Hi everyone, Hope this note finds you well and a happy Mothers' day to everyone. It's been a little while since the last wrap-up, busy, but there's a couple of things you might want to know about GEELONG MAKERSPACE With thanks to the efforts of George, Doug and the team, the Geelong Makerspace is starting to take off. For more information, search for 'Geelong Hackerspace' on Google Groups. Next meet: Saturday 23 May 1pm - 4pm at GARC, Storrer St Geelong - Melway Map 402 L8 GEELONG HAS A linux.conf.au 2015 BID IN PROGRESS With much kudos to David Bell, a formal linux.conf.au 2015 bid is in progress. Meetings have been held with Business Events Geelong, and the initial thoughts for the bid document have been made publicly available for discussion and comment; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Go-T2XmwXiNshqpMkL_DmlgUmfUtHpozj-JcXMDJ... ICT GEELONG ICT Geelong has been reinvigorated for 2013. If you'd like to keep in the loop, visit http://www.ictgeelong.com.au/content.php?pid=13&Level=1 for more info. CALL FOR NEWSLETTER ARTICLES FROM LINUX AUSTRALIA Linux Australia recently launched a newsletter (https://www.linux.org.au/news/community/linux-australia-autumn-newsletter) and are seeking contributions for articles around open source, open hardware, Linux and related topics for their next newsletter (due in June). Contact media@linux.org.au for more information. NEXT LINUX USERS VICTORIA MEET Will be on Saturday 18th May where Lev Lafayette will be providing an introduction to supercomputers. More info at: http://luv.asn.au/2013/05/18 MELBOURNE WIRELESS - MORE GEELONG NODES We now have a significant number of nodes in Geelong connected to Melbourne Wireless; http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/maps/area?id=52 Geelong's own Ryan Parker-Hill and Andrew van Slageren are heavily involved and would love to hear from you if you're interested in knowing more - just reply to this thread and we'll pass the message on. GOVHACK 1-2 JUNE This is a hack day organised to encourage government agencies to open up their datasets - ie open government and open data. There will be a GovHack in Melbourne, just near Southern Cross station - so easy to get to for Geelong folks. http://www.govhack.org/ or follow @govhackau on Twitter. SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY Will be on Saturday September 15th. We're not sure if there will be a Melbourne event, or whether there's enough interest to hold a Geelong event. More info at: http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ NEXT GEELONG OPEN SOURCE MEET Sorry, haven't had time to organise one. If there's a lot of interest, bug me and will get on to it :-) Kind regards, Kathy -- Kathy Reid @KathyReid on Twitter/Identi.ca/IRC etc XMPP: kathyreid@jabber.org.au 0418 130 636