nz Wed Oct 18 20:43:16 2017 From: simon at darkmere.gen.nz (Simon Lyall) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:43:16 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: [Linux-aus] Sysadmin Miniconf 2018 - Call for Presentations Message-ID: There will be a one day mini conference on Linux Systems Administration held as part of linux.conf.au 2018 (held in Sydney, Australia on 12 - 26 January 2018). The organisers of the Systems Administration Miniconf would like to invite proposals for presentations to be delivered at the Miniconf, https://sysadmin.miniconf.org/cfp18.html (A copy of the CFP text is included below for your convenience.) Please forward this CFP to your colleagues, peers, social networks, and other relevant mailing lists. Please help by encouraging submissions from people you would like to hear present at this Miniconf. This is our 12th Sysadmin Miniconf at Linux.conf.au. Previous presentations can be found at the website: https://sysadmin.miniconf.org/ -=+ Presentation Topics +=- We welcome talks on best current practice, new developments in Systems Administration, cutting edge techniques and technologies, and ways to better manage Linux environments large and small. Topics for presentations could include (but are not limited to): * Systems Administration Best Practice * Virtualisation and Cloud Computing * Containers and orchestration * Sysadmin Administration in a "serverless" environment (FAAS) * TLS everywhere * Monitoring and metrics. Collection, storage and presentation * Infrastructure/Platform/Software as a Service (IAAS, PAAS, SAAS) * Networkng: IPv6, SDN (Software Defined Networking), performance * DevOps, Configuration Management and provisioning * Bootstrapping systems, Lifecycle Management * Dealing with BYOD * Backups in a virtual/distributed world * Troubleshooting techniques * DevOps and SysAdmin Culture * Web and Email management * Keeping legacy systems functioning * War stories from the "Real World" Presentations should be of a technical nature and speakers should assume that members of the audience have at least a couple of years experience in Unix/Linux administration. -=+ Format of Presentations +=- We are now seeking proposals for presentations at the mini-conference. We have openings for: 15-25 minute short presentations 5-10 minute "lightning talks" Please note, due to the single day available (and whole-LCA keynote before morning tea), we expect the majority of available timeslots to be 20 minutes or less, with possibly 1-2 slightly longer talks if there is space in the schedule. We have a general policy of accepting a high proportion of proposals but handing out relatively short timeslots. Please see previous years Miniconf schedules for examples of how the programme is organised. -=+ Submitting talks +=- Please note that in order to give a presentation or attend the Miniconf you must be registered (and paid up by the time the conference happens) for the main linux.conf.au conference. Presenting at the Miniconf does not entitle you to discounted or free registration at the main conference nor to priority with registration. Unfortunately the Miniconf has no budget for sponsorship of speakers. To submit a talk to the LCA2017 Sysadmin Miniconf, create an account on the LCA2018 website: https://linux.conf.au/dashboard create a speaker profile, and then select "New Proposal" and "System Administration Miniconf Presentation", or while logged into the LCA2018 site, go directly to: https://rego.linux.conf.au/proposals/submit/sysadmin-miniconf/ If you have a preferred length of your Short Presentation (15/20/25 minutes) or Lightning Talk (5/10 minutes) please use the Private Abstract field to describe what would work best for your talk. Otherwise we will pick a length that best suits the gaps in the programme as we put the final programme together. In some cases we maybe able to add a few extra minutes to a few Short Presentations if there is any spare time left in the programme. -=+ Dates and Deadlines +=- To encourage early submissions, priority (both of inclusion and scheduling) will be given to presentations submitted by 23:59 UTC on the 5th of November 2017. I f you have a good presentation idea, please let us know early, even if you need time to finalise the presentation abstract. Please indicate if you need an early confirmation to aid you in arranging time off work or travel; we will do our best to assist. 