From president at linux.org.au Thu Jan 4 18:18:20 2018 From: president at linux.org.au (Linux Australia President) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 18:18:20 +1100 Subject: [Media] Linux Aus Subcommittees - is there anything you'd like us to include in our end of year report? In-Reply-To: <0e1fe4ec-c122-337b-8a76-d2124dd5d95a@linux.org.au> References: <0e1fe4ec-c122-337b-8a76-d2124dd5d95a@linux.org.au> Message-ID: <529acf8d-6839-2c0e-b0aa-8c221fdc13cb@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Firstly, happy new year, and I hope you all had an excellent Christmas and New Year. I received exactly 0 responses to this email, which means one of two things - either our subcommittees did absolutely nothing this year, or we were all very busy toward the end of the year. I'm going to put my money on the latter - so if you have anything you'd like included in the Linux Australia Annual Report please let me know within the next week. Some suggestions include key achievements, milestones, challenges, plans for 2018 etc. Kind regards, Kathy On 10/12/17 13:30, Linux Australia President wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Hope this note finds you all well, > > You're receiving this email because Linux Australia is in the process of > writing our end of year reports, including our Annual Report. As a > Subcommittee of Linux Australia, we'd like to give you the opportunity > to provide and update or overview of your activities, that can then be > included in our Annual Report. > > This can be as brief as a paragraph or two, listing key achievements, > milestones, challenges etc. > > We are aiming to finalise our report by 18th December, so if you'd like > to provide something, please do so by this date. > > Kind regards, and wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year, > > 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 navjotsinghkanda at gmail.com Tue Jan 2 18:08:22 2018 From: navjotsinghkanda at gmail.com (Navjot Kanda) Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 07:08:22 -0000 Subject: [Media] [Announce] [LACTTE] Should Linux Australia change its name to Open Source Australia? In-Reply-To: References: <5850b2ee-35f8-131a-b8ba-0bb32e4fab5a@linux.org.au> Message-ID: Dear All, I think "Open Source Australia" is more meaningful and pertains to broader scope than just Linux. Sincerely, Navjot On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 7:44 PM, Linux Australia President < president at linux.org.au> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Firstly, thanks to everyone for the open, candid and robust discussion of > renaming. Secondly, apologies for the timing of this email, late on > Christmas Eve. I've been spending the last couple of days with family and > friends, and much as I love this community, they take precedence. > > To address a number of points that have been raised; > Should the vote go ahead? Should we add more naming options? > > Council discussed this at length at Thursday night's Council meeting, > noting how close the proposed Open Source Australia name was to Open Source > Industry Australia. We followed up with Jack Burton on Friday as an OSIA > representative to seek input as to next steps - and I'd like to publicly > thank Jack for his time and professionalism. > > Essentially we had three options: > > 1. Stop the election/ballot on a new name, and allow for more time for > community discussion on alternative names, and whether to rebrand at all > > 2. Add new names to the ballot > > 3. Allow the ballot to proceed, knowing the proposal to rename to Open > Source Australia will likely be defeated > > Given the timeframes involved, and recognising that there are community > opinions expressed for and against a name change, for many reasons, we have > decided to proceed with the ballot, knowing that the name change will > likely be defeated. I would also like to be transparent that this was not > the preferred course of action from OSIA; we recognise that and this is in > no way intended to antagonise that relationship - we've started something > and we want to follow it through to a logical conclusion. Further, adding > more potential names at this late stage is unlikely to be productive; the > reason Open Source Australia was given as an alternate name is that it had > the highest polling in the last name change poll around 5 years ago. > Voting on the ballot is now open to Linux Australia members: > > https://linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=view-election&id=25 > What happens next? > > We have committed to changing the name if we receive a mandate, via a > majority of votes on the ballot, to do so. This would be raised as a > Special Resolution at the January AGM. > > If the ballot is defeated, we will not proceed to change the name in the > short term. > > Regardless of outcome, the discussions around changing the name of Linux > Australia will likely continue; this is a positive step. What I *would* > encourage is some broader debate about not only what we label ourselves; > but what it is that label encompasses. Our activities, our functions, our > remit, our mandate. What do we want to do in the future? What do we start > doing? What do we stop doing? A name has meaning. A name is powerful. Who > are we? > > Should the ballot be defeated, further community discussions on proposed > names may continue; these discussions may lead to another vote at a future > time. > Some finer points of discussion > > * If we change the name, do we need to change the Constitution? > > No, but we do need a Special Resolution to be passed, and then we need to > apply to the Office of Fair Trading NSW to change the name. A Ballot would > be used as evidence to show that members had been consulted on the > decision. > > * If Linux Australia becomes Something Else, would we still retain the > trading name? > > Yes. We've traded as Linux Australia for over 15 years, and we would > retain the trading name to prevent other organisations leveraging the name. > If someone would like to form a "Linux" subcommittee, go right ahead. > > * Can't we just own the trading name Open Source Australia? > > We already do. > > * How much is the Linux Australia brand worth? > > We've never formally had the brand evaluated. Most conference brands are > much more well known than the parent organisation brand. > > * Should OSIA merge with Linux Australia? > > This is a decision for OSIA first, and only an issue for Linux Australia > should OSIA wish to broach it; this has not been formally broached. Our > understanding is that OSIA are attempting a "reboot" to breathe new life > into the organisation - and my feeling is that it is premature to ask this > until the outcome of this measure is clearer. > > Discussions with OSIA over the last few days have highlighted a number of > areas and specific paths with with Linux Australia and OSIA could > co-operate as independent, yet collaborating organisations - my thanks are > again extended to Jack Burton for outlining these. They centre around > co-operation on approaches to government around policy formation. > > * Do I base leadership decisions on episodes of Bar Rescue? > > While I'm sure Bar Rescue is a fine series, I haven't had the pleasure of > watching it myself. I'm currently binge-watching Berlin Station. *Wer > rastet, der rostet.* > > Again, thank you to the community for a robust, and generally, respectful > discussion and debate on this issue. > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > > > On 19/12/17 19:58, Linux Australia President wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Linux Australia is an incorporated association, registered in the state > of NSW, and has been in operation since around 2001. Initially convened > as a vehicle to operate linux.conf.au, the organisation's remit, > activities and scope have broadened significantly over the last decade > and a half. > > We think it's time to change the name of the organisation to > better reflect our widened mission, values, activities, partnerships and > influence. > > But wait, hasn't this been tried before? > > Yes. In 2012/2013, the Linux Australia Council, led then by John > Ferlito, attempted a name change. Consensus could not be reached on a > name to change *to*, and so Linux Australia remained Linux Australia. > > This time, we're learning from the outcome of that process, and would > like to present to you a decision: > > Should Linux Australia change its name to Open Source Australia (Yes/No) > > Other aspects of the organisation - constitution, makeup and so on, are > not proposed to be changed. > > We're communicating this now to provide the community with time to > discuss this proposed change before the AGM, where the resolution will > be tabled in the AGM agenda. The result of the vote will be tabled > at the AGM. That is, if the majority vote 'No', we won't change the > name. If the majority vote 'Yes', we will. > > If you are a member of Linux Australia, you will be able to vote on this > resolution at: > https://www.linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=view-election&id=25 > > Voting will open 25th December 2017, the same time voting opens for > Council Elections, and will close on 21 January, the same time voting > closes for Council Elections. > > Let the discussion begin. > > Kind regards, > > Kathy > > > -- > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing list > announce at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/announce > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: