---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [Announce] linux.conf.au 2014 Bid - Formal Request From: "John Ferlito" <johnf@inodes.org> Date: Wed, April 11, 2012 2:35 pm To: announce@linux.org.au "linux-aus" <linux-aus@linux.org.au> Cc: lugcomms@lists.linux.org.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howdy, We have just come off the tail end of linux.conf.au 2012 and I'm very much looking forwarded to linux.conf.au 2013 in Canberra next year. However it is now time to look forwards to 2014. We are a bit behind on the bid process this year, so we've dropped the expressions of interest phase and are moving straight into the formal bids phase. The new timeline is outlined below: * Jan/Feb - The council updates the bid process documentation. * 11th Apr - The council will formally request bids for LCA. * 15th Jun - Submission of formal bids closes. * Jun-Aug - The council clarifies any questions regarding the bids and visits each bid team. * Sep - The council decides on the winning city and informs the bidding teams. * Jan - The winning bid is announced at the LCA closing ceremony.

From the attendance at the linux.conf.au BOF in Ballarat, there are already quite a number of teams well on the way to putting together a bid. But that doesn't mean there isn't room for more.

If you've ever sat in the back of a LUG meeting or LCA talk and had a quick chat to someone about running an LCA now is the time to put that idea into action. If you were the person two seats back listening in, go bug that person to put in a bid :). The first thing to to do is to send an email to council@linux.org.au to let them know you are thinking of submitting a bid. You should also CC linux-aus@linux.org.au, this might help you find other people keen on helping you out. Once you've finalised your bid document then please send to council@linux.org.au and linux-aus@linux.org.au. Once you've done that here are two documents to help you get started. * http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_Bid_Guidelines * http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_HOWTO The first outlines what is required for the bid process, while the second give a fairly detailed overview of the sorts of things you need to think about when preparing to run an LCA. If you are thinking of bidding, please put your hand up sooner rather than later so that the council can make sure you get the support you need to prepare a high quality bid. Happy bidding!! P.S. Please forward this announcement onto local LUG lists and anywhere else you think is relevant. Cheers, John -- John Blog http://www.inodes.org LCA2012 http://lcaunderthestars.org.au _______________________________________________ announce mailing list announce@lists.linux.org.au http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/announce