http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12075 <pre>Linux Australia is a community and volunteer-run organisation. We value[0] open technology, community, freedom, respect and diversity. In addition to the dedicated volunteers who help run events there are many skilled people behind the scenes hacking on, improving and working with infrastructure and policies. /We need your help. / To maintain the robust presence and variety of activities in which Linux Australia has an involvement, we're calling for volunteers. === How does volunteering with Linux Australia help you? === There are a number of benefits associated with being involved with Linux Australia. You get to apply your skills to a new field, and grow your existing skill base. This can be of benefit if you're looking to build experience to put on your resume, or if you're getting a little bored at work. The Council and volunteers running Subcommittees often endorse volunteers through mechanisms such as LinkedIn, or provide referrals - so volunteering with Linux Australia can be a career building mo</pre> Joshua Hesketh 2013-05-15T12:28:03 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12074 <pre>Just a note to say this is now resolved; many thanks are extended to James Purser and John Ferlito for their assistance. Kind regards, Kathy On 12/05/13 11:21, Linux Australia Secretary wrote: </pre> Kathy Reid 2013-05-12T12:07:11 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12073 <pre>Hi everyone, This email is aimed at folk who may have had some involvement with Linux Australia's web presence in the past. We're trying to track down the details for LA's Google Analytics account; UA-23682256-1 but so far are turning up blanks. Steve, Peter and others who have had an involvement recently have been contacted (thanks so much for your help so far!) but we can't find the details. Can anyone help us out? Thanks in advance! Kind regards, K. </pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-05-12T01:21:57 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12072 <pre>could you please forward this to your mailing list? The Australasian Open Source Developers Conference is one of the top conferences for developers in Asia Pacific. It's primarily focused on development with open source tools and development of open source software, and is now in its 10th year. For the first time, the conference is crossing the ocean and is landing in Auckland, New Zealand, 21st - 23rd October 2013, at the lavish Langham Hotel. This makes it truly an international event to that is a must attend. Covering everything from revision control to the latest software development methodologies and tools, OSDC cannot afford to be missed by anyone who uses open source development tools, or writes open source software. Our focus this year is security, identity and privacy. We need YOU as a presenter! Your pet project, what you're currently working on, what you'd like to work on. You've got a great idea in your head, and and we would like you to speak about it at OSDC2013 Auckland. Perha</pre> Cherie Ellis 2013-05-11T22:36:23 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12071 <pre>Hi everyone, Minutes of Council Meeting Thursday 9th May are below, As always your feedback, queries and comments are warmly welcomed. Kind regards, Kathy ----------- Council Minutes Thursday 09 May 2013 Present: Mr Joshua 'El Presidente' Hesketh, Mr Josh Stewart, Ms Kathy Reid, Mr Clinton Roy, Mr Hugh Blemings Apologies: Mr Francois Marier, Ms Bianca Gibson Quorum was achieved Meeting opened at 1950hrs 1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or errata MOVE that the minutes from 24 April are correct MOTION MOVED by El Presidente, SECONDED by Kathy, passed with one abstention (Clinton) 2. Log of correspondence * Membership - In the period since last meeting 24th April, there have been 5 applications for membership of LA. These have all been approved except from one applicant, who has yet to provide her last name as per the constitution. Membership stands at 2928 according to MemberDB. * Insurance policy renewals from HIMAN BHINDI at</pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-05-11T04:32:25 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12069 <pre>I was wondering if the linux-aus community had any sort of opinion on the proposals to the AMCA around changes to the Telecommunications (Types of Cabling Work) Declarations [1]? To summarise, and please correct me if I'm wrong; to do any sort of domestic permanent cabling work (through walls, etc) that will connect to an external network -- even through a ADSL, cable or NBN modem -- requires a AMCA "restricted" license [2]; something quite non-trivial to get. It basically means you can not DIY an internet-connected wired-network within your house without the services of a licensed contractor. Now that every blu-ray, TV, media streamer and HDMI cable has ethernet, plugging these in and connecting them to the internet falls under the regulations. This means hi-fi installers now technically need to be registered cablers. The proposal at [1] discusses this issue and suggests that media equipment be made exempt. Again, as I understand it, it's perfectly legal to run as much speaker wire, twisted pair coppe</pre> Ian Wienand 2013-05-09T11:01:55 