From chair at lca2019.org Sat Nov 3 16:04:09 2018 From: chair at lca2019.org (Steven Sykes) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 18:04:09 +1300 Subject: [Linux-aus] Keynote announcement! Message-ID: <35ced09a-0891-15da-f441-0b12ff83fbbd@lca2019.org> The linux.conf.au 2019 team are excited to announce Rory Aronson as our first keynote speaker! Rory is the CEO of FarmBot Inc, a California benefit corporation that produces 100% open-source CNC farming machines designed for small-scale automated precision food production. Rory started the project from his sunny porch in San Luis Obispo with the publishing of the FarmBot whitepaper in September of 2013. From there, he formed a small team consisting of hardware and software engineers who brought the project to market in July of 2016 with the debut of FarmBot Genesis. After raising over $1,000,000 in pre-order sales in 2016, the team shipped their first units to customers in early 2017. Today, over 900 FarmBot kits have been delivered to customers all around the world, and the FarmBot community continues to grow. Come and hear Rory speak at linux.conf.au 2019! -- Steven Sykes Chair, LCA 2019 Twitter: @linuxconfau Web: linux.conf.au/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2019Logo-mini.png Type: image/png Size: 9844 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jamezpolley at gmail.com Sun Nov 4 18:06:48 2018 From: jamezpolley at gmail.com (James Polley) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 18:06:48 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open Source Industry Association call for nominations - ends Friday 9th Nov Message-ID: Hi all, (Please note that I'm writing this email in a purely personal capacity) It's come to my attention that the Open Source Industry Association call for nominations for directors for the 2018 board has opened, and closes this Friday November 9. OSIA is an organisation that I feel has substantially complementary interests with Linux Australia. Where LA works to support the community through financial sponsorship of events and user groups, OSIA works to support the community by representing companies and other organisations within Australia who invest in or build their future on FOSS. Primarily this has been done through public policy work - including making direct representations to government, but also working with the press and other bodies to build awareness of issues that affect our ability to work on FOSS. A detailed report on the work OSIA has done over the last few years - including representations to government on various issues, and the outcomes that have been achieved, is in [2] Just like LA relies on volunteers to serve on the Council, OSIA relies on volunteers to serve on the Board (different names, equivalent functions). If you're someone who relies on being able to work on FOSS in order to earn a living, I'd urge you to look into OSIA and consider whether you could potentially assist by standing for election to the Board. (I'll be saying something similar about the Linux Australia council in a few weeks) The full call for nominations is at [1] and the Annual Report for the year is at [2]. In case you missed the subject, note that the call for nominations closes on Friday the 9th November, and you'll need to be a financial member - and seconded by another financial member in order to stand for election. Full details on how to nominate are in the FAQ at [1]. [1] https://lists.osia.com.au/pipermail/osia-members/Week-of-Mon-20181029/000417.html [2] https://lists.osia.com.au/pipermail/osia-members/Week-of-Mon-20181029/000416.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamezpolley at gmail.com Mon Nov 5 10:02:46 2018 From: jamezpolley at gmail.com (James Polley) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 10:02:46 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open Source Industry Association call for nominations - ends Friday 9th Nov In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 6:06 PM James Polley wrote: > Hi all, > > (Please note that I'm writing this email in a purely personal capacity) > > It's come to my attention that the Open Source Industry Association call > for nominations for directors for the 2018 board has opened, and closes > this Friday November 9. > > OSIA is an organisation that I feel has substantially complementary > interests with Linux Australia. Where LA works to support the community > through financial sponsorship of events and user groups, OSIA works to > support the community by representing companies and other organisations > within Australia who invest in or build their future on FOSS. Primarily > this has been done through public policy work - including making direct > representations to government, but also working with the press and other > bodies to build awareness of issues that affect our ability to work on > FOSS. A detailed report on the work OSIA has done over the last few years > - including representations to government on various issues, and the > outcomes that have been achieved, is in [2] > > Just like LA relies on volunteers to serve on the Council, OSIA relies on > volunteers to serve on the Board (different names, equivalent functions). > If you're someone who relies on being able to work on FOSS in order to earn > a living, I'd urge you to look into OSIA and consider whether you could > potentially assist by standing for election to the Board. > > (I'll be saying something similar about the Linux Australia council in a > few weeks) > > The full call for nominations is at [1] and the Annual Report for the year > is at [2]. In case you missed the subject, note that the call for > nominations closes on Friday the 9th November, and you'll need to be a > financial member - and seconded by another financial member in order to > stand for election. Full details on how to nominate are in the FAQ at [1]. > The FAQ makes it clear that I'm wrong about this - you need to be a financial member to nominate or second someone, or to vote, but you don't need to be a member to be nominated or elected. Q4. Who is eligible to be nominated? Everybody is eligible. You do not need to be a financial member (or even a member at all) to be nominated or elected to the board. However, it would seem reasonable for members to expect that anyone appointed as a director would join (or would get his or her company to join) shortly thereafter. > > [1] > https://lists.osia.com.au/pipermail/osia-members/Week-of-Mon-20181029/000417.html > [2] > https://lists.osia.com.au/pipermail/osia-members/Week-of-Mon-20181029/000416.html > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mark.phillips at automatedtestsystems.com.au Mon Nov 5 15:23:44 2018 From: mark.phillips at automatedtestsystems.com.au (Mark Phillips) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 15:23:44 +1100 (AEDT) Subject: [Linux-aus] Open Source Industry Association call for nominations - ends Friday 9th Nov In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <769492490.8527025.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From president at linux.org.au Mon Nov 5 15:31:36 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 15:31:36 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open Source Industry Association call for nominations - ends Friday 9th Nov In-Reply-To: <769492490.8527025.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> References: <769492490.8527025.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> Message-ID: <544ff814-c190-a2f0-51df-6a3ba359d37c@linux.org.au> Hi Mark, Just a minor point of clarification - Linux Australia partnered with several other digital rights and technology groups and co-signed a detailed submission here; https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/consultations/Documents/new-america%27s-open-technology-institute.pdf This also speaks to the point you've made about the capacity of multiple groups to effect change - partnering and collaboration on pieces like this help to reduce the efforts required by both organisations.? Best wishes for the call for board members, Kind regards, Kathy On 5/11/18 3:23 pm, Mark Phillips via linux-aus wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I just saw this email on the linux-aus list so I thought I would > reply. (full context at bottom) > > In particular: > > Nevertheless,? significant? challenges? remain. > The lion?s? share? of? the? work? in? 2018? was? done? by? OSIA > Company? Secretary? Jack? Burton? and? to? a? lesser? ex- > tent from February to July also by my predecessor as > Chairman,? Mark Phillips.?? Ultimately,? such a division > of labour is unsustainable.? If that continues,? it would > be inevitable that the organisation will again & again > burn out those individuals who are willing to contribute, > lurching from one crisis to the next as they leave. > > > 1) I hope there is no implication that my resignation was due to a > burnout. > ??? I wish to assure everybody that that was not the reason. > > 2) I haven't seen the OSIA newsletters since I resigned, so could you > let me know what OSIA's has done since I resigned? The only thing I > can see is that a possible director being negotiated with at the time > of my resignation didn't join and that Don Lowe has also resigned. Oh, > and the road shows were cancelled. > > Mark > > PS While I'm asking, is there a reason why OSIA didn't submit? > anything for the Assistance and Access Bill 2018 > https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistance-and-access-bill-2018 > > I have a personal submission. > > PPS. I am also a bit worried that LA as a body didn't submit anything > either. So next time something like this comes up,? I'll be asking for > contributions from both OSIA and LA. > > >> On 04 November 2018 at 18:06 James Polley via linux-aus >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> (Please note that I'm writing this email in a purely personal capacity) >> >> It's come to my attention that the Open Source Industry Association >> call for nominations for directors for the 2018 board has opened, and >> closes this Friday November 9. >> >> OSIA is an organisation that I feel has substantially complementary >> interests with Linux Australia. Where LA works to support the >> community through financial sponsorship of events and user groups, >> OSIA works to support the community by representing companies and >> other organisations