http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3361 <pre>Sorry for the spam, but for once things are going in the right direction and we should submit encouragement. The National Computer Science School is running a petition about the newly written *National Curriculum for Technologies*. The Digital Technologies section of the draft Curriculum for Technologies is a *massive step in the right direction (w*hich is very unlike what normally happens). If enacted, it will equip Australian students with the skills they need; not just to become competent consumers of technology, but to design and create our shared technological future. As a person invested in everyone being an digital citizen, the least you can do is to sign the following petition; http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/australian-curriculum-assessment-and-reporting-authority-acara-support-the-draft-digital-technologies-curriculum If you have time, you should also submit a personal submission by; email, which is easier than the online form. You need to sign up on the ACARA website, then email your response to technologies&lt; at &gt;acara.edu.au along with a cover sheet&lt;http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Static/docs/Technologies/Technologies%20feedback%20cover%20sheet.pdf&gt; . Tim 'mithro' Ansell </pre> Tim Ansell 2013-05-08T04:33:14 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3360 <pre> RSVP now for catering *** http://sypy2013may.eventbrite.com *** 15min talks are: • Python: "PANDAS: Python has R envy" - Eugene Van den Bulke • Web: "Playing with gstreamer pipelines in Python" - Tim Ansell • Something different: "Making your rassberrypi do stuff with python" - David Lyon + lightning talks inc. (signup now) - http://sypy2013may.eventbrite.com/ New Atlassian Offices Free Beer &amp; Pizza provided by Atlassian 6:00: Arrive - drink beer* &amp; eat pizza 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 8:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 9:00: drink beer* 9:30: go to the pub (beer might be involved**) * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Location: http://goo.gl/maps/60BTd Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Roger Barnes on 0412 693 539 or Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/pretaweb | linkedin.com/in/djay75 </pre> Dylan Jay 2013-04-23T05:02:50 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3356 <pre>Just seeing if this thing is working. Tim </pre> Tim Ansell 2013-02-22T02:47:35 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3354 <pre>Summary Date: Friday, 25 January, 6 pm Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm startDetails Talks *Fun with Gstreamer Pipelines, Tim Ansell* Gstreamer brings the UNIX philosophy to multimedia processing. Stringing together small independent blocks into pipelines you can build powerful multimedia applications doing minimal work. Come and learn some cool and wacky pipelines which do everything from creepy face tracking to watching streaming to YouTube without Flash. *My Raspberry Pi Laptop, Julien Goodwin* Combined a Raspberry Pi with a docking station for a Motorola Atrix and you get a budget but powerful laptop. Come see how it's change seen my last demo. *Lightning Talks, Everyone!* Short talks (5 minute max) from anyone who turns up! LocationGoogle Sydney Level 5, Workplace 6 48 Pirrama Road Pyrmont, NSW Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map Getting there The Google office is the big black building marked "Accenture" opposite Star City Pirrama Road facade. If using the trains, you can go either get off at; - Town Hall station, head towards Darling Harbour, walk across the Pyrmont footbridge and then follow Pirrama Road towards Star city. - Central station, then follow the light rail instructions. If using the buses, the route 443 stops right out front of the building. If using the light rail, get off at Star City station and walk across the street. If you drive, then you can look for parking on the suburban streets around the office (or pay for parking at the Casino), and then walk from there. Afterwards We'll be aiming to finish by 8pm and will be heading to the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel (PBH) afterwards to socalise and eat dinner </pre> Tim Ansell 2013-01-22T02:25:42 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3344 <pre>====== September 2012 SLUG Meeting ====== ====Summary==== * Date: Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, 6 p.m. * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: TBA * RSVP: http://www.slug.org.au/event/225003 * Suggest or sign up for a talk at http://www.slug.org.au/talks ==== Details ==== Details TBA. ====Location==== Google Sydney Level 5, Workplace 6 48 Pirrama Road Pyrmont, NSW Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map </pre> committee< at >slug.org.au 2012-07-27T06:44:10 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3341 <pre>SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup RSVP for catering: http://sypy2012jul.eventbrite.com/ 15min talks are: Beginner: TBA General "Learn to avoid common python security errors and general python security tips" - David Blanc Web: "Automatic setup of Django on EC2 using Bellatrix" Adrian Deccico + lightning talks Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak *NEW