LUV Main September 2014 Meeting: AGM + lightning talks
Start: Sep 2 2014 19:00
End: Sep 2 2014 21:00
Event Link: http://luv.asn.au/2014/09/02
Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building,
Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville.
Location Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map
AGM + lightning talks
Notice of LUV Annual General Meeting, 2nd September 2014, 19:00.
Linux Users of Victoria, Inc., registration number
A0040056C, will be holding its Annual General Meeting at
7pm on Tuesday, 2nd September 2014, in the Buzzard
Lecture Theatre, Trinity College.
The AGM will be held in conjunction with our usual
September Main Meeting. As is customary, after the AGM
business we will have a series of lightning talks by
members on a recent Linux experience or project.
If you would like to give a talk, please pre-book your
spot by mailing luv-secretary(a)luv.asn.au.
AGM BUSINESS
The only matters of business to be considered at this
meeting are:
1. Confirm minutes of annual general meeting on 3rd
September 2013 and of additional general meeting on
3rd June 2014.
2. Receive and consider annual report of the committee.
3. Receive and consider financial statements.
4. Elect committee: office-bearers (President,
Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer) and ordinary
committee members.
Nominations:
Nominations for committee positions will be accepted at
the meeting. You can nominate yourself, or another
member if that other member agrees to the nomination.
If you wish to nominate yourself or another member, and
can't be at the AGM, you should nominate a proxy to do
the nominating on your behalf.
Proxies:
You may appoint another member of LUV as your proxy for
this meeting, to speak and vote on your behalf if you
are unable to attend.
If you are submitting your proxy on paper, you should
sign and date it. If you are emailing your proxy, then
the date and act of emailing will be taken as the
equivalent of signing and dating a paper proxy.
You can use the following form, which you can copy from
between the lines of underscores, inserting your own
name and that of your proxy as appropriate:
________________________________________________________
I, [insert your name], being a member of Linux Users of
Victoria, appoint [insert name of your proxy], being
also a member of Linux Users of Victoria, as my proxy to
vote on my behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the
association to be held on 2nd September 2014, and at any
adjournment of that meeting.
[You can add here any specific instructions to your
proxy, such as directions to vote in a particular way on
a particular item. If you have no specific
instructions, you can delete this bracketed paragraph.]
________________________________________________________
Notes about proxies:
1. You can appoint any LUV member as your proxy.
However, the committee suggests that it's practical
and convenient to appoint the President, Lev
Lafayette, as your proxy, who can be trusted to act
on your proxy faithfully.
2. Emailed proxies should be sent to
luv-secretary(a)luv.asn.au, and must be received at
least 24 hours before the meeting.
3. Members who wish to send a paper proxy by post should
contact the Secretary for the postal address to use.
Such proxies also must be received at least 24 hours
before the meeting.
4. Paper proxies can also be presented at the
commencement of the meeting itself.
5. We recommend using the above form. However, under
the new model rules, you can instead use any form
that clearly identifies your proxy and is signed by
you.
Questions about this meeting are best posted to luv-meta(a)luv.asn.au.
-- Les Kitchen, as LUV Secretary.
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.
Start: Aug 16 2014 12:30
End: Aug 16 2014 16:30
Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South
Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map
MythTV is a free and open source home entertainment application with a
simplified "10-foot user interface" design for the living-room TV, and
turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a network streaming
digital video recorder, a digital multimedia home entertainment system, or
home theatre personal computer. It runs on various operating systems,
primarily Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD.
This introduction to MythTV with live examples, will be presented by LUV
Committee member Deb Henry.
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.
--
Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech
Mngmnt) (Chifley)
mobile: 0432 255 208
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LUV Main August Meeting: 3D Printing and Linux Houses
Start: Aug 5 2014 19:00
End: Aug 5 2014 21:00
Location:
The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College,
Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville.
Link:
http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map
Speakers:
Richard Keech "Linux for monitoring and control in a sustainable house"
Bernard Meade "Recent Developments in 3 Printing"
Topics
This talk will describe how the use of Linux with One-Wire bus sensors and
controls can provide the smarts for an energy-efficient home. This will
look at:
* Hardware for monitoring of temperature, the use of water, and the use
and generation of energy;
* Wireless interfacing to smart meters;
* One-Wire bus and how it interfaces to Linux;
* How to switch devices using One-Wire bus;
* Controlling data collection;
* Choice of Linux platform (Raspberry Pi vs others);
* Future work;
* An overview of how energy and water use have each been reduced by 3/4.
Richard completed a Masters of Environment at University of Melbourne in
2011. Richard's primary area of interest is energy technology and it's
role in society's response climate change. Richard also has a Masters
Degree (by research) in Digital Systems from the Royal Melbourne Institute
of Technology (1990).
Richard works as a consultant to the Alternative Technology Association
helping clients make best use of renewable energy and energy efficiency,
and as a Systems Engineer for Solem Consulting analysing thermal system
performances (like solar hot water systems). He has also worked for Beyond
Zero Emissions, Red Hat as a senior consultant, and Cybersource as a
senior consultant.
Recent Development in 3D Printing
3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has started to
influence a wide variety of research activities. Traditional areas such as
Engineering and Architecture have greatly benefited from the new range of
inexpensive yet
highly capable machines, while areas such as Medicine and the Arts have
just begun to recognize the potential impact. This is a truly disruptive
technology that not only promises amazing things, it is already starting
to deliver. This talk will be about how 3D printing is being used at the
University of Melbourne, how it is changing research and teaching, and how
it will change our lives in the next few years. It will also report on the
recent "Inside 3D Printing" conference.
Bernard Meade works at the University of Melbourne with the ITS Research
team. In his role as Innovation and Outreach officer, he investigates
emerging technologies and promotes them to the research community. He runs
the Digital Fabrication service along with the University Digitisation
Centre, which now offers several 3d printers and scanners to the
University community.
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.
--
Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech
Mngmnt) (Chifley)
mobile: 0432 255 208
RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt
