http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12141 <pre>Hi everyone, Winter is coming!* That means that the Winter edition of the Linux Australia newsletter is hopefully also on its way. Do you have any news you'd like to share with us? LUG meeting times for your area? Awesome photos of geekery in action? We'd love to hear from you - please drop a line to the Media and Comms Subcommittee at media-cunTk1MwBs8iFSDQTTA3OBCuuivNXqWP&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org Kind regards, Kathy and the Media and Comms Subcommittee * Why doesn't George RR Martin use Twitter? Because he killed off all 140 characters... </pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-06-17T21:51:03 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12114 <pre>HI everyone, Minutes of Council Meeting 06 June 2013 are now available. As always your comments, feedback and questions are warmly welcomed. Kind regards, Kathy Council minutes Thursday 06 June 2013 MINUTES Council Meeting 1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or errata 2. Log any correspondence for discussion or receipt 3. Review state of action items from previous meetings 4. Discuss starred items 5. Note any unstarred items 6. Other business Present: El Presidente, Josh Stewart, Francois Marier, Kathy Reid Apology: Hugh Blemings, Bianca Gibson and Clinton Roy Meeting opened 1950hrs Quorum was achieved 1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or errata MOVE that the minutes from 23 May are correct MOTION by El Presidente that minutes from 23 May are correct, SECONDED by Josh Stewart, passed 3 votes, 1 abstention (Francois who was an apology at last meeting) 2. Log of correspondence * Membership - In the period since last meeting 23</pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-06-11T20:55:01 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12113 <pre>Hi, The Kiwi PyCon 2013 Organising Committee would like to announce the availability of the Kiwi PyCon 2013 Financial Aid program. The program's purpose is to make the conference accessible to everyone, particularly those who due to financial difficulties would otherwise not be able to attend. We are particularly interested in potential speakers as it would be a shame for the conference to miss out on your talk contribution merely due to financial concerns. Further information regarding the program can be found here: http://nz.pycon.org/financial-aid/ And don't forget the Call for Proposals ends next Tuesday, June 18 so please get those talk/tutorial submissions in! -- Kind regards, Tim Knapp (On behalf of the Kiwi PyCon 2013 Organising Committee)_______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list linux-aus-cunTk1MwBs8iFSDQTTA3OBCuuivNXqWP&lt; at &gt;public.gmane.org http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linux-aus </pre> Tim Knapp 2013-06-10T03:46:13 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12100 <pre>Hi everyone, From time to time, Linux Australia is approached by various organisations to seek support for campaigns or initiatives. Many of these fall into the category of grants and sponsorship - cf. the recent work we have been doing with the Australian Internet Governance Forum and GovHack. In this case, we've been approached to support a political campaign being run by Electronic Frontiers Australia called 'Citizens not suspects'. We warmly welcome the approach from EFA, and now would like to gauge community feedback to help guide our support actions. The essence of the Citizens not suspects campaign is to oppose, and bring to bear political pressure, to reject a number of proposals currently before parliament, including; * a proposal for *mandatory retention of data* relating to the internet and telecommunications activity of all Australians for up to two years. This data could include records of your phone calls, your location, the websites you visit, the searches you make a</pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-06-08T01:06:21 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12099 <pre>Can you please forward this to your mailing lists: * We are loving the submissions that are coming through, but we still want MORE! 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. Perhaps someone has suggested that you submit a proposal because they're impressed with what you've been doing, or perhaps you've given talks at other conferences or events and you'd like to give one here. Perhaps you're a repeat speaker, or at least a repeat proposal-submitter and you want some hints on how to make it much more likely your talk will be accepted. Now you need to read Jacinta Richardson's document on how to submit a presentation &lt;http://osdcnz.wordpress.com/need-to-know/getting-your-conference-abstractproposal-accepted/&gt;. Your presentation should be either 30 or 45 minutes. Please ema</pre> OSDC 2013 2013-06-06T22:56:10 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12096 <pre>=== linux.conf.au Call For Proposals === We are pleased to announce that the Call for Proposals for linux.conf.au 2014 is now open! The conference is a meeting place for the free and open source software communities. It will be held in Perth at the University of Western Australia from Monday 6 January to Friday 10 January, 2014, and provides a unique opportunity for open source developers, students, users and hackers to come together, share new ideas and collaborate. === Important Dates === * Call for proposals opens: 1 June 2013 * Call for proposals closes: 6 July 2013 * Email notifications from papers committee: September 2013 * Early Bird registrations open: 1 October 2013 * Conference dates: Monday 6 January to Friday 10 January, 2014 === Information on Proposals === The linux.conf.au 2014 papers committee is looking for a broad range of proposals, and will consider submissions on anything from programming and software, to desktop, mobile, gaming, userspace, community, government, space and educat</pre> Luke John 2013-06-01T10:05:38 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12094 <pre>Hi everyone, Apologies for the delay, please find below minutes from the Council Meeting 23rd May 2013. As always your comments, feedback and input are warmly welcomed. Kind regards, Kathy --- Council Minutes Thursday 23 May 2013 MINUTES Council Meeting 1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or errata 2. Log any correspondence for discussion or receipt 3. Review state of action items from previous meetings 4. Discuss starred items 5. Note any unstarred items 6. Other business Present: Hugh