VENUE* *NEW TIME* Atlassian Offices (lower floor, entrance from rear) Beer &amp; Pizza provided by Atlassian 6:00: Arrive - drink beer* / eat pizza 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 8:00: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:30: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 </pre> Dylan Jay 2012-06-29T06:08:41 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3340 <pre>SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup RSVP for catering: http://sypy2012jul.eventbrite.com/ 15min talks are: Beginner: TBA General "Learn to avoid common python security errors and general python security tips" - David Blanc Web: "Automatic setup of Django on EC2 using Bellatrix" Adrian Deccico + lightning talks Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak *NEW VENUE* *NEW TIME* Atlassian Offices (lower floor, entrance from rear) Beer &amp; Pizza provided by Atlassian 6:00: Arrive - drink beer* / eat pizza 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 8:00: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:30: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 </pre> Dylan Jay 2012-06-29T06:08:41 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3339 <pre>Hello there! Just a friendly reminder to all of you that applications for our Gender Diversity Grants close on Friday this week. Google Australia are funding several AU$500 grants for deserving women living outside of the Souther Tasmania Region to attend PyCon Australia 2012, which us happening in August in Hobart. Please pass this onto anyone you know who may be interested in applying for one of these grants. Further information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants including the application form. Original message follows. --Chris *** PyCon Australia and Google Australia are pleased to announce that they're joining forces to offer gender diversity delegate grants to women who wish to attend PyCon Australia in 2012. These grants will cover up to $AUD500 of travel, accommodation and registration costs for women living outside of the Southern Tasmania region to attend this year's conference. These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending PyCon Australia 2012, by subsidising the registration and travel costs of people from diverse groups, who contribute in important ways to the Python community. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Eligibility ==== In order to be eligible for one of the grants, you must be: - A woman, aged 18 or older - A professional, enthusiast or student interested in, or currently working in Python-related fields or projects - Planning to attend both days of PyCon Australia 2012 - In order to be eligible for the travel and accommodation grant, you must additionally: live further than 150 km (by road) from the conference venue. (If you are unsure, please visit http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?q=Wrest%20Point,%20Tasmania and use the "Get Directions" link in the upper left-hand corner to calculate the driving distance from your place of residence to the venue.) More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants  ==== Award Amount  ==== All selected grant recipients will be extended the Early Bird registration rates to PyCon Australia, provided registration is completed prior to 13 July. In addition, recipients of the travel and accommodation grant will be reimbursed up to $500 in travel and accommodation costs. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants  ==== Timeline  ==== Applications for the gender diversity delegates grants are open now, and will close on Friday 22 June We will notify all successful recipients of their award by Friday 29 June so that you can have ample time to complete your travel plans. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact&lt; at &gt;pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsors: Google Australia (www.google.com.au), and the Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); our Event partners: Kogan, and Secret Lab; and our Silver sponsors: the Python Software Foundation, the Django Software Foundation, Anchor Systems, Red Hat, ekit, RimuHosting, 99designs and CSIRO. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- &lt; at &gt;pyconau Conference registration and accommodation deals now available! See our website for details. Jabber: chrisjrn&lt; at &gt;gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: &lt; at &gt;chrisjrn </pre> Chris Neugebauer 2012-06-19T01:54:04 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3337 <pre>Hello there! Just a friendly reminder to all of you that applications for our Gender Diversity Grants close on Friday this week. Google Australia are funding several AU$500 grants for deserving women living outside of the Souther Tasmania Region to attend PyCon Australia 2012, which us happening in August in Hobart. Please pass this onto anyone you know who may be interested in applying for one of these grants. Further information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants including the application form. Original message follows. --Chris *** PyCon Australia and Google Australia are pleased to announce that they're joining forces to offer gender diversity delegate grants to women who wish to attend PyCon Australia in 2012. These grants will cover up to $AUD500 of travel, accommodation and registration costs for women living outside of the Southern Tasmania region to attend this year's conference. These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending PyCon Australia 2012, by subsidising the registration and travel costs of people from diverse groups, who contribute in important ways to the Python community. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Eligibility ==== In order to be eligible for one of the grants, you must be: - A woman, aged 18 or older - A professional, enthusiast or student interested in, or currently working in Python-related fields or projects - Planning to attend both days of PyCon Australia 2012 - In order to be eligible for the travel and accommodation grant, you must additionally: live further than 150 km (by road) from the conference venue. (If you are unsure, please visit http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?q=Wrest%20Point,%20Tasmania and use the "Get Directions" link in the upper left-hand corner to calculate the driving distance from your place of residence to the venue.) More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants  ==== Award Amount  ==== All selected grant recipients will be extended the Early Bird registration rates to PyCon Australia, provided registration is completed prior to 13 July. In addition, recipients of the travel and accommodation grant will be reimbursed up to $500 in travel and accommodation costs. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants  ==== Timeline  ==== Applications for the gender diversity delegates grants are open now, and will close on Friday 22 June We will notify all successful recipients of their award by Friday 29 June so that you can have ample time to complete your travel plans. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact&lt; at &gt;pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsors: Google Australia (www.google.com.au), and the Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); our Event partners: Kogan, and Secret Lab; and our Silver sponsors: the Python Software Foundation, the Django Software Foundation, Anchor Systems, Red Hat, ekit, RimuHosting, 99designs and CSIRO. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- &lt; at &gt;pyconau Conference registration and accommodation deals now available! See our website for details. Jabber: chrisjrn&lt; at &gt;gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: &lt; at &gt;chrisjrn </pre> Chris Neugebauer 2012-06-19T01:54:04 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3335 <pre>PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --------------------------------- = Got Something to Say About Open Source? = linux.conf.au is shaping up to be a huge event, and they want your input! Scheduled to be held at the Australian National University from 28 January to 2 February, 2013, the conference is designed to showcase the best of open source and community-driven software and hardware. It provides a great opportunity for open source developers, users, hackers, and makers to share their ideas and further improve their projects. The conference is now asking interested people and groups to submit proposals for talks. This year, they are focusing on deep technical content, and the things that you think are going to really matter in the future. Do you have something to say about freedom and privacy, open source cloud systems, or energy efficient server farms of the future? Or something else that you are passionate about? Michael Still, conference director, is excited about the potential for some truly fascinating talks from a wide range of speakers, saying "to a large extent, the conference is what the speakers make it". All proposals will be submitted to the papers committee, this year headed by Michael Davies, past conference director, and Mary Gardiner, co-founder of the Ada Initiative. Successful proposals will be announced in August, 2012. If you have been working on something interesting, now is the time to tell the world! Visit linux.conf.au, and submit your proposal today. == About linux.conf.au == linux.conf.au is the largest open source conference in the southern hemisphere, and will be held in Canberra at the Australian National University from 28 January to 2 February, 2013. --------------------------------- Contact: Michael Still (Conference Director) +61 2 6140 4546 media&lt; at &gt;lca2013.linux.org.au </pre> media< at >lca2013.linux.org.au 2012-06-03T22:05:28 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3333 <pre>====== June 2012 SLUG Meeting ====== ====Summary==== * Date: Friday, June 29, 2012, 6 p.m. * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: TBA * RSVP: http://www.slug.org.au/event/138002 * Suggest or sign up for a talk at http://www.slug.org.au/talks ==== Details ==== Details TBA. ====Location==== Google Sydney Level 5, Workplace 6 48 Pirrama Road Pyrmont, NSW Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map </pre> committee< at >slug.org.au 2012-05-29T09:10:27 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3332 <pre>(Please feel free to pass this onto any Girl Geek-related mailing lists that you think may benefit from this -- we want to get the word out about this as much as possible. :) ) PyCon Australia and Google Australia are pleased to announce that they're joining forces to offer gender diversity delegate grants to women who wish to attend PyCon Australia in 2012. These grants will cover up to $AUD500 of travel, accommodation and registration costs for women living outside of the Southern Tasmania region to attend this year's conference. These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending PyCon Australia 2012, by subsidising the registration and travel costs of people from diverse groups, who contribute in important ways to the Python community. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Eligibility ==== In order to be eligible for one of the grants, you must be: - A woman, aged 18 or older - A professional, enthusiast or student interested in, or currently working in Python-related fields or projects - Planning to attend both days of PyCon Australia 2012 - In order to be eligible for the travel and accommodation grant, you must additionally: live further than 150 km (by road) from the conference venue. (If you are unsure, please visit http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?q=Wrest%20Point,%20Tasmania and use the "Get Directions" link in the upper left-hand corner to calculate the driving distance from your place of residence to the venue.) More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Award Amount ==== All selected grant recipients will be extended the Early Bird registration rates to PyCon Australia, provided registration is completed prior to 13 July. In addition, recipients of the travel and accommodation grant will be reimbursed up to $500 in travel and accommodation costs. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Timeline ==== Applications for the gender diversity delegates grants are open now, and will close on Friday 15 June We will notify all successful recipients of their award by Friday 22 June so that you can have ample time to complete your travel plans. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact&lt; at &gt;pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsors: Google Australia (www.google.com.au), and the Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); our Event partner, Secret Lab; and our Silver sponsors: the Python Software Foundation, the Django Software Foundation, Anchor Systems, Red Hat, ekit, RimuHosting, and CSIRO. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- &lt; at &gt;pyconau Early bird registration and accommodation deals now available! See our website for details. Jabber: chrisjrn&lt; at &gt;gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: &lt; at &gt;chrisjrn </pre> Chris Neugebauer 2012-05-30T03:15:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3331 <pre>(Please feel free to pass this onto any Girl Geek-related mailing lists that you think may benefit from this -- we want to get the word out about this as much as possible. :) ) PyCon Australia and Google Australia are pleased to announce that they're joining forces to offer gender diversity delegate grants to women who wish to attend PyCon Australia in 2012. These grants will cover up to $AUD500 of travel, accommodation and registration costs for women living outside of the Southern Tasmania region to attend this year's conference. These grants aim to reduce the financial barriers to attending PyCon Australia 2012, by subsidising the registration and travel costs of people from diverse groups, who contribute in important ways to the Python community. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Eligibility ==== In order to be eligible for one of the grants, you must be: - A woman, aged 18 or older - A professional, enthusiast or student interested in, or currently working in Python-related fields or projects - Planning to attend both days of PyCon Australia 2012 - In order to be eligible for the travel and accommodation grant, you must additionally: live further than 150 km (by road) from the conference venue. (If you are unsure, please visit http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?q=Wrest%20Point,%20Tasmania and use the "Get Directions" link in the upper left-hand corner to calculate the driving distance from your place of residence to the venue.) More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Award Amount ==== All selected grant recipients will be extended the Early Bird registration rates to PyCon Australia, provided registration is completed prior to 13 July. In addition, recipients of the travel and accommodation grant will be reimbursed up to $500 in travel and accommodation costs. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants ==== Timeline ==== Applications for the gender diversity delegates grants are open now, and will close on Friday 15 June We will notify all successful recipients of their award by Friday 22 June so that you can have ample time to complete your travel plans. More information can be found at http://2012.pycon-au.org/diversity_grants === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact&lt; at &gt;pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsors: Google Australia (www.google.com.au), and the Australian Computer Society (Tasmanian Branch) (www.acs.org.au); our Event partner, Secret Lab; and our Silver sponsors: the Python Software Foundation, the Django Software Foundation, Anchor Systems, Red Hat, ekit, RimuHosting, and CSIRO. -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- &lt; at &gt;pyconau Early bird registration and accommodation deals now available! See our website for details. Jabber: chrisjrn&lt; at &gt;gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: &lt; at &gt;chrisjrn </pre> Chris Neugebauer 2012-05-30T03:15:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3329 <pre>====== June 2012 SLUG Meeting ====== ====Summary==== * Date: Friday, June 29, 2012, 6 p.m. * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: TBA * RSVP: http://www.slug.org.au/event/138002 * Suggest or sign up for a talk at http://www.slug.org.au/talks ==== Details ==== Details TBA. ====Location==== Google Sydney Level 5, Workplace 6 48 Pirrama Road Pyrmont, NSW Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map </pre> committee< at >slug.org.au 2012-05-29T09:10:27 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3328 <pre>====== May 2012 SLUG Meeting ====== ====Summary==== * Date: Friday, May 25, 2012, 6 p.m. * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: TBA * RSVP: http://www.slug.org.au/event/142002 * Suggest or sign up for a talk at http://www.slug.org.au/talks ==== Details ==== - Peter Chubb - Escaping from Google I have a number of concerns about the new Google privacy policy, especially in the way they are breaking down the barriers between the various data silos they used to keep. As such I want to escape from gmail, google calendars, picassa and google docs, while still using an Android phone. I've now just about achieved this, using owncloud. In this talk, I'll give a brief motivation for not using the `free' services from Google, Apple or whoever, and then show how to run your own cloud service(s) for calendars, addressbook, random files, email, and photographs. ====Location==== Google Sydney Level 5, Workplace 6 48 Pirrama Road Pyrmont, NSW Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map </pre> committee< at >slug.org.au 2012-05-22T12:33:10 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3327 <pre>One last reminder: voting for the new sub-committee is currently open at https://www.linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=view-election&amp;id=17 Voting closes at 27/04/2012 16:00, Sydney time. Although there are 3 advertised positions, we have 4 candidates. It is the intent of the current sub-committee to request that the LA Council appoint all 4 candidates be accepted as the new sub-committee - unless one of the 4 candidates gets significantly fewer votes than the other 3. Voting is optional preferential - you choose your most preferred candidate, and can then optionally rank more candidates below them in the order you'd prefer to see them elected to the position. If there's anyone you don't want to see elected at all, rank your other preferences but abstain from voting for the person you don't want to see elected. </pre> James Polley 2012-04-26T05:23:57 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3326 <pre>====== April 2012 SLUG Meeting ====== ====Summary==== * Date: Friday, April 27, 2012, 6 p.m. * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: TBA * RSVP: http://www.slug.org.au/event/142001 * Suggest or sign up for a talk at http://www.slug.org.au/talks ====Elections==== * Voting for the SLUG sub-committee election is open until 27/04/2012 16:00. To vote, visit https://www.linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=view-election&amp;id=17. Voting is optional-preferential - you can rank the people you'd like to see elected from most-preferred to least-preferred. Please note that although there are more candidates than advertised positions, we will be asking the LA committee to appoint all the candidates unless there's a significant difference in the number of votes for the 4th person. If there's a candidate you really don't want to get in, abstain from voting for them. ==== Details ==== Dr Jiri Baum: The Version 3 Effect A number of FOSS projects have had a "break everything" release, usually version 3.0. In this talk I survey a number of prominent examples, draw out common threads and explore possibilities for avoiding this effect in the future ====Location==== Google Sydney Level 5, Workplace 6 48 Pirrama Road Pyrmont, NSW Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map </pre> committee< at >slug.org.au 2012-04-26T02:43:26 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3325 <pre>====== April 2012 SLUG Meeting ====== ====Summary==== * Date: Friday, April 27, 2012, 6 p.m. * Start: Arrive at 6pm for a 6:30pm start * Format: TBA * RSVP: http://www.slug.org.au/event/142001 * Suggest or sign up for a talk at http://www.slug.org.au/talks ====Elections==== * Voting for the SLUG sub-committee election is open until 27/04/2012 16:00. To vote, visit https://www.linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=view-election&amp;id=17. Voting is optional-preferential - you can rank the people you'd like to see elected from most-preferred to least-preferred. Please note that although there are more candidates than advertised positions, we will be asking the LA committee to appoint all the candidates unless there's a significant difference in the number of votes for the 4th person. If there's a candidate you really don't want to get in, abstain from voting for them. ==== Details ==== Details TBA. Our previously scheduled speaker is unable to attend for medical reasons. ====Location==== Google Sydney Level 5, Workplace 6 48 Pirrama Road Pyrmont, NSW Map: http://signup.slug.org.au/map </pre> committee< at >slug.org.au 2012-04-25T23:54:29 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3324 <pre>tl;dr: PyCon Australia early bird registrations are now open! Find out more at http://2012.pycon-au.org/register/prices, including details of our accommodation programme. PyCon Australia is excited to announce that early bird conference registrations are now available for our 2012 conference, to be held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August in Hobart, Tasmania. Early bird registration will be extended to the first 60 confirmed conference registrations, or until Friday 1 June, whichever comes first. PyCon Australia is the national conference for students, enthusiasts and professionals working with the Python programming language; it represents a unique opportunity for Python developers to meet fellow developers, and gain knowledge from experts and core Python developers from around Australia and the world. Securing your registration during the early bird period ensures your place at all of the events that PyCon Australia has to offer. Early bird registration comes with a substantial discount for tickets at our "Enthusiast" and "Professional" rates. Early bird tickets at both the "Enthusiast" and "Professional" level are guaranteed a seat at our conference dinner. All tickets include access to the CodeWars event on Friday 17 August, and the post-conference sprints on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 August. Early bird registration starts at $44 for full-time students; $168 for enthusiasts and $420 for professionals. PyCon Australia has been working closely with our venue to provide a great conference experience; we're very pleased to be able to offer accommodation to delegates for the duration of the conference. We've secured an allocation of rooms within the Wrest Point complex, many of which are in the same building as the conference venue. Rooms available to delegates start at $124 per night; rooms inside the conference building start at $146 per night. Information on conference registration, including details on how to book delegate accommodation through our preferred provider can be found at the PyCon Australia website (http://2012.pycon-au.org). Our conference Call for Proposals is still open, and will close on Friday 4 May. We can't wait to see you in Hobart in August! About PyCon Australia PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact&lt; at &gt;pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsor, Google Australia (www.google.com.au). </pre> Chris Neugebauer 2012-04-26T00:06:31 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3323 <pre>Ruxcon 2012 Call For Papers The Ruxcon team is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2012 annual Ruxcon conference. This year the conference will take place over the weekend of 20th and 21st of October at the CQ Function Centre, Melbourne, Australia. The deadline for submissions is the 15th of July. * What is Ruxcon? Ruxcon is the 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 security community. For more information, please visit http://www.ruxcon.org.au * Presentation Information Presentations are set to run for 40 to 50 minutes, and will be of a formal nature, with slides and a speech. * Topics Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: o Mobile Device Security o Virtualization, Hypervisor, and Cloud Security o Malware Analysis o Reverse Engineering o Exploitation Techniques o Rootkit Development o Code Analysis o Forensics and Anti-Forensics o Embedded Device Security o Web Application Security o Network Traffic Analysis o Wireless Network Security o Cryptography and Cryptanalysis o Social Engineering o Law Enforcement Activities o Telecommunications Security (SS7, 3G/4G, GSM, VOIP, etc) * Submissions Submissions should thoroughly outline your desired presentation subject. If you have any enquiries about submissions, or would like to make a submission, please send an e-mail to presentations&lt; at &gt;ruxcon.org.au The deadline for submissions is the 15th of July. If approved we will additionally require: i. A brief personal biography (between 2-5 paragraphs in length). ii. A description on your presentation (between 2-5 paragraphs in length). * Contacts Email: presentations&lt; at &gt;ruxcon.org.au Twitter: ruxcon </pre> cfp< at >ruxcon.org.au 2012-04-19T05:04:06 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities/3322 <pre>SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup 15min talks are: - "except UnicodeError: # A practical guide to fighting Unicode demons" - Aram Dulyan - "Twisted" - Philip Malashenko - "GEvent: Natural Asyc IO" - Dylan Jay + lightning talks Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak http://sypy2012april.eventbrite.com.au/ 6:15: Arrive - buy beer* and/or food 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 7:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:00: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 http://sypy2012april.eventbrite.com.au/ --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 </pre> Dylan Jay 2012-03-26T07:49:23 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.org.user-groups.slug.festivities