From joel at lca2020.linux.org.au Fri Oct 4 09:35:39 2019 From: joel at lca2020.linux.org.au (Joel Addison) Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:35:39 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2020 - Ticket Sales Open Message-ID: <33660617203ae8e35a009ac516706b77@lca2020.linux.org.au> The linux.conf.au 2020 organising team is pleased to announce that ticket sales for linux.conf.au 2020 have now launched! Early bird tickets are available now until the end of October 2019 or when the allocation is exhausted, whichever comes first. Prices and inclusions are available on the website (https://linux.conf.au/attend/tickets/). You can buy your ticket now via your dashboard (https://linux.conf.au/dashboard/). We have a few key pieces of information to share with everyone. Children We will once again have childcare services available for children at the conference. For younger children, there will be a kids club and childminding service throughout the week on-site at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. We are looking to run a code club for older children, with details still being confirmed. Both of these will be free to attend, with parents paying for additional activities, if appropriate. If you would like to take advantage of this, please include details on your attendee form during the registration process. Accommodation We have secured discount codes for a range of local hotels to help make accommodation more affordable. As the conference is on during the school holidays, we recommend booking accommodation soon. Details of the discount codes can be found on the accommodation page (https://linux.conf.au/attend/accommodation/). Volunteering If you are looking to volunteer at the conference you can apply to be a volunteer today. As linux.conf.au is a community-focused, grassroots conference, it requires the support of volunteers to make the week possible. Please see the volunteers (https://linux.conf.au/attend/volunteer/) page for full details. If you have any questions about ticket sales or anything to do with linux.conf.au 2020, you can contact us via email at contact at lca2020.linux.org.au. We look forward to seeing you at linux.conf.au 2020 in January. linux.conf.au 2020 Organising Team -??-??-?? Read this online at https://lca2020.linux.org.au/news/ticket-sales-open/ From simon at darkmere.gen.nz Wed Oct 9 20:55:55 2019 From: simon at darkmere.gen.nz (Simon Lyall) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:55:55 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: [Linux-aus] Sysadmin Miniconf Call for Sessions is up Message-ID: The Sysadmin Miniconf: http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/ Will be at Linux.conf.au 2020 on the Gold Coast: The Sysadmin Miniconf welcomes your session proposals via the LCA2020 site. Our CFP is at: http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/cfp20.html Please pass this on to anyone else you think might be interested. About The Sysadmin Miniconf =========================== The Systems Administration Miniconf focuses on professional management of real-world Linux and open source environments, both large and small. The Miniconf aims to include a diverse range of tools and techniques that will help keep your entire environment functioning smoothly, and accomplish more with less effort. An important goal will be to provide talks directly useful to professional Linux administrators. The Systems Administration Miniconf has run at 13 previous Linux.Conf.Au conferences. More information, and slides/recordings of previous presentations, can be found on the Systems Administration Miniconf website. More Information ================ The Sysadmin Miniconf is part of Linux.conf.au with is a 5-day conference being held in The Gold Coast in January 2020. There are 11 other Miniconfs also looking for talks and participants including Creative Arts, Games and FOSS, Open ISA, Documentation and Open Education. Details about submitting to them are at https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/ -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar From madduck at madduck.net Mon Oct 14 13:19:02 2019 From: madduck at madduck.net (martin f krafft) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:19:02 +1300 Subject: [Linux-aus] Code Club at LCA in 2020? In-Reply-To: <87mufz8i7y.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> References: <87mufz8i7y.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> Message-ID: <20191014021902.GA12027@fishbowl.rw.madduck.net> Quoting "Rusty Russell via linux-aus", who wrote on 2019-08-24 at 10:58 Uhr +0930: > One of the highlights of Christchurch was the Code Club[1]: my >daughter was energized by the group project and is determined to attend >again next year. > >Is it going to be happening in 2020? Trying to plan travel... Any news about this? I am trying to figure out if my 7yr old should come along too. -- @martinkrafft | https://riot.im/app/#/room/#madduck:madduck.net "the human brain is like an enormous fish -- it is flat and slimy and has gills through which it can see." -- monty python 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 joel at addison.net.au Thu Oct 17 22:41:32 2019 From: joel at addison.net.au (Joel Addison) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:41:32 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Code Club at LCA in 2020? In-Reply-To: <20191014021902.GA12027@fishbowl.rw.madduck.net> References: <87mufz8i7y.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20191014021902.GA12027@fishbowl.rw.madduck.net> Message-ID: <37C28B0D-5A72-47F3-923E-F4CE4C8EC792@addison.net.au> > On 14 Oct 2019, at 12:19, martin f krafft via linux-aus wrote: > > Quoting "Rusty Russell via linux-aus", who wrote on 2019-08-24 at 10:58 Uhr +0930: >> One of the highlights of Christchurch was the Code Club[1]: my daughter was energized by the group project and is determined to attend again next year. >> >> Is it going to be happening in 2020? Trying to plan travel... > > Any news about this? I am trying to figure out if my 7yr old should come along too. Hi everyone, We will once again have childcare services available for children at the conference, at no cost to parents. For younger children, there will be a kids club and childminding service throughout the week on-site at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. We are also looking to run a code club for older children, with details still being confirmed. At this stage it looks like we might have a couple of different groups coming in to run sessions during the week. If you would like to take advantage of this, please include details on your attendee form during the registration process. Thanks, Joel ? Joel Addison Conference Director linux.conf.au 2020 From joel at lca2020.linux.org.au Thu Oct 17 23:23:46 2019 From: joel at lca2020.linux.org.au (Joel Addison) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:23:46 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2020 - Speak at a Miniconf Message-ID: We are excited to announce the 12 miniconfs that have been accepted for linux.conf.au 2020. The 12 miniconfs include: * System Administration * Creative Arts * Games and FOSS * Open ISA (RISC-V, OpenPOWER, etc) * The Absolute Value of Documentation * Open Education * Kernel * GO GLAM (Generous and Open: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) * Security, Identity and Privacy * Kubernetes, Containers and Docker * FreeBSD * Open Hardware Call for sessions is open for all 12 miniconfs now and we encourage you to submit a proposal (or three). If you're interested or just a bit curious you should check out the full listing of the miniconfs (https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/). Miniconf call for sessions close on Sunday 8 December [Anywhere on Earth (AoE)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth). Our miniconfs will be processing early acceptances commencing on Sunday 17 November, for those who need more time to make arrangements to attend the conference. We encourage you to get your proposal in quickly! Don't forget early bird tickets (https://linux.conf.au/attend/tickets/) are now on sale. Purchase your ticket by the end of the month to pay early bird prices! If you have any questions about miniconfs or anything to do with linux.conf.au 2020, you can contact us via email at contact at lca2020.linux.org.au. linux.conf.au 2020 Organising Team ---? Read this online at https://lca2020.linux.org.au/news/miniconfs-in-2020/ From simon at darkmere.gen.nz Tue Oct 22 18:14:51 2019 From: simon at darkmere.gen.nz (Simon Lyall) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 20:14:51 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: [Linux-aus] Spamming meetup.com Message-ID: So I was in the process of contacting various meetup group organisers to ask them if they could post a link to the LCA Miniconf's Call for Sessions and LCA in general. https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/ However Meetup.com's spam filters quickly blocked me. So it would be great if you are a member of any of the Meetups below (or other relevant meetups) if you could ask the Meetups' Organiser's if they could post something (or you could post yourself, please use your judgement). Meetup.com is a major place for tech people these days and for many the only way they interact with the community. So it is a great way at getting the word out. List of Meetup Groups: DevOps Brisbane Meetup - DevOps Melbourne Meetup Gold Coast DevOps Melbourne Kubernetes User Group Brisbane Gitlab She Builds on AWS Sydney She Builds on AWS Melbourne Code like a Girl - Melbource Lets do programming Brisbane HackerSpace Brisbane Brisbane CloudOps Brisbane Open Source Group Platform Engineers Brisbane Brisbane Openshift AWS Brisbane ELM Brisbane Brisbane LGBT+ and Allies in Tech Brisbane Openshift Girl Geek Sydney Women Who Code Brisbane BarCamp Queensland Drupal Gold Coast IT Forum Gold Coast Gold Coast javascript Sydney Kubernetes Meetup. Sydney-OpenShift-Meetup Chef Sydney Sydney Saltstack User Group Infrastructure Coders - Melbourne Infrastructure Coders (Wollongong) Newcastle Infracoders and DevOps -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 22:06:14 +1300 (NZDT) From: Simon Lyall To: miniconfs at lists.lca2020.linux.org.au Subject: Publicity and meetups In Previous years I tried getting some publicity via Meetup groups. Unfortunely it looks like meetup have turned up their Spam filters so