October 2011 - luv-geelong

OSDC in Canberra November
by Kathy Reid 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Posting to this list on behalf of the OSDC folk -- Kathy --- Hi, As you may know, the Open Source Developers Conference (http://OSDC.com.au<http://osdc.com.au/>) is being held in Canberra from November 16-18. To purchase tickets from the OSDC website or from the payments link;https://osdc2011.wufoo.com/forms/buy-tickets/ The OSDC is a great opportunity for you& your organisation to see the latest in open tools, technology, business models and methods. The OSDC is a not-for-profit conference bringing together developers, technologists,& advocates working in various fields leading toward open technology - including software, open data, mobile technologies, visualisation, cloud computing, programming languages, system administration, licensing and open source in government. This year, starting November 16th, the Open Source Developers Conference is coming to the Australian National University in Canberra from Wednesday 16th November to Friday 18th November 2011 and we would love to see you and your team there. We've got a great lineup with keynotes from Senator Kate Lundy, Jon Oxer and Damian Conway, plus Brian Catto from AGIMO.gov.au<http://agimo.gov.au/> and Tony Beal from AGS.gov.au<http://ags.gov.au/>. We've got Mini-confs from the Open Source Industry Alliance, and on Java, PHP and GR8. Plus workshops on Arduino, Google's Go programming language and Agile software development. For the full line-up and more information visit the OSDC schedule - http://2011.osdc.com.au/schedule/ There's heaps more, so checkhttp://OSDC.com.au/ <http://osdc.com.au/> for more details and to purchase tickets, or reply to this email with any questions you might have. Hopefully we'll see you in Canberra in mid November for the conference. </blurb> We would love to see you there. Daniel OSDC Committee

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Web tech meetup tomorrow night
by Kathy Reid 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hi everyone, I used to go to this meetup but found it wasn't techy enough for my tastes - not sure if this has changed - anyway thought some people on this list might be interested. www.meetup.com/The-Geelong-Web-Technology-Meetup-Group/ Regards, K.

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linux.conf.au 2012 - Volunteer Registrations now open
by Kathy Reid - Team LCA2012 18 Oct '11

18 Oct '11

Hi everyone, Just a brief courtesy note to advise that Volunteer Registrations for linux.conf.au 2012 - LCA Under the Stars Ballarat 16-20th Jan 2012 - are now open. Please see the info at; http://linux.conf.au/register/volunteer for more information. Volunteer opportunities would ideally suit enthusiastic people from Ballarat and surrounding areas. Questions can be directed to volunteers(a)lcaunderthestars.org.au Kind regards, Kathy -- -- Kathy Reid Team LCA2012 kathy(a)lcaunderthestars.org.au www.lcaunderthestars.org.au @linuxconfau on Twitter, Identi.ca

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Early bird registrations for linux.conf.au closing 31 October - two weeks away!
by Kathy Reid 16 Oct '11

16 Oct '11

Hi All, As most of you would likely be aware, earlybird registrations are currently open for linux.conf.au <http://linux.conf.au/> 2012 . As this is Australia's largest FOSS conference, it would be great if you're all able to make mention of the registrations at you next local LUG meeting and help make the 2012 event as amazing as those preceding it. Earlybird prices will remain available until the end of October, just 2 weeks away, or until sold out. Full details are, of course, available at http://linux.conf.au <http://linux.conf.au/> or we can be contacted at info(a)lcaunderthestars.org.au <mailto:info@lcaunderthestars.org.au> in case anyone has any specific questions. ************************************************************************************************** - Josh Stewart ----------------------------------------------------- Conference director linux.conf.au <http://linux.conf.au> 2012 - Ballarat 16- 20 Jan http://lcaunderthestars.org.au

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Next steps for GLUG? (aka luv-geelong)
by lev＠levlafayette.com 09 Oct '11

09 Oct '11

Sorry for the delay in setting up this mailing list, but here it is. That was a very successful BarCamp ... what ideas do we have for further promotion and development of Linux in Geelong? Best wishes to you all, Lev Lafayette LUV president

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