2017-11-05 - Deadline for early submissions 2017-12-03 - Deadline for submissions 2017-12-10 - Miniconf programme published 2018-01-22 - Sysadmin Miniconf held. -=+ Contact and Questions +=- Please see our website at https://sysadmin.miniconf.org for more information on the Miniconf, past presentations and presenting at it. If you have any questions please feel free to email the organisers at: lca2018 @ sysadmin.miniconf.org Ewen McNeill and Simon Lyall LCA2018 Sysadmin Miniconf Conveners -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar From andrew at donnellan.id.au Wed Oct 18 21:37:20 2017 From: andrew at donnellan.id.au (Andrew Donnellan) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 21:37:20 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Call for Papers - linux.conf.au Kernel Miniconf, Sydney, 22 January 2018 Message-ID: Greetings, ***** TL;DR - LCA Kernel Miniconf, Sydney, Australia, 22 Jan 2018 - Submissions by 30 November 2017, 23:59 (AEDT/UTC+11) - Wanted: anything interesting to kernel hackers! Speakers from diverse backgrounds encouraged! - Form: https://rego.linux.conf.au/proposals/submit/kernel-miniconf/ ***** linux.conf.au 2018 will be held at the University of Technology Sydney from 22-26 January 2018. The Kernel Miniconf is returning once again and the CFP is now open! What is the Kernel Miniconf? ---------------------------- LCA's miniconfs are one-day special interest streams that allow in depth discussion of particular topics. The Kernel Miniconf will feature a variety of talks and discussions on kernel and systems programming topics, including technical talks on current kernel developments and kernel community/process. Past Kernel Miniconfs have included talks on various aspects of the kernel such as networking, filesystems, power management, and so on, as well as community issues such as licensing. The focus of the miniconf will primarily be on the Linux kernel, however interesting submissions about other Free Software kernels are welcome and encouraged. It's anticipated that most talks will be aimed at people with existing kernel and low-level programming experience, however anyone is welcome no matter what their level of experience. There will be a lightning talks/open discussion session at the end of the day. Who can attend? --------------- Anyone with an LCA ticket can attend. A limited number of miniconf-only day tickets may be available - contact me for further details. Who can speak? -------------- Anyone with something interesting and kernel-related to say! You will need to have an LCA ticket though - unfortunately miniconf speakers don't qualify for speakers' tickets. (Please contact me if that's a problem for you and we may be able to find some options.) We strongly encourage both first-time and seasoned speakers from all backgrounds, ages, genders, nationalities, ethnicities, religions and abilities. Like the main LCA conference itself, we respect and encourage diversity at our miniconf. If you would like any assistance with creating a proposal, don't hesitate to ask! Submission process ------------------ To submit a proposal, go to https://rego.linux.conf.au/proposals/submit/kernel-miniconf/. 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URL: From jwoithe at just42.net Sat Oct 21 12:00:47 2017 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 11:30:47 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Grant Application] IWS-Hackathon 2017 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20171021010046.GA10803@marvin.atrad.com.au> Hi all I'm aware that responses to this application were due a day ago and that therefore what follows might be moot. Apologies for this. On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 02:20:31AM +1000, Mike Imelfort via linux-aus wrote: > The IWS was developed at Kimberley Park State School to teach primary > school students STEM concepts. Students can write new code for the IWS > using Scratch or python to modify it's functionality or add entirely new > sensors and create something awesome. Two of our organisers have spent the > past 12 months working with students in class and they???re having great > results. Now we???d like to help other schools make use of and improve on our > work. > : > We need lesson plans that integrate well with existing curriculum > requirements and can easily be adapted for different classroom environments > and IWS setups. So we???ve invited primary and secondary school teachers > along to help us get started and hopefully join us on the journey. > > Our goal is to start producing an open, freely available toolkit for the > IWS that includes teacher instruction, connections to the Australian > Curriculum, assessment and extension opportunities. > > We want to empower participants to create a shared portfolio of ideas > around a wide variety of topics including where the IWS fits into the > curriculum, what lesson plans will look like, how assessment will work, > how to physically install an IWS in a classroom or school and how to > extend students using the IWS. The aims of this hackathon are exactly the sort of thing the FOSS community needs to do if they are to encourage the adoption of more FOSS technologies into the education sector. Education conferences and seminars are frequently saturated with proprietary hardware and software with the vendors spending significant amounts of money to promote them as a turnkey solution to whatever educational problem they've turned their mind towards. From the perspective of attending teachers, this results in a perception that all the hard work is done, everything's ready to do and all that's needed is to be trained in the new system. Of course the vendors offer extensive training as well - for a cost. Products and services presented in this way appeal to teachers because many of them are time-poor due to increased