I can't even message group owners asking them to push out something. :( I have a big list of Meetup Groups to Target. I am almost leaning towards just forwaring this list to Linux-aus and asking people to see if they are members of any of the groups and post it to them. Thoughts? Anyway here is the list of groups, followed by my Sysadmin Orientated message and my more general Miniconf Message. List: Gold Coast AWS - Oct 11 (to Steve Dalton) - DONE - posted to slack DevOpsGirls Melbourne - DONE - Oct 11 ( to Franca Moretto ) DevOps Brisbane Meetup - DevOps Melbourne Meetup Gold Coast DevOps Melbourne Kubernetes User Group Brisbane Gitlab She Builds on AWS Sydney She Builds on AWS Melbourne Code like a Girl - Melbource Brisbane HackerSpace Brisbane Brisbane CloudOps Brisbane Open Source Group Platform Engineers Brisbane Brisbane Openshift AWS Brisbane ELM Brisbane Brisbane LGBT+ and Allies in Tech Brisbane Openshift Girl Geek Sydney Women Who Code Brisbane BarCamp Queensland Drupal Gold Coast IT Forum Gold Coast Gold Coast javascript Sydney Kubernetes Meetup. https://www.meetup.com/Sydney-OpenShift-Meetup/ Chef Sydney Sydney Saltstack User Group Infrastructure Coders - Melbourne Infrastructure Coders (Wollongong) Newcastle Infracoders and DevOps Sydney Linux User Sysadmin message: --- The Sysadmin Miniconf is being held on The Gold Coast in January. We are looking for talks about all aspects of System Administration and Operations. Sysadmin Miniconf Call for Presentations https://sysadmin.miniconf.org/cfp20.html The Sysadmin Miniconf is part of Linux.conf.au, a 5-day technical conference being held in The Gold Coast in January 2020. There are 12 Single-day Miniconfs on specific topics such as Kubernetes, Documentation, Kernel and Security being held as part of the conference. The Miniconfs are currently looking for talk proposals https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/ Please forward to your colleagues, peers, or others you think may be interested --- General Message --- Linux.conf.au is a 5-day community-run technical conference being held in The Gold Coast in January 2020. Tickets are selling now. Part of the conference is 12 Single-day Miniconfs on specific topics such as Kubernetes, Documentation, Kernel and Security. These Miniconfs are currently looking for talk/presentation proposals. https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/ Please forward to your colleagues, peers, or others you think may be interested --- -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar From joel at lca2020.linux.org.au Wed Oct 23 08:27:25 2019 From: joel at lca2020.linux.org.au (Joel Addison) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:27:25 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2020 - Conference schedule now available Message-ID: <2e30e3558ba978c40441ac812f6a0730@lca2020.linux.org.au> We are proud to announce the conference schedule for linux.conf.au 2020. The Session Selection Committee and Organising Team have pulled together an exciting schedule for linux.conf.au 2020. The first two days include 12 miniconfs covering an array of interesting subject areas. Following this, we will be running 80 talks plus eight tutorials across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the main conference. The sessions cover a wide variety of topics, including open source software, open hardware, Linux kernel, documentation and community. This is overlayed with our theme for linux.conf.au 2020 of "Who's Watching", focusing on security, privacy and ethics. You can now read the full schedule at https://linux.conf.au/schedule/ Miniconfs As you know, we will be running 12 miniconfs across the Monday and Tuesday of linux.conf.au 2020. All of the miniconfs are currently accepting proposals for sessions, so we encourage you to submit some talks today. You have until Sunday 8 December Anywhere on Earth (AoE) to submit your proposal. If you require additional time to make arrangements to attend the conference, please submit your proposal by Sunday 17 November to be considered for early acceptance. Details of our miniconfs and call for sessions can be found at https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/ Tickets Now is a great time to purchase your tickets to linux.conf.au 2020! Tickets are on sale now, with early bird prices still available until the end of the month. Get in quick to make sure you do not miss out. Tickets are available at https://linux.conf.au/attend/tickets/ If you have any questions about the schedule or anything to do with linux.conf.au 2020, you can contact us via email at contact at lca2020.linux.org.au. linux.conf.au 2020 Organising Team --- Read this online at https://lca2020.linux.org.au/news/schedule-available/ From kathy at kathyreid.id.au Wed Oct 23 13:50:52 2019 From: kathy at kathyreid.id.au (Kathy Reid) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:50:52 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Submissions to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) re: AAbill due 1 November Message-ID: <89e13b3a-15b1-47f8-89f2-bb90431bc419@kathyreid.id.au> Good afternoon fine humans, Another fine human reminded me of this earlier today. As you may be aware, the INSLM has extended calls for submissions into the AAbill to 1 November - about a week away. https://www.inslm.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/Alert%20-%20Submissions%20Extension%20TOLA%20Review(1).pdf The passing of this retrograde, ill-conceived and deeply problematic legislation last year with bipartisan support, against the advice of the entire IT industry, beggared belief. In the interim we have witnessed the erosion of press freedom, whistle-blowing and safe disclosure capabilities, and the international evaporation of trust in Australia's digital and IT capabilities - and, IMHO, quite rightly so. We're tired. We're tired of trying to fight the good fight. It feels like our voice goes unheeded, and that our small efforts do not shift the needle. We're busy. We all have hundreds of things going on in our lives - study, partners, children, work and so on. We don't have the headspace for yet another thing. However, this legislation represents a key inflection point in Australia's digital - and security - future. We must resist it, because the alternative is an Australia none of want to see realised. Is there anyone who could take lead on a submission? Who could put together a couple paragraphs? Who could proof read? Together we can help point our nation on an ever-so-slightly different path. With kind regards, Kathy From kathy at kathyreid.id.au Sun Oct 27 15:52:07 2019 From: kathy at kathyreid.id.au (Kathy Reid) Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 15:52:07 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Submissions to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) re: AAbill due 1 November In-Reply-To: <89e13b3a-15b1-47f8-89f2-bb90431bc419@kathyreid.id.au> References: <89e13b3a-15b1-47f8-89f2-bb90431bc419@kathyreid.id.au> Message-ID: <2f3f187f-95c5-2bf0-636b-5e8827ac4981@kathyreid.id.au> Hi everyone, A couple of folks responded to this and offered to help - thank you. I've provided them with "write" access to this draft document. If anyone is interested, a "comment only" version is available below - your comments are warmly welcomed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wQbUMEjK1VzdPuloy0KZ94VzIe8SMCcQXWgadlxfqq8/edit?usp=sharing Kind regards, Kathy On 23/10/19 1:50 pm, Kathy Reid wrote: > Good afternoon fine humans, > > Another fine human reminded me of this earlier today. > > > As you may be aware, the INSLM has extended calls for submissions into > the AAbill to 1 November - about a week away. > > https://www.inslm.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/Alert%20-%20Submissions%20Extension%20TOLA%20Review(1).pdf > > > The passing of this retrograde, ill-conceived and deeply problematic > legislation last year with bipartisan support, against the advice of > the entire IT industry, beggared belief. > > In the interim we have witnessed the erosion of press freedom, > whistle-blowing and safe disclosure capabilities, and the > international evaporation of trust in Australia's digital and IT > capabilities - and, IMHO, quite rightly so. > > > We're tired. We're tired of trying to fight the good fight. It feels > like our voice goes unheeded, and that our small efforts do not shift > the needle. > > We're busy. We all have hundreds of things going on in our lives - > study, partners, children, work and so on. We don't have the headspace > for yet another thing. > > > However, this legislation represents a key inflection point in > Australia's digital - and security - future. We must resist it, > because the alternative is an Australia none of want to see realised. > > > Is there anyone who could take lead on a submission? Who could put > together a couple paragraphs? Who could proof read? Together we can > help point our nation on an ever-so-slightly different path. > > > With kind regards, > > Kathy > > > From jwoithe at just42.net Wed Oct 30 21:03:01 2019 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:33:01 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] LCA2020 Creative Arts Miniconf - now accepting proposals Message-ID: <20191030100301.GB14320@marvin.atrad.com.au> The Linux.conf.au Creative Arts Miniconf is being held on Monday 13 January 2020. Proposals are invited for talks, demonstrations and performances which showcase Open Source and Open Hardware in the Creative Arts sphere. Contributions are welcome from any branch of the arts: visual arts, music, sculpture, video, art installations to name just a few. Presentations may present artistic work, describe how to use particular software, cover the development of new software or hardware, or anything else where Open Source or Open Hardware has been used for artistic purposes. For more information please refer to the Creative Arts Miniconf page at https://lca2020.linux.org.au/programme/miniconfs/creative-arts/ A button on the miniconf website can be used to submit a proposal. Please contact me if you have further questions or wish to discuss ideas you might have for a proposal. In addition to the Creative Arts Miniconf there are 11 other miniconfs being held at LCA2020. All miniconfs are currently accepting proposals. See https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/ for the complete list. Regards Jonathan Woithe LCA2020 Creative Arts Miniconf organiser