within Australia who invest in or build their >> future on FOSS. Primarily this has been done through public policy >> work - including making direct representations to government, but >> also working with the press and other bodies to build awareness of >> issues that affect our ability to work on FOSS.? A detailed report on >> the work OSIA has done over the last few years - including >> representations to?government?on various issues, and the outcomes >> that have been?achieved,?is in [2] >> >> Just like LA relies on volunteers to serve on the Council, OSIA >> relies on volunteers to serve on the Board (different names, >> equivalent functions). If you're someone who relies on being able to >> work on FOSS in order to earn a living, I'd urge you to look into >> OSIA and consider whether you could potentially assist by standing >> for election to the Board. >> >> (I'll be saying something similar about the Linux Australia council >> in a few weeks) >> >> The full call for nominations is at [1] and the Annual Report for the >> year is at [2]. In case you missed the subject, note that the call >> for nominations closes on Friday the 9th November, and you'll need to >> be a financial member - and seconded by another financial member in >> order to stand for election. Full details on how to nominate are in >> the FAQ at [1]. >> >> [1]?https://lists.osia.com.au/pipermail/osia-members/Week-of-Mon-20181029/000417.html >> [2]?https://lists.osia.com.au/pipermail/osia-members/Week-of-Mon-20181029/000416.html >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > ? > > _______________________________________________ > 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 russell-linuxaus at stuart.id.au Mon Nov 5 16:00:20 2018 From: russell-linuxaus at stuart.id.au (Russell Stuart) Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:00:20 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open Source Industry Association call for nominations - ends Friday 9th Nov In-Reply-To: <769492490.8527025.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> References: <769492490.8527025.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> Message-ID: <1541394020.7211.9.camel@stuart.id.au> On Mon, 2018-11-05 at 15:23 +1100, Mark Phillips via linux-aus wrote: > PPS. I am also a bit worried that LA as a body didn't submit anything > either. So next time something like this comes up,? I'll be asking > for contributions from both OSIA and LA. As it happens LA did put it's signature on a submission. Should the government ever publish the submissions you will see it there. I also submitted a personal view point. I suspect the submissions received where were overwhelming negative, and the reason they aren't published is doing so would hinder the governments agenda, which is to get the bill through the senate. If those guesses are true additional submissions aren't going to help. The citizens and civil society have made their position very clear to their government. From andrew at donnellan.id.au Mon Nov 5 16:07:59 2018 From: andrew at donnellan.id.au (Andrew Donnellan) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 16:07:59 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Open Source Industry Association call for nominations - ends Friday 9th Nov In-Reply-To: <1541394020.7211.9.camel@stuart.id.au> References: <769492490.8527025.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> <1541394020.7211.9.camel@stuart.id.au> Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 16:00, Russell Stuart via linux-aus < linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote: > On Mon, 2018-11-05 at 15:23 +1100, Mark Phillips via linux-aus wrote: > > PPS. I am also a bit worried that LA as a body didn't submit anything > > either. So next time something like this comes up, I'll be asking > > for contributions from both OSIA and LA. > > As it happens LA did put it's signature on a submission. Should the > government ever publish the submissions you will see it there. I also > submitted a personal view point. > > I suspect the submissions received where were overwhelming negative, > and the reason they aren't published is doing so would hinder the > governments agenda, which is to get the bill through the senate. > > If those guesses are true additional submissions aren't going to help. > The citizens and civil society have made their position very clear to > their government. > They were all published several weeks ago (well, maybe not "all" but they seem to imply that everyone who gave consent to publication has had theirs published, and both mine and yours are available there). https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistance-and-access-bill-2018 -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrew.donnellan.id.au andrew at donnellan.id.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jack at saosce.com.au Mon Nov 5 18:05:21 2018 From: jack at saosce.com.au (Jack Burton) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 17:35:21 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Osia-members] Open Source Industry Association call for nominations - ends Friday 9th Nov In-Reply-To: <769492490.8527025.