administrative workloads being placed on them: they simply don't have the time to take an idea and develop lesson plans and ideas around it. It is very hard for FOSS to compete with this mostly because we lack the financial backing of the commercial players in this space. There are many excellent examples of FOSS being used in primary and secondary education, but in most cases this is the result of a staff member being already being enthusiastic about FOSS and the benefits it offers. The problem is that too often that person doesn't have the energy or resources to take it to the next level: to develop their concept into something that other teachers would be comfortable taking on. The description of the IWS Hackathon appears to be a genuine and enthusiastic effort to make the IWS program more widely accessible. It is based on open hardware and software and as such I think it is something LA should support via our grants program. > Small teams of three or four teachers will work to create one or more > lesson plans that use the IWS, include links to the Australian Curriculum > and fit with a theme of work that students would typically work with > throughout the year (e.g. the water cycle). All lesson plans will be > uploaded to instructables (so anyone can use them) and any other supporting > material will be hosted on Github or on http://iws-hackathon.org. Involving teachers in the process is a very good idea. The IWS is also something which can tie into many curriculum areas: not only is there the STEM component, but the water cycle link leads to conservation topics such as not overwatering, and so on. > Our immediate goals are hold the first IWS hackathon where we aim to: > : All goals appear to be in step with LA's aims. > - We are holding the event in Logan, so we will endeavour to include > schools whose students are representative of the communities that live in > Logan. I don't think there's a problem with the localised nature of this hackathon. If the aims are achieved it would be possible for others to utilise the material produced and spread the community that way. In many respects the IWS hackathon is a springboard, laying the foundation to make adoption by others easier no matter where they are. > How LA can help: > > We???d like to ask you to consider three possible grant amounts ranging from > the minimum amount that would be needed to run the proposed event, up to an > amount that would allow us to run the event comfortably. > > $1000 would be split as $400 to help with catering + $600 (4 IWS > controllers to give away) > > $1600 would be split as $400 to help with catering + $1200 (8 IWS > controllers to give away) > > $2170 would be split as $900 to help with catering + $1200 (8 IWS > controllers to give away) + $70 for stationary. In my opinion any of these suggested amounts could be justified. The appropriate choice would be reached by consensus with reference to the bigger picture of the LA grant pool and possible applicants for it. To summarise, I think LA should support the IWS hackathon grant request. Regards jonathan From gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au Tue Oct 24 14:55:19 2017 From: gabor at cryptoaustralia.org.au (Gabor Szathmari) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:55:19 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] CryptoAUS Social Event @ Video Game Bar Tomorrow! Message-ID: Hi Everyone, CryptoAUSTRALIA is holding a social night at Spawn Point Video Game Bar tomorrow Join us to chat about privacy or just relive the glory days of gaming. Also, it is your chance to meet the organisers in a casual environment and have a friendly chat with them about games and privacy. Our team would love to hear your voice and learn what kind of events, topics and projects you are interested over 2018. Date: Wednesday 25 October, 18:00 Location: Spawn Point Bar, Basement, 199 Clarence Street, Sydney RSVP and more info: https://www.meetup.com/CryptoAUSTRALIA-Digital-Self-Defence-Privacy/events/244075655 Hope to see you there! 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Hobbyists will pay $349 instead of the regular $449 for a saving of $100 Professionals will pay $849 instead of the regular $999 for a saving of $150 Fairy Penguin Sponsors will pay $1849 instead of the regular $1999 for a saving of $150 Miniconf Call for Proposals ----------------------- Our list of miniconfs for linux.conf.au 2018 is available here: https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/ A number of the miniconfs are accepting submissions right now! Others are creating their talk schedule in other ways - this is something that is left entirely up to the organiser of the miniconf. We encourage everyone to take a look through the list and see if there is a miniconf you would like to submit to. For anyone unfamiliar with the conference - Mini-confs are dedicated, specialised day-long tracks organised by community members and held on the first 2 days of the conference. First introduced at linux.conf.au 2002, they are now a traditional element of the conference. They were originally intended as an incubator -- both of future conferences