Blemings, Clinton Roy, Josh Stewart, Kathy Reid Apologies: Josh Hesketh, Bianca Gibson, Francois Marier Quorum was achieved Meeting opened 1950hrs 1. Confirm accuracy of previous minutes and note any omissions or errata MOVE that the minutes from 09 May are correct MOVED by Hugh, SECONDED by Clinton, carried unanimously 2. Log of correspondence * Membership - In the period since last meeting 09 May, there have been 9 applications for membership of LA. These have all </pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-06-01T04:16:35 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12092 <pre>Hi All, After some discussion about possible changes to meeting time/day for the IRC channel, we arrived at the conclusion that a wiki would be a good idea as a communication medium, especially as a way to collect hints and tips on establishing and running a LUG. Mr. croy has put his hand up to establish same, and in due course he will let eveyone know (via these email lists) that it is available for your contributions! If anyone wants the log of the meeting, drop me a line. Cheers! </pre> Don Knowles 2013-05-30T12:21:41 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12086 <pre>Hi Folks, One more time with feeling! Let's meet in http://irc.freenode.net/#linux-aus-lugs for some chat relevant to LUGs around Australia, tomorrow at 8pm eastern standard time [ adjust for your timezone : I seem to keep getting it wrong :-( ] As previously emailed, I've suggested perhaps we need to change time &amp; place of the meetings. </pre> Don Knowles 2013-05-26T21:43:22 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12085 <pre>Hi there, Plans are coming along really well for linux.conf.au 2014 in Perth. We're very much looking forward to seeing you all there, but in the meantime it's time to start thinking about 2015. We have had a lot of expressions of interest already for bids so we aren't going to do a formal call for EOI's but are instead doing our official call for linux.conf.au 2015 bids! Don't worry though, if you didn't express your interest we'd still love to talk to you about how to put together your bid and have given you plenty of time to put one together. The timeline for this year is as follows: * Jan/Feb - The Council seeks expressions of interest in running an LCA. * 25th May - The Council formally requests bids for LCA. * June - The Council works with teams to help them prepare their bids, answering any questions. * 8th July - Submission of formal bids closes. * July-August - The Council clarifies any questions regarding the bids and reviews them * September - The Council visits potential teams. * Octob</pre> Joshua Hesketh 2013-05-25T08:03:28 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12084 <pre>Morning folks, The next Adelaide Tech Meet will be at HackerSpace Adelaide next Wednesday evening. The HackerSpace folks will be doing their thing, hacking on what projects they bring. HackerSpace opens at 6pm, talks start at 7pm. Where: HackerSpaceAdelaide Level 9, 80 King William Street, Adelaide http://hackerspace-adelaide.org.au/wiki/Main_Page Date: Wednesday the 29th of May Time: Talks 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Food'n'Drinks 8:00pm - late Lightning Talk Topics; - Simon; ProxMox - Virtualisation Linux Distro - Pankaj; Bakery with distributed menu system (Drupal) - Kim; data.gov.au - Lightning slot &lt;- your talk here After the meet, we will head out for some food'n'drink and more discussion. Or stay and tinker along side HackerSpace folks =) We are moving the Adelaide Tech meet to the last Wednesday of the month. regards, Kim </pre> Kim Hawtin 2013-05-24T02:05:18 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12083 <pre>Hi Linux Australia Community, As you may have seen from a previous email to this list, Linux Australia is keen to work with auDA to provide support for the upcoming Australian Internet Governance Forum. In particular, we're thinking of providing assistance for delegates from under-represented cohorts to attend the forum in Melbourne in October. We're now seeking feedback from the Linux Australia community on this move, and specifically would like to hear your views on; - whether this is something you feel Linux Australia should be strongly supporting - if so, are we supporting this initiative in the right way? - if so, which under-represented cohorts should be targeted and what are some of the selection criteria that should be used to identify delegates to support? - any other feedback you may wish to provide The feedback will then influence the Council's decision around funding the initiative. More information on the Australian Internet Governance Forum can be found at http://www.igf.org.au/ </pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-05-23T12:44:51 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12077 <pre>This time, with content. Hi everyone, With thanks to Brianna Laugher for making us aware of this initiative, we wanted to promote the opportunity to become an Australian Internet Governance Forum Ambassador to the Linux and Open Source Community in Australia. The Australian Internet Governance Forum, curated by auDA, has been run for the last few years as an open, collaborative workshop promoting and facilitating discussion on the key topics driving the future of the internet. The 2013 event will be held in Melbourne on 16th-17th October. This year's topics include gTLDs, rights of children online, legal rights and cybercrime and several others. Linux Australia is proud to be working in partnership with auDA and intends to provide financial support (subject to Council approval) to the event, with the specific aim of assisting diversity of representation at the forum. The Forum is specifically looking for Ambassadors to lead discussions on areas of internet governance in which they are pass</pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-05-20T13:18:24 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.australia/12076 <pre> </pre> Linux Australia Secretary 2013-05-20T13:08:41 http://comments.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://comments.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://comments.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://comments.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://comments.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://comments.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://comments.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 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.linux.australia