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12067 <pre>Hi everyone The OSIA survey submission deadline has been extended until Friday 10 May. Why? ... nobody will be able to analyse the results before Friday anyway, so it may as well be extended until Friday! Go to: http://osia.com.au/surveys/index.php/288243?lang=en We have had good response so far, and a few later ones well be most welcome. Cheers Daniel. OSIA DIrector --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSIA is Australia's national Open Source Industry Association. </pre> Daniel Jitnah 2013-05-08T04:03:34 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12065 <pre>Ruxcon 2013 Call For Presentations Melbourne, Australia, October 26th-27th CQ Function Centre http://www.ruxcon.org.au/call-for-papers/ The Ruxcon team is pleased to announce the Call For Presentations for Ruxcon 2013. This year the conference will take place over the weekend of the 26th and 27th of October at the CQ Function Centre, Melbourne, Australia. .[x]. About Ruxcon .[x]. Ruxcon is ia premier technical computer security conference in the Australia. The conference aims to bring together the individual talents of the best and brightest security folk in the region, through live presentations, activities and demonstrations. The conference is held over two days in a relaxed atmosphere, allowing attendees to enjoy themselves whilst networking within the community and expanding their knowledge of security. Live presentations and activities will cover a full range of defensive and offensive security topics, varying from previously unpublished research to required reading for the se</pre> cfp-ZRDujs/oHym3Zbb/xt2tYQ< at >public.gmane.org 2013-05-07T04:28:10 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12064 <pre>The linux.conf.au 2014 papers committee is pleased to announce the timeline for proposals for the 2014 conference. Similarly to last year, Call For Proposals (CFP) submissions will open on 1 June 2013 and close on 6 July 2013. Successful submissions will be announced in October 2013. There are three types of proposal -- presentations which are 40 minutes; tutorials which are 90 minutes; and miniconfs which run for an entire day. Proposals must relate to projects which are released as Open Source, and the source code must be available at the time of the proposal being made. If you have questions about the proposals process for linux.conf.au 2014, please email them to papers-chair-u88JLGVaZx1eH41UXmfQskc4SzqRQQ68&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Cheers, Michael Davies and Michael Still </pre> Michael Still 2013-05-07T03:07:48 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12063 <pre>Hi everyone, Just to provide some context, I've asked Robert to send this grant request to linux-aus list to seek comment and feedback from the community. Kind regards, Kathy </pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-05-06T12:23:58 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12062 <pre>Dear Linux Australia Council, Nigel Rausch, whom I've been working with in organising the first Rails Girls event in Brisbane, mentioned that it may be possible to apply for a grant from the Linux Australia Council towards the sponsorship of this event. I have been working closely with Nigel and a number of others in the Brisbane Ruby community in putting together an event that has a number of aims, including: (a) encouraging women to participate in a workshop that will introduce many to programming for the first time, in an open and supportive environment; (b) promoting diversity by bringing together programming beginners, as well as advanced female programmers, across a wide range of demographics and socio-economic backgrounds across SEQ, whilst being supported by experienced RoR mentors, and (c) strengthening the Ruby community, and more generally the developer community, in SEQ/Brisbane. We have a number of local development businesses supporting this initiative, plus several sponsors, one of which is</pre> Robert Regan Feldman 2013-05-06T12:09:58 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12061 <pre>2012 Checking in here... On 06/05/2013, at 10:06 AM, Cherie Ellis &lt;cherie-Bis3vW/SWhFUA9E4jmGRnQ&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; wrote: Professionals: 205 PDNS: 333 Speakers: 80 Dinner: 102 Hobbyists: 171 Concession (Students + a number of other concession areas): 47 Volunteers: 25 423 (122 trees planted) -Josh </pre> Josh Stewart 2013-05-06T04:19:00 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12060 <pre>wrote: That's sustainable! (I mean: the trees ;-) Silvia. _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list linux-aus-cunTk1MwBs8iFSDQTTA3OBCuuivNXqWP&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linux-aus </pre> Silvia Pfeiffer 2013-05-06T04:00:01 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12059 <pre> Numbers for 2013. We issued 768 tickets in total, including 34 keynote only / open government only tickets. 343 professionals, about 450 at the PDNS (professionals, speakers, team, emperor sponsor reps). 101 speaker tickets (note that some speaker choose to pay for their ticket and are therefore included in the professional number). 145 heads at the speakers dinner. 172 48 40 volunteers and 17 team. 616 187 trees planted. Cheers, Michael </pre> Michael Still 2013-05-06T02:12:55 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12058 <pre>Hi all could you please give us a breakdown of attendee numbers from the last few years? By this I mean: Professionals &amp; no at PDNS Speakers &amp; no at Speakers dinner Hobbyists Students Volunteers no at Penguin dinner All information much appreciated. Cherie Ellis </pre> Cherie Ellis 2013-05-06T00:06:16 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12057 <pre> Because South Australian government types are afraid of the word 'hack' the event in Adelaide is called 'unleashed'; http://www.uladl.com/ regards, Kim </pre> Kim Hawtin 2013-05-05T23:45:08 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12056 <pre>Hi Peter, Many thanks for raising this with us - good find. We have noted this for discussion at our next Council meeting scheduled for Thursday. If there is anyone on the list with an interest in this topic who would like to be involved here, we'd love to hear from you, Kind regards, Kathy On 30/04/13 09:39, Peter Lawler wrote: </pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-05-05T00:51:16 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12055 <pre>Hi everyone, Passing to this list as it may be of interest to subscribers, Kind regards, Kathy *From:*announce-bounces-sGP8xfnoDwbUQnYnvPrZBodd74u8MsAO&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org [mailto:announce-bounces-sGP8xfnoDwbUQnYnvPrZBodd74u8MsAO&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org] *On Behalf Of *auDA announcements list *Sent:* Wednesday, 1 May 2013 10:35 AM *To:* announce-sGP8xfnoDwbUQnYnvPrZBodd74u8MsAO&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org *Subject:* [Announce] 2013 Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards - Open For Entries auDA Logo *2013 Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards -- Open For Entries* cid:B4184109-F644-465D-AA5E-FCDFA36D60BE-Q1VafZiYSKTUPNxK+0go4A&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org 1 May 2013 .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA) and InternetNZ are proud to announce that entries are now open in the 2013 Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIAs). In its 5^th year, the ANZIAs is an annual event celebrating the achievements of organisations, businesses and individuals that have made significant contributions to the development and use of the In</pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-05-05T00:40:00 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12054 <pre>Hi everyone, Registration for GovHack events on weekend of 1-2 June are now open, Kind regards, K. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: {Disarmed} Register to reserve your spot at GovHack 2013 Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 02:36:19 +0000 From: The GovHack 2013 team &lt;govhackau-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; Reply-To: The GovHack 2013 team &lt;govhackau-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; To: Kathy &lt;kathy-T0dd/1090sA9OPaWPiPdwg&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org&gt; Register to reserve your spot at GovHack 2013 Govhack Australia &lt;http://govhack.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=5d47f285eeb69b1126f0a3c41&amp;id=960e7b2a33&amp;e=ca995048b1&gt; GovHack events now open for registration! Thank you for registering your expression of interest for GovHack 2013. We are pleased to announce that the event registration is now officially open, so get in and reserve your spot at http://govhack2013.eventbrite.com.au &lt;http://govhack.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=5d47f285eeb69b1126f0a3c41&amp;id=cc426e4a59&amp;e=ca995048b1&gt; All loca</pre> Kathy Reid 2013-05-04T11:21:44 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12053 <pre>Hi everyone, David Bell and myself have spent a very productive afternoon drafting an initial bid document for Geelong LCA2015. We're now making this public to seek feedback, advice, thoughts etc to make the bid stronger. We'd also like to warmly welcome any expressions of interest from people who would like to be on the Conference Team in the capacity of either a core team member or volunteer. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Go-T2XmwXiNshqpMkL_DmlgUmfUtHpozj-JcXMDJZtQ/edit?usp=sharing Kind regards, Kathy </pre> Kathy Reid 2013-05-04T06:53:34 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12052 <pre>Hi everyone, Just a courtesy note to advise that we're now a little over 4 months away from Software Freedom Day. If you're considering getting a team together, now is a good time to start thinking about it and planning. Registrations on the Software Freedom Day website [1] are not yet open, but please consider subscribing to the mailing list for announcements [2]. [1] http://www.softwarefreedomday.org [2] http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo If your team needs some funding to help pull together an event, please be aware of the Linux Australia Grants program [3]. [3] http://linux.org.au/projects/grants Kind regards, Kathy </pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-05-02T21:20:51 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.linux.australia