[Linux-aus] [Announce] 2024-2025 Annual report and Draft AGM Agenda

[Karl Goetz]

On 15/1/25 23:02, Andrew Ruthven via linux-aus wrote:
> Hey,
>
> On Thu, 2025-01-16 at 00:26 +1300, Simon Lyall via linux-aus wrote:
>> From:
>>> https://linux.org.au/about-us/annual-reports/
>> Treasurer’s Report:
>>
>> "Looking forward to next year, I expect the conferences will adjust to the
>> new sponsorship conditions and return to making a profit. I hope the
>> number of conferences we run will at least run steady, but at this stage I
>> am not
>> expecting EO/LCA will be run again. That's a shame as I've attended other
>> developer conferences, and without a doubt LA's flagship is both the
>> strongest technically and the cheapest to attend. There is no lack of
>> speakers, or
>> volunteers, or venues, or money. What we can't find is a team to run it"
>>
>> Thoughts?

A pity, but I feel not necessarily a surprise given how most every 
community group I talk to is struggling these days.

> Certainly disappointing, and concerning. I first saw a comment about this on
> the Fediverse today/yesterday. I'm surprised this hasn't been raised
> earlier.

I might be misremembering but I seem to recall several LCAs only had one 
bid (Can anyone confirm or is my memory faulty?). IF that is the case it 
would suggest this problem has existed for some time.

> Looking back in the mail archives for linux-aus@ and announce@ I see nothing
> that indicates there is a lack of teams submitting proposals. But, I'm also
> surprised that the only call for proposals for running these conferences is
> from April 2023[0]. And that was asking for proposals for the '24 and '25
> conferences, no mention of '26.
>
> Surely some follow ups, prompts, etc, would be in order?

++

> [0]https://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/announce/2023-April/000355.html
>
> Hoping folks have a good in-person conference next week, sadly I won't be
> there,
> Andrew


Pity you couldn't make it - we'll all have to catch you another time o/


thanks,

kk

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