and speakers -- and have now grown into their entity. Main Conference Schedule ----------------------- The linux.conf.au 2018 website has a link to the main conference schedule covering Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the conference. We hope that everyone is able to find talks that they like there. A huge thanks to this year?s papers selection committee for all their hard work in determining this schedule. With over 380 submissions this would not have been possible without them. https://rego.linux.conf.au/schedule/ Keynotes ----------------------- So far we have announced 2 keynote speakers and we are very excited to have them presenting to you in January. Karen Sandler, as the executive director of the Software Freedom Conservancy, is an active and passionate member of the open source community. Jess Frazelle recently started at Microsoft where she enthusiastically continues to work on containers, Open Source, and Linux. Prior to that she has worked as a software engineer at Google and after that at Docker. Accommodation ----------------------- We have struck a few deals to try and make attending the conference a bit easier if you are coming from out of town. Please take a look at what is on offer at: https://linux.conf.au/attend/accommodation/ Sponsorship ----------------------- Sponsorship opportunities are still available for linux.conf.au 2018. Sponsors of linux.conf.au have a unique opportunity to reach a large number of influential industry professionals and help improve the community at a grassroots level. Every person who attends linux.conf.au is passionate about software, open source and open ideals. For more information on how your company can be involved visit: https://linux.conf.au/sponsors/ ----------------------- To keep up to date with the latest developments we have the following: Twitter: @linuxconfau, hashtag #lca2018 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linuxconferenceaustralia LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/linuxconfau IRC: #linux.conf.au on freenode.net Announce mailing list: http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/lca-announce Thank you to everyone involved and we look forward to seeing you all there in January! Bruce Crawley, James Polley and the LCA2018 team From rowland at stemformatics.org Wed Oct 25 19:25:10 2017 From: rowland at stemformatics.org (Rowland Mosbergen) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 19:25:10 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Final report on Stemformatics Data Portal Message-ID: Hi All, This is a link to the final report for the Stemformatics Data Portal student project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9dIBx_EIj7wcEx0cjZtalpVMms/view?usp=sharing Both Sadia Waleem and Huan Wang did a great job on this project. We migrated over 342 public datasets via a python client and provided a web interface with enough functionality to think that this prototype is worth developing further. I would like to thank Linux Australia for providing us with the bursary for this project and providing feedback to the original design, particularly around the idea of data licensing. I would also like to thank NeCTAR for providing the cloud compute and Isha Nagpal who provided assistance to the students during this project. Finally, on the 29th of March Russell Coker made a comment that stated: *Finally if this grant application is approved I suggest that we make a further* *offer of travel expenses if one of the developers of this project is accepted* *as a speaker at an LCA miniconf. The general practice is that speakers at the* *main conference may be offered travel expenses from the LCA budget but not for* *miniconf speakers. I think that we should make it a standard practice that a* *miniconf speaker who is speaking about work performed under an LA grant should* *be offered a further grant towards travel expenses from anywhere in Australia* *or NZ.* I have not had a chat with Sadia or Huan about this, but I would be willing to chase this up if Linux Australia was interested. Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. Regards, Rowland ------------ Rowland Mosbergen | Business Manager, Stemformatics Wells Laboratory | Centre for Stem Cell Systems Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Room 1.36, Level 1, Kenneth Myer Building The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 6623 | E: rowland at stemformatics.org W: www.stemformatics.org | Skype: rowland.stemformatics [image: id:image001.jpg at 01D20A8D.3D4A4630] This email and any attachments may contain personal information or information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. The University does not warrant that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or defects. Please check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening them. If this email is received in error please delete it and notify us by return email. 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From: linux-aus [mailto:linux-aus-bounces at lists.