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> References: <769492490.8527025.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> Message-ID: <20181105173521.7a48c9e1@current.m.saosce.com.au> On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 15:23:44 +1100 (AEDT) Mark Phillips wrote: > 2) I haven't seen the OSIA newsletters since I resigned, The osia-members@ list archives are publicly available here: http://lists.osia.com.au/pipermail/osia-members/ > so could you let me know what OSIA's has done since I resigned? The > only thing I can see is that a possible director being negotiated > with at the time of my resignation didn't join and that Don Lowe has > also resigned. Oh, and the road shows were cancelled. OSIA's activities in the current & preceding quarters were described in the annual report: "Strategy & Operations" / "Achievements" / "Post EOFY" (on pages 10 to 14). But since you asked, I'm happy to point out what I see as the two most obvious highlights of that period: * Evidence given before the public hearing of the Senate Committee's inquiry into TPP-11 which led to three of OSIA's PRs being tabled in the Senate (a first for OSIA) and to DFAT being instructed to look further into one of OSIA's concerns. * Meeting with Deptartment of Communications & the Arts (international copyright section) in Canberra, at which we discussed & advised on 8 separate current international negotiations affecting copyright (EU/AU FTA, RCEP & AU/PA FTA as well as MTPBA & 3 other current WIPO SCCR agenda items). > PS While I'm asking, is there a reason why OSIA didn't submit > anything for the Assistance and Access Bill 2018 > https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistance-and-access-bill-2018 Yes. It fell outside the scope of the three specific areas of public policy which the board had agreed to narrow our focus to. We made that decision out of expedience, since clearly we did not have sufficient manpower to respond to every public policy matter of potential relevance to the .au FOSS sector. That's the same reason we didn't pursue opportunities with OGNAP/OGPAU or auIGF further, despite both being interesting & relevant initiatives. [ shameless plug: if, in 2019, we have a full complement of 8 directors, plus a company secretary, we may well be able to revisit that decision and resume responding to a much broader range of public policy matters -- see yesterday's call for nominations ;) ] For reference, the three areas of public policy we are focussing on are: * Commonwealth ICT procurement policy & practices; * Domestic copyright & patent law reform; and * International treaties that include provisions on copyright or patents. That decision was also disclosed in the annual report: "Strategy & Operations" / "Overview & History" / "The crisis of 2017" / "Numbers: the 2018 term" (2nd last paragraph in left-hand column on page 6). Notwithstanding that, if any OSIA member or group of members feel strongly that an industry voice is needed on an issue outside that scope, they are free to draft a submission themselves. If a final release candidate is shared with the OSIA board with enough time to review properly before the submission deadline, the board is always willing to consider releasing it under the OSIA banner (preserving the original authors' attribution of course) -- and even if the board says no those members can still lodge it under their own companies' names. I recall making that offer at least once in the current board term to a member who raised a relevant public policy issue with the board that was outside of our core areas of focus (although the member in question declined to draft a submission himself). We didn't mention the availability of that alternative approach in the annual report. Perhaps we should have. > I have a personal submission. Glad to see it. Glad to see LA's endorsement of the NAOTI submission too. Having more Australian FOSS voices is almost always a good thing (since no individual or organisation has a monopoly on good arguments, and sometimes there are multiple, equally valid but mutually incompatible, arguments which deserve to be raised in parallel -- e.g. there is a set of at least 3 such arguments on addressing the problems caused by software patents). Whilst OSIA did not respond to the A&A Bill ourselves, personally I tend to agree with the arguments raised in the NAOTI submission, as I'm sure many other OSIA (and LA) folks do too. For the record, OSIA was not asked to endorse any third-party organisations' submissions on the A&A Bill. Had we been asked to endorse (and been given sufficient time to review a final release candidate of) something along the lines of the NAOTI submission, we *probably* [my opinion only here -- not necessarily what OSIA's board would have decided] would have endorsed it. But we simply didn't have the bandwidth to draft a submission of our own. Hope that helps clarify things. From mark.phillips at automatedtestsystems.com.au Wed Nov 14 08:35:08 2018 From: mark.phillips at automatedtestsystems.com.au (Mark Phillips) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 08:35:08 +1100 (AEDT) Subject: [Linux-aus] Open Source Industry Association call for nominations - ends Friday 9th Nov In-Reply-To: <368646845.8528731.