August 2012 - luv-announce

LUV Announce: Annual General Meeting, Tuesday September 4th, 2012
by lev＠levlafayette.com 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

Notice is given for the 2012 Annual General Meeting of Linux Users of Victoria. ====== Agenda ====== 1.0 Confirmation of Minutes of the Last AGM 2. Reports 2.1 Office-bearer's Reports from the President and Treasurer. The Secretary's report will be included in the President's Report. 1.2 Other Reports and Question. 3.0 Software Freedom Day Announce 4.0 Lightning Talks 4.x As per usual AGMs we encourage members of Linux Users of Victoria to give a short (c2-4 minute) presentation on a Linux-related application that they have been used and wish to advocate or otherwise share information with others. 5.0 Declaration of Election Results 5.1 Presented by LUV Returning Officer, Andrew Chalmers. ======================================== Nominating for the Committee. Important! ======================================== Linux Users of Victoria, Inc. is governed by an elected committee of manager as per the Associations Act of Victoria. In our case, the committee organisers events, such as the main meetings and beginner's workshops, and all forms of publicity promoting LUV and Linux use, along with raising funds for those objectives. The committee consists of four office-bearers (a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary), and four ordinary members. Any member of LUV may nominate for one or more committee positions, but may only be elected to one position. Nominations require acceptance from the nominee before they become a candidate. A person may nominate themselves. Nominations for any of the above positions should be sent to Andrew Chalmers, the LUV Returning Officer, achalmers(a)westnet.com.au. See Rules of the Association https://luv.asn.au/memorandum

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OSIA Melbourne Forum Event
by Daniel Jitnah 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Hello Members and Friends of OSIA OSIA is pleased to invite you to its forthcoming forum event in Melbourne. "What does the NBN mean to the Open Source Software Industry" Date: Wednesday 22 August Time: 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm start to 8.00 pm Venue: NBNCo Discovery Center 1010 La Trobe St, Docklands (see OSIA website, Events section for Location map) Note this is a Free event open to Members and Non-Members. Please help make this event a success by promoting it through your own channels as appropriate. Event Program: 1. Presentation by NBN Senior Staff on opportunities that likely to arise from the NBN. There will also be other NBN personel who will be able to answer questions. 2. Presentation by Kanchana Wickremasinghe, Senath Ltd. Kanchana will talk about Senath's use of Open Source software to deliver the Cloud based PaaS Durga Platform. 3. Update on OSIA activities. 4. Networking opportunity with other guests Refreshments available. Following the event, you are also invited to join others for dinner somewhere in Melbourne. ** Please note: RSVP by 20 August is essential. Email osia-events(a)osia.com.au <mailto:osia-events@osia.com.au>. ** The above event will follow an OSIA Board Meeting in Melbourne earlier on the same day. If there is anyone who would like to meet the Board Members, and cannot attend the above event, please contact the Secretary : osia-secretary(a)osia.com.au <mailto:osia-secretary@osia.com.au>. If you have any enquiries regarding this event, please email osia-events(a)osia.com.au <mailto:osia-events@osia.com.au> Regards, Daniel

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August Beginner's Workshop: An Introduction to the Command Line
by lev＠levlafayette.com 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Start: Aug 18 2012 12:30 End: Aug 18 2012 17:30 Location: 110 Victoria Street, Carlton Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map In this talk, Lev will give a thorough introduction to the Linux command line, including file, system, and program commands, begining with an exploration of the environment through to simple scripting. Lev is the current LUV president and has taught command-line Linux in several organisations over the past ten years. General Workshop Area: At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! VPAC is on the ground floor of Building 91, RMIT, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton, close to the corner of Swanston and Victoria Streets. It is accessible by all Swanston Street trams and is is near to Melbourne Central train station. LUV would like to acknowledge BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops and VPAC for hosting!

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August 2012 Main Meeting. CMS Double : The Drupal Association, and Typo3
by lev＠levlafayette.com 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Start: Aug 7 2012 19:00 End: Aug 7 2012 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map * Donna Benjamin, Infiltration Day 853: Drupal Association Board. Confessions of a not-so-secret double agent * Simon Dawes, TYPO3 Content Management System The Drupal Association The Drupal Association has been through some major changes in its governance and staffing in the last few years. It recently ran its first general election for "Directors At Large" and since 2010 has increased the number of employees by 900%. It moved its headquarters from Belgium to the USA and now manages a budget of around 3 million US dollars in annual revenue. Where the hell does all that money go? And who are these people taking "your" money? Donna Benjamin was curious enough to be part of this to put her name in the hat for nomination last year. She successfully infiltrated the board in February. You can think of her as your mole in the hole. With over 10 years experience in the non-profit sector, Donna knows a thing or two about what makes successful organisations tick. Diving into the inner workings of the Drupal Association, Donna dares to share some of the things she discovered in the deep end. Donna is the current Public Officer, and former President of Linux Users of Victoria. TYPO3 TYPO3 is a PHP-based enterprise content management system with a huge community especially in Europe and USA. In this introductory talk, Simon gives an inside look at this open source project and how it is organized. He also talks about his experience and the efforts and achievements of the TYPO3 community here in Australia and presents some of TYPO3's key features which make this CMS one he loves to work with. Simon studied Scientific Photography and managed a professional film laboratory when film was still king! He then worked as the technical lead and programmer for almost 15 years before he founded Cerebrum - a small but talented web development company in Melbourne. Simon and Cerebrum have a particular passion for open source software and have been working with TYPO3 for over 7 years. Simon is a certified TYPO3 Integrator and has never missed a TYPO3 user group meeting in Melbourne (except once when he was really sick). The Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Evan Burge Building, Trinity College Main Campus Parkville Melways Map: 2B C5 Notes: Trinity College's Main Campus is located off Royal Parade. The Evan Burge Building is located near the Tennis Courts. See our Map of Trinity College. Additional maps of Trinity and the surrounding area (including its relation to the city) can be found at http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/about/location/map Parking can be found along or near Royal Parade, Grattan Street, Swanston Street and College Crescent. Parking within Trinity College is unfortunately only available to staff. For those coming via Public Transport, the number 19 tram (North Coburg - City) passes by the main entrance of Trinity College (Get off at Morrah St, Stop 12). This tram departs from the Elizabeth Street tram terminus (Flinders Street end) and goes past Melbourne Central Timetables can be found on-line at: http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/725 Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat near our venue. Maria's on Peel Street in North Melbourne is currently the most popular place to eat after meetings. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting!

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