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Rowland Mosbergen via linux-aus Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2017 4:25 AM To: linux-aus at linux.org.au Subject: [Linux-aus] Final report on Stemformatics Data Portal Hi All, This is a link to the final report for the Stemformatics Data Portal student project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9dIBx_EIj7wcEx0cjZtalpVMms/view?usp=sharing Both Sadia Waleem and Huan Wang did a great job on this project. We migrated over 342 public datasets via a python client and provided a web interface with enough functionality to think that this prototype is worth developing further. I would like to thank Linux Australia for providing us with the bursary for this project and providing feedback to the original design, particularly around the idea of data licensing. I would also like to thank NeCTAR for providing the cloud compute and Isha Nagpal who provided assistance to the students during this project. Finally, on the 29th of March Russell Coker made a comment that stated: Finally if this grant application is approved I suggest that we make a further offer of travel expenses if one of the developers of this project is accepted as a speaker at an LCA miniconf. The general practice is that speakers at the main conference may be offered travel expenses from the LCA budget but not for miniconf speakers. I think that we should make it a standard practice that a miniconf speaker who is speaking about work performed under an LA grant should be offered a further grant towards travel expenses from anywhere in Australia or NZ. I have not had a chat with Sadia or Huan about this, but I would be willing to chase this up if Linux Australia was interested. Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. Regards, Rowland ------------ Rowland Mosbergen | Business Manager, Stemformatics Wells Laboratory | Centre for Stem Cell Systems Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Room 1.36, Level 1, Kenneth Myer Building The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 6623 | E: rowland at stemformatics.org W: www.stemformatics.org | Skype: rowland.stemformatics This email and any attachments may contain personal information or information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. The University does not warrant that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or defects. Please check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening them. If this email is received in error please delete it and notify us by return email. 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El 25 oct. 2017 21:39, "David Lloyd" escribi?: > > > I?m wondering what the license for the code is ? there?s no obvious > LICENSE file in https://bitbucket.org/stemformatics/data-portal/overview > nor in any of the various file headers? > > > > *From:* linux-aus [mailto:linux-aus-bounces at lists.linux.org.au] *On > Behalf Of *Rowland Mosbergen via linux-aus > *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 October 2017 4:25 AM > *To:* linux-aus at linux.org.au > *Subject:* [Linux-aus] Final report on Stemformatics Data Portal > > > > Hi All, > > > > This is a link to the final report for the Stemformatics Data Portal > student project: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9dIBx_EIj7wcEx0cjZtalpVMms/view?usp= > sharing > > > > Both Sadia Waleem and Huan Wang did a great job on this project. We > migrated over 342 public datasets via a python client and provided a web > interface with enough functionality to think that this prototype is worth > developing further. > > > > I would like to thank Linux Australia for providing us with the bursary > for this project and providing feedback to the original design, > particularly around the idea of data licensing. > > > > I would also like to thank NeCTAR for providing the cloud compute and Isha > Nagpal who provided assistance to the students during this project. > > > > Finally, on the 29th of March Russell Coker made a comment that stated: > > *Finally if this grant application is approved I suggest that we make a > further* > > *offer of travel expenses if one of the developers of this project is > accepted* > > *as a speaker at an LCA miniconf. The general practice is that speakers > at the* > > *main conference may be offered travel expenses from the LCA budget but > not for* > > *miniconf speakers. I think that we should make it a standard practice > that a* > > *miniconf speaker who is speaking about work performed under an LA grant > should* > > *be offered a further grant towards travel expenses from anywhere in > Australia* > > *or NZ.* > > > > I have not had a chat with Sadia or Huan about this, but I would be > willing to chase this up if Linux Australia was interested. > > > > Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. > > > Regards, > > > > Rowland > > > > ------------ > > > Rowland Mosbergen | Business Manager, Stemformatics > Wells Laboratory | Centre for Stem Cell Systems > Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry > and Health Sciences > > Room 1.36, Level 1, Kenneth Myer Building > The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia > T: +61 3 8344 6623 <+61%203%208344%206623> | E: rowland at stemformatics.org > W: www.stemformatics.org | Skype: rowland.stemformatics > > > > [image: id:image001.jpg at 01D20A8D.3D4A4630] > > > > This email and any attachments may contain personal information or > information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. > Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. 