Linux Users of Victoria has established a LUV-meta mailing list to discuss
all matters relating to LUV as an organisation, in terms of its structure,
legal status, affiliations, and activities.
The establishment of the mailing list is a result of the debate of
disincorporation that occurred prior to the last Annual General Meeting
and the recognition for the need for such a list, as the debates were not
directly related to Linux (luv-main), but were too specific to be
appropriate to the catch-all discussion list (luv-talk).
All members of the committee and regional representatives are members of
luv-meta by default. Any member of LUV may join by visiting the following
URL:
http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-meta
A reminder is also given for our luv-main meeting tonight with the Simon
Elisha from Amazon Cloud Services speaking on "AWS - An Overview and
Useful things for Linux Users" and Jan Whitaker, "Privacy in the age of
pervasive surveillance". The meeting will begin at 19:00 (7pm) at the
Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, University
of Melbourne Main Campus, Parkville.
--
Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GCertPM, MBA
mobile: 0432 255 208
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Web version is at http://luv.asn.au/2013/10/01
Start: Oct 1 2013 19:00
End: Oct 1 2013 21:00
Location:
The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity
College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville.
Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map
1. Simon Elisha: AWS -- Overview & Useful things for Linux Users
2. Jan Whitaker: Privacy in the age of pervasive surveillance
Simon Elisha: AWS -- Overview & Useful things for Linux Users
AWS enables businesses and developers to do new and exciting
things that were previously impractical or expensive. This
session will provide a brief overview of AWS and useful things
for Linux users.
Simon Elisha is Principal Solution Architect for Amazon Web
Services (AWS). Simon works with senior IT leaders and their
teams across all business sizes to help them use cloud computing
as a business edge so that they can reduce costs and increase
business agility. Simon has 23 years of extensive experience in
large-scale systems architecture and deep knowledge of cloud
computing where he brings a pragmatic approach to solving
complex problems. He has held senior roles at Cisco, Hitachi
Data Systems, VERITAS Software, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, EDS and
business consulting organizations. Simon holds an Honors Degree
in Information Technology from Monash University.
Jan Whitaker: Privacy in the age of pervasive surveillance
For anyone paying attention nowadays, the words Wikileaks, NSA,
and Snowden bring to mind a range of reactions, from repulsion
to "nothing to hide, nothing to fear", and most likely a lot of
points in between. What do these social change developments
mean for people working in the ICT industry and the users of
computer based services? What do they mean for making ethical
decisions for oneself, one's family, and one's employer? Is
privacy truly dead or just on its last breath? Is it worth
fighting for? If so, how? Where do alternatives to the 'big 2'
operating systems fit in? Can open source play a part? These are
a smattering of the questions up for grabs in Jan's talk.
Jan Whitaker, MACS (Snr) CP, is an independent consultant in
ICT, a recent former board member of the Australian Privacy
Foundation (APF), and a life member of Electronic Frontiers
Australia (EFA). She has been teaching ethics, professionalism,
risk management, and compliance for ICT professionals through
the Australian Computer Society for the last four years. She has
also been a longtime member of the Melbourne PC User Group and
is convenor of the Casey Group of Melbpc.
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, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of
the Beginners Workshops
Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association,
registration number A0040056C.
Just to let you know: There'll be *no* LUV Beginners' Workshop
this month. Instead we'll be celebrating Software Freedom Day,
on Saturday, 21 September, 09:30-17:00, at the Melbourne
Unitarian Church hall in East Melbourne. See
http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2013/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/SFD
for details.
I hope to see many of you there.
-- Smiles, Les (as LUV Sec.)
Linux Users of Victoria and Free Software Melbourne Present...
Software Freedom Day 2013 : Free Software for a Free Society
Software Freedom Day is an international event celebrating of Free
Software. Starting in 2004 in now hosts over a thousand events in over
forty countries.
The Melbourne event will be held on Saturday, September 21st, 9.30 to
17.00 at 110 Grey Street East Melbourne (Melbourne Unitarian Church hall)
It's about 5 minutes from Jolimont Station , or a brisk 10 minute walk
from Parliament station or West Richmond. There's plenty of parking at the
site as well!
Speakers
9.30 Introduction: Video Welcome from Dr. Richard Stallman
10.00 Andrew Pam, Content Creation with Free Software Tools
11.00 Pat Sunter, Free and Open Source In Public Decision-Making
12.00 Adam Bolte, Protecting Yourself Online
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Ben McGuiness, Pirate Party's Policy on Copyright and Patents
15.00 Kathy Reid, The Orgnisation of Free Software Communities
16.00 Lev Lafayette, Beyond Software - Steps Towards A Free Society
Plus plenty of t-shirts, software and other paraphrenalia giveaways,
videos and a free lunch (with open sauce).
--
Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GCertPM, MBA
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