Council Meeting Tuesday 12th January 2021 – Minutes

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Council Meeting Tuesday 12th January 2021 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison   Apologies  Benno Rice   Meeting opened at 1931 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence From Anchor to council@ on 16 Dec 2020: opensource.org.au is due for renewal by 15 Feb 2021. From Big Orange Heart via web form: request for sponsorship of WordFest (https://wordfest.live) on 22 Jan 2021. [Response has been sent indicating Council in caretaker mode, suggesting a longer lead time in future and outlining LA’s funding priorities.] [...]

2021-01-16T10:58:30+11:00January 12th, 2021|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 15th December 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies  None   Meeting opened at 1930 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence From Anchor to council@ on 2 Dec 2020: lca2018.org domain renewal is due by 1 Mar 2021. Still a few services that either need to move off. AI: Joel to deal with. From ASIC to council@ on 8 Dec 2020: “Open Source Australia” business registration due by 24 Nov 2020. This was dealt with on [...]

2021-01-15T10:06:45+11:00December 15th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 1st December 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies None   Meeting opened at 1930 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review Drupal Admin Team Pycon LCA 2020 LCA 2021 LCA 2022 3. Log of correspondence 23 Nov 2020: Mailchimp policy update notification sent to council@. N/A as the account has been closed Data export saved into our Google Drive From: Xero; Date: Mon 30 Nov 2020, Subject: Xero pricing changes, Summary: Price is going up by $2/mo. [...]

2021-01-15T10:05:37+11:00December 1st, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 17th November 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Benno Rice Joel Addison Apologies  None   Meeting opened at 1932 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence None 3. Items for discussion Rusty Wrench timing. Call for nominations draft looks good, (AI) Julien to send ASAP Vala Tech Camp diversity scholarship See mail to council@ 2020-11-09 from Sae Ra, “[LACTTE] For Next Meeting - VALA Tech Camp Diversity Scholarship” Motion by Julien for Linux Australia to sponsor VALA Tech Camp A$2,750, seconded [...]

2021-01-15T10:02:50+11:00November 17th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 3rd November 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies None   Meeting opened at 1930 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review Drupal Admin Team Pycon LCA 2020 LCA 2021 LCA 2022 3. Log of correspondence From: ASIC; Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 19:16:44 +1100; Subject: Renewal: OPEN SOURCE AUSTRALIA MOTION: Russell Stuart moves we pay ASIC AUD$87 to renew “OPEN SOURCE AUSTRALIA” for 3 years. Seconder: Jonathan Outcome: Passed From Google to council@ on 27 Oct 2020. [...]

2021-01-15T10:01:29+11:00November 3rd, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 20th October 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Apologies  Benno Rice   Meeting opened at 1930 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence 1 Oct 2020 to @council: Thanks received from NetThing for LA’s support of their 2020 event. 3. Items for discussion Grant application received from Pauline Clague: Online indigenous women’s possum skin cloak making workshop. Application received on 25 Sep 2020, community consultation closed Fri 9 Oct 2020. To be considered by Council on 20 Oct 2020. [...]

2021-01-15T09:59:15+11:00October 20th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Saying Farewell to Planet Linux Australia

Planet Linux Australia (planet.linux.org.au) was started more than 15 years ago by Michael Davies. In the time since (and particularly before the rise of social media), it has provided a valuable service by encouraging the sharing of information and opinions within our Open Source community. However, due to the many diverse communication options now available over the internet, sites such as Planet Linux Australia are no longer used as heavily as they once were. With many other channels now available, the resources required to maintain Planet Linux Australia are becoming difficult to justify. With this in mind and following the [...]

2020-10-06T21:21:03+11:00October 6th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorised|

Council Meeting Tuesday 6th October 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Benno Rice Apologies Joel Addison   Meeting opened at 1931 AEDT by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review Drupal Admin Team Pycon LCA 2020 LCA 2021 LCA 2022 3. Log of correspondence NSW Government Small Business Survey: reminder received via council@ on 23 Sep 2020. Original message received on 21 Sep 2020. We’re not going to complete this survey. Ampache grant progress report 2: received via council@ on 23 Sep 2020.  Not fully final, but [...]

2021-01-15T09:57:48+11:00October 6th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 22nd September 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies  None   Meeting opened at 1932 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Log of correspondence (Held over) From <a member> to council@ on 27 Aug 2020: Raising the possibility of LA sponsoring applications and attendance at “Superstars of STEM 2020” ($50 application fee, $2600 attendance fee). Applications had ended on the 31st of August, but possibly something for next year. AI: Sae Ra to chat with <the member> 3. Items [...]

2021-01-15T09:55:53+11:00September 22nd, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |

Council Meeting Tuesday 8th September 2020 – Minutes

1. Meeting overview and key information Present Sae Ra Germaine Jonathan Woithe Julien Goodwin Russell Stuart Lisa Sands Joel Addison Benno Rice Apologies None   Meeting opened at 1931 AEST by Sae Ra and quorum was achieved. Minutes taken by Julien. 2. Event Review Drupal Admin Team Pycon LCA 2020 LCA 2021 LCA 2022 3. Log of correspondence From Youtube to council@ on 26 Aug 2020: Notification of copyright claim on LCA2015 conference opening by UMG (Universal Music Group) for “I Lived”. Follow up from Ryan Verner (30 Aug 2020) suggests we provide a google account to which he can [...]

2021-01-15T09:54:21+11:00September 8th, 2020|Categories: Council Meetings, Linux Australia|Tags: , , |
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