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The e-mail isn't spam - I do expect the sender, from time to time, to send me invitations and such to things that interest me [the thing I'm invited to does interest me, so in that sense, it is on topic for me]. -- David Lloyd -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rowland at stemformatics.org Thu Oct 26 07:22:24 2017 From: rowland at stemformatics.org (Rowland Mosbergen) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 07:22:24 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Final report on Stemformatics Data Portal In-Reply-To: References: <0a3c01d34d7d$739917a0$5acb46e0$@adam.com.au> Message-ID: Hi All, This has been done. It is in the master branch. Thanks for picking that up David. https://bitbucket.org/stemformatics/data-portal/src/67da72c0849667dc875ee1aa6b1c363bbb89bd60/LICENSE.txt?at=master&fileviewer=file-view-default Regards, Rowland ------------ Rowland Mosbergen | Business Manager, Stemformatics Wells Laboratory | Centre for Stem Cell Systems Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Room 1.36, Level 1, Kenneth Myer Building The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 6623 | E: rowland at stemformatics.org W: www.stemformatics.org | Skype: rowland.stemformatics [image: id:image001.jpg at 01D20A8D.3D4A4630] This email and any attachments may contain personal information or information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. The University does not warrant that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or defects. Please check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening them. If this email is received in error please delete it and notify us by return email. This email and any attachments may contain personal information or information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. The University does not warrant that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or defects. Please check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening them. If this email is received in error please delete it and notify us by return email. On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Rowland Mosbergen < rowland at stemformatics.org> wrote: > Sorry. I will sort that out tomorrow. > > El 25 oct. 2017 21:39, "David Lloyd" escribi?: > >> >> >> I?m wondering what the license for the code is ? there?s no obvious >> LICENSE file in https://bitbucket.org/stemformatics/data-portal/overview >> nor in any of the various file headers? >> >> >> >> *From:* linux-aus [mailto:linux-aus-bounces at lists.linux.org.au] *On >> Behalf Of *Rowland Mosbergen via linux-aus >> *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 October 2017 4:25 AM >> *To:* linux-aus at linux.org.au >> *Subject:* [Linux-aus] Final report on Stemformatics Data Portal >> >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> This is a link to the final report for the Stemformatics Data Portal >> student project: >> >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9dIBx_EIj7wcEx0cjZtalpVMms >> /view?usp=sharing >> >> >> >> Both Sadia Waleem and Huan Wang did a great job on this project. We >> migrated over 342 public datasets via a python client and provided a web >> interface with enough functionality to think that this prototype is worth >> developing further. >> >> >> >> I would like to thank Linux Australia for providing us with the bursary >> for this project and providing feedback to the original design, >> particularly around the idea of data licensing. >> >> >> >> I would also like to thank NeCTAR for providing the cloud compute and >> Isha Nagpal who provided assistance to the students during this project. >> >> >> >> Finally, on the 29th of March Russell Coker made a comment that stated: >> >> *Finally if this grant application is approved I suggest that we make a >> further* >> >> *offer of travel expenses if one of the developers of this project is >> accepted* >> >> *as a speaker at an LCA miniconf. The general practice is that speakers >> at the* >> >> *main conference may be offered travel expenses from the LCA budget but >> not for* >> >> *miniconf speakers. I think that we should make it a standard practice >> that a* >> >> *miniconf speaker who is speaking about work performed under an LA grant >> should* >> >> *be offered a further grant towards travel expenses from anywhere in >> Australia* >> >> *or NZ.* >> >> >> >> I have not had a chat with Sadia or Huan about this, but I would be >> willing to chase this up if Linux Australia was interested. >> >> >> >> Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Rowland >> >> >> >> ------------ >> >> >> Rowland Mosbergen | Business Manager, Stemformatics >> Wells Laboratory | Centre for Stem Cell Systems >> Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry >> and Health Sciences >> >> Room 1.36, Level 1, Kenneth Myer Building >> The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia >> T: +61 3 8344 6623 <+61%203%208344%206623> | E: rowland at stemformatics.org >> W: www.stemformatics.org | Skype: rowland.stemformatics >> >> >> >> [image: id:image001.jpg at 01D20A8D.3D4A4630] >> >> >> >> This email and any attachments may contain personal information or >> information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. >> Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. 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In terms of a grant request for Sadia and/or Huan, I think Russell has a fair point, however I see the appropriate path here to request travel funding through the Grants process - ie if Sadia or Huan would like travel expenses and/or a Miniconf day ticket then a Grant Proposal should be submitted, using the Stemformatics Data Portal work as the justification. The community then considers it for two weeks, then Council makes a final decision. Does this seem reasonable? Best, Kathy On 25/10/17 19:25, Rowland Mosbergen via linux-aus wrote: > Hi All, > > This is a link to the final report for the Stemformatics Data Portal > student project:? > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9dIBx_EIj7wcEx0cjZtalpVMms/view?usp=sharing > > Both Sadia Waleem and Huan Wang did a great job on this project. We > migrated over 342 public datasets via a python client and provided a > web interface with enough functionality to think that this prototype > is worth developing further. > > I would like to thank Linux Australia for providing us with the > bursary for this project and providing feedback to the original > design, particularly around the idea of data licensing. > > I would also like to thank NeCTAR for providing the cloud compute and > Isha Nagpal who provided assistance to the students during this project. > > Finally, on the 29th of March Russell Coker made a comment that stated: > /Finally if this grant application is approved I suggest that we make > a further/ > /offer of travel expenses if one of the developers of this project is > accepted/ > /as a speaker at an LCA miniconf.? The general practice is that > speakers at the/ > /main conference may be offered travel expenses from the LCA budget > but not for/ > /miniconf speakers.? I think that we should make it a standard > practice that a/ > /miniconf speaker who is speaking about work performed under an LA > grant should/ > /be offered a further grant towards travel expenses from anywhere in > Australia/ > /or NZ./ > > I have not had a chat with Sadia or Huan about this, but I would be > willing to chase this up if Linux Australia was interested. > > Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. > > Regards, > > Rowland > > ------------ > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? > Rowland Mosbergen | Business Manager, Stemformatics > Wells Laboratory | Centre for Stem Cell Systems > Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | Faculty of Medicine, > Dentistry and Health Sciences > > Room 1.36, Level 1, Kenneth Myer Building > The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia > T: +61 3 8344 6623 | E: rowland at stemformatics.org > > W: www.stemformatics.org ?| Skype: > rowland.stemformatics > > id:image001.jpg at 01D20A8D.3D4A4630 > > ? > > This email and any attachments may contain personal information or > ?information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of > copyright. 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Regards, Rowland ------------ Rowland Mosbergen | Business Manager, Stemformatics Wells Laboratory | Centre for Stem Cell Systems Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Room 1.36, Level 1, Kenneth Myer Building The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia T: +61 3 8344 6623 | E: rowland at stemformatics.org W: www.stemformatics.org | Skype: rowland.stemformatics [image: id:image001.jpg at 01D20A8D.3D4A4630] This email and any attachments may contain personal information or information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. The University does not warrant that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or defects. Please check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening them. If this email is received in error please delete it and notify us by return email. This email and any attachments may contain personal information or information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. The University does not warrant that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or defects. Please check any attachments for viruses and defects before opening them. If this email is received in error please delete it and notify us by return email. On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Linux Australia President < president at linux.org.au> wrote: > Thanks so much for this Rowland, really appreciate having the report - it > sounds like the project was a distinct success. > > Please do pass on our congratulations to Sadia and Huan. > > In terms of a grant request for Sadia and/or Huan, I think Russell has a > fair point, however I see the appropriate path here to request travel > funding through the Grants process - ie if Sadia or Huan would like travel > expenses and/or a Miniconf day ticket then a Grant Proposal should be > submitted, using the Stemformatics Data Portal work as the justification. > The community then considers it for two weeks, then Council makes a final > decision. > > Does this seem reasonable? > > Best, Kathy > > On 25/10/17 19:25, Rowland Mosbergen via linux-aus wrote: > > Hi All, > > This is a link to the final report for the Stemformatics Data Portal > student project: > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9dIBx_EIj7wcEx0cjZtalpVMms/view?usp= > sharing > > Both Sadia Waleem and Huan Wang did a great job on this project. We > migrated over 342 public datasets via a python client and provided a web > interface with enough functionality to think that this prototype is worth > developing further. > > I would like to thank Linux Australia for providing us with the bursary > for this project and providing feedback to the original design, > particularly around the idea of data licensing. > > I would also like to thank NeCTAR for providing the cloud compute and Isha > Nagpal who provided assistance to the students during this project. > > Finally, on the 29th of March Russell Coker made a comment that stated: > *Finally if this grant application is approved I suggest that we make a > further* > *offer of travel expenses if one of the developers of this project is > accepted* > *as a speaker at an LCA miniconf. The general practice is that speakers > at the* > *main conference may be offered travel expenses from the LCA budget but > not for* > *miniconf speakers. I think that we should make it a standard practice > that a* > *miniconf speaker who is speaking about work performed under an LA grant > should* > *be offered a further grant towards travel expenses from anywhere in > Australia* > *or NZ.* > > I have not had a chat with Sadia or Huan about this, but I would be > willing to chase this up if Linux Australia was interested. > > Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. > > Regards, > > Rowland > > ------------ > > Rowland Mosbergen | Business Manager, Stemformatics > Wells Laboratory | Centre for Stem Cell Systems > Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry > and Health Sciences > > Room 1.36, Level 1, Kenneth Myer Building > The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia > T: +61 3 8344 6623 | E: rowland at stemformatics.org > W: www.stemformatics.org | Skype: rowland.stemformatics > > [image: id:image001.jpg at 01D20A8D.3D4A4630] > > > > This email and any attachments may contain personal information or > information that is otherwise confidential or the subject of copyright. > Any use, disclosure or copying of any part of it is prohibited. 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If this email is received in error please > delete it and notify us by return email. > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing listlinux-aus at lists.linux.org.auhttp://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email tolinux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au > > -- > Kathy Reid > President > Linux Australia > > 0418 130 636 > president at linux.org.auhttp://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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 14698 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From russell at coker.com.au Thu Oct 26 13:17:07 2017 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:17:07 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Invitations and Such In-Reply-To: <0c8b01d34d94$84a8f440$8dfadcc0$@adam.com.au> References: <0c8b01d34d94$84a8f440$8dfadcc0$@adam.com.au> Message-ID: <0D5592BF-85A7-43C5-836E-AF9D95FA0E17@coker.com.au> While you make some reasonable points about unprofessional advertising. What does it have to do with Linux Australia? -- Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini with K-9 Mail. From lloy0076 at adam.com.au Thu Oct 26 14:39:13 2017 From: lloy0076 at adam.com.au (David Lloyd) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:39:13 -0400 Subject: [Linux-aus] Invitations and Such In-Reply-To: <0D5592BF-85A7-43C5-836E-AF9D95FA0E17@coker.com.au> References: <0c8b01d34d94$84a8f440$8dfadcc0$@adam.com.au> <0D5592BF-85A7-43C5-836E-AF9D95FA0E17@coker.com.au> Message-ID: <028701d34e0c$00d29090$0277b1b0$@adam.com.au> Hi Russell, > While you make some reasonable points about unprofessional > advertising. What does it have to do with Linux Australia? Given that it's my intention to keep the actual sender anonymous (they have responded to me, by the way) it would be unfair to expect you - or Linux Australia - to believe that it does have anything to do with Linux Australia [1]. Apologies for being off topic. DSL [1] Although it was from a technology related organisation, they're a service used by various open source communities and the audience would be more likely to include people who are a member of Linux Australia than a statistically valid random sample of Australians.