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> References: <769492490.8527025.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> <544ff814-c190-a2f0-51df-6a3ba359d37c@linux.org.au> <368646845.8528731.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> Message-ID: <1537616249.8672105.6736bd81-44ad-4293-b489-d7be6c515bfc.open-xchange@webmailox.com.au> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Andrew On Wed., 14 Nov. 2018, 10:35 Mark Phillips via linux-aus < linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au wrote: > Hi all, > > > Just checking the original submissions page and got a 401. > > I found this > https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/TelcoAmendmentBill2018/Submissions > > But both mine and yours seem to be missing. > > Is this just a recent thing and they haven't finished moving everything > yet? > > > mark > > > > > > On 05 November 2018 at 15:31 Linux Australia President via linux-aus < > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > Just a minor point of clarification - Linux Australia partnered with > several other digital rights and technology groups and co-signed a detailed > submission here; > > > https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/consultations/Documents/new-america%27s-open-technology-institute.pdf > > This also speaks to the point you've made about the capacity of multiple > groups to effect change - partnering and collaboration on pieces like this > help to reduce the efforts required by both organisations. > > > Best wishes for the call for board members, > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > > > On 5/11/18 3:23 pm, Mark Phillips via linux-aus wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I just saw this email on the linux-aus list so I thought I would reply. > (full context at bottom) > > In particular: > > Nevertheless, significant challenges remain. > The lion?s share of the work in 2018 was done by OSIA > Company Secretary Jack Burton and to a lesser ex- > tent from February to July also by my predecessor as > Chairman, Mark Phillips. Ultimately, such a division > of labour is unsustainable. If that continues, it would > be inevitable that the organisation will again & again > burn out those individuals who are willing to contribute, > lurching from one crisis to the next as they leave. > > > 1) I hope there is no implication that my resignation was due to a burnout. > I wish to assure everybody that that was not the reason. > > 2) I haven't seen the OSIA newsletters since I resigned, so could you let > me know what OSIA's has done since I resigned? The only thing I can see is > that a possible director being negotiated with at the time of my > resignation didn't join and that Don Lowe has also resigned. Oh, and the > road shows were cancelled. > > Mark > > PS While I'm asking, is there a reason why OSIA didn't submit anything > for the Assistance and Access Bill 2018 > https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistance-and-access-bill-2018 > > > I have a personal submission. > > PPS. I am also a bit worried that LA as a body didn't submit anything > either. So next time something like this comes up, I'll be asking for > contributions from both OSIA and LA. > > > On 04 November 2018 at 18:06 James Polley via linux-aus > wrote: > > Hi all, > > (Please note that I'm writing this email in a purely personal capacity) > > It's come to my attention that the Open Source Industry Association call > for nominations for directors for the 2018 board has opened, and closes > this Friday November 9. > > OSIA is an organisation that I feel has substantially complementary > interests with Linux Australia. Where LA works to support the community > through financial sponsorship of events and user groups, OSIA works to > support the community by representing companies and other organisations > within Australia who invest in or build their future on FOSS. Primarily > this has been done through public policy work - including making direct > representations to government, but also working with the press and other > bodies to build awareness of issues that affect our ability to work on > FOSS. A detailed report on the work OSIA has done over the last few years > - including representations to government on various issues, and the > outcomes that have been achieved, is in [2] > > Just like LA relies on volunteers to serve on the Council, OSIA relies on > volunteers to serve on the Board (different names, equivalent functions). > If you're someone who relies on being able to work on FOSS in order to earn > a living, I'd urge you to look into OSIA and consider whether you could > potentially assist by standing for election to the Board. > > (I'll be saying something similar about the Linux Australia council in a > few weeks) > > The full call for nominations is at [1] and the Annual Report for the year > is at [2]. In case you missed the subject, note that the call for > nominations closes on Friday the 9th November, and you'll need to be a > financial member - and seconded by another financial member in order to > stand for election. Full details on how to nominate are in the FAQ at [1]. > > [1] > https://lists.osia.com.au/pipermail/osia-members/Week-of-Mon-20181029/000417.html > [2] > https://lists.osia.com.au/pipermail/osia-members/Week-of-Mon-20181029/000416.html > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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URL: From president at linux.org.au Sat Nov 24 03:42:52 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2018 03:42:52 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] REMINDER: Call for Nominations for Rusty Wrench Award 2019 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: G'day everyone! A courtesy reminder that there's less than a week to nominate someone for the Rusty Wrench award. If you were considering someone, now's the time to email us and provide details of your nominee and what makes them so special. Kind regards, Kathy On 25/10/18 4:49 pm, Linux Australia President via linux-aus wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > The Rusty Wrench Award is Australia's highest honour for community > contributions to the open source movement in the country, eponymously > named for luminary Rusty Russell. one of Australia's most prominent > contributors and community members, and founder of linux.conf.au (as > CALU, in 1999), and inaugural recipient of the award. > > The Rusty Wrench Award is an award started by Jeff Waugh to recognise > outstanding service to the Australian and New Zealand Free and Open > Source Software community. > > In previous years, nominations for this award have been done via web > form, however as we're transitioning to a new web site, nominations > will be done this year via email. > > The Council and Rusty Wrench previous recipients will then review the > nominations and may choose to award to the Rusty Wrench. > > Please send your nomination to council at linux.org.au with the subject > line "Rusty Wrench Nomination: NAME OF NOMINEE", and include a > paragraph on why you believe he/she/they should be awarded the Rusty > Wrench. > > *Winners of the Rusty Wrench Award:* > > * 2017 - Michael Still and Michael Davies (joint award) > * 2016 - No award made > * 2015 ? Steve Walsh > * 2014 ? Andrew Tridgell > * 2013 ? Donna Benjamin > * 2012 ? Mary Gardiner > * 2008?2011: no award made > * 2007 ? Kim Weatherall > * 2006 ? Pia Waugh > * 2005 ? Rusty Russell > > Nominations should be received no later than 30th November 2018. > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 president at linux.org.au Thu Nov 29 21:54:44 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:54:44 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Announce] Official call for bids for linux.conf.au 2021 - LCA 2021 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <892369a4-fefa-d538-9bfe-4dc5781e6c85@linux.org.au> Hi everyone,? We'd like to provide an update on the linux.conf.au 2021 Call for Bids. We've currently received one bid - however because we want to ensure a strong pipeline of events, we've decided to extend the Call for Bids until the end of December 2018. So if you've thought "gosh, I've just missed out" or "woops, we missed the deadline", then you have a little more time! As always the Council is very happy to discuss what's involved, the commitment, and the transferable skills that you will gain from running linux.conf.au. Kind regards, Kathy On 29/8/18 9:19 pm, Linux Australia Secretary wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > ? > > As the very keen among us know, plans are coming along really well for > linux.conf.au 2019 in Christchurch and more > information is available at https://linux.conf.au > . We're very much looking forward to seeing > you all there. > > ? > > In the meantime, it's time to start thinking about plans for 2021. > > ? > > Last year, Council assessed bids for LCA2020, and the winning city > will be announced at the close of LCA2019 in January next year *cough, > Cairns* ;-) > > ? > > The timeline for the LCA2021 bid: > > * > > Earlier this year: Council seeks Expressions of Interest in > running linux.conf.au 2021 > > * > > August - formal Bids are requested to host linux.conf.au > 2021 > > * > > October 27th - Submission of formal bids closes > > * > > November / December - Council clarifies any questions regarding > the bids and reviews them > > * > > Quarter 1 2019 - Council conducts Site Inspections with > shortlisted Bid Teams > > * > > Early 2019 - Council decides on the winning city and informs the > Bid Teams > > * > > January 2020 - Winning bid is announced at linux.conf.au > in $CITY_FOR_LCA2021 > > > 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.auto 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.auand 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 onto anyone you think may be interested. > > ? > > Looking forward to seeing your bids! > > ? > > Sae Ra > > > -- > > Sae Ra Germaine > Secretary > Linux Australia > > secretary at linux.org.au > http://linux.org.au > > Linux Australia Inc > GPO Box 4788 > Sydney NSW 2001 > Australia > > ABN 56 987 117 479 > > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing list > announce at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/announce -- 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: