The Linux Australia Council is working on presentation materials to be used when talking to LUGs and other audiences.
Presentation Structure
- Who we are, where we came from
- Adhoc organisation from 1996
- Incorporated in NSW in 1999 to support CALU
- Revived to support the inaugural LCA
- Strength to strength each year since.
- Corporate structure
- Council
- Committees - reps from across the country
- What are they?
- Community representation
- membership statistics: how many? from where?
- Council, sub-committee
- Who are they?
- How does one participate?
- linux.conf.au
- It's big!
- It's exciting!
- It moves!
- Grants Scheme
- General concept
- Specific stories about one or two grants
- Application process
- Representing the community:
- To the media
- To the govt e.g. ICT Policy, AUS-DMCA, etc
To the public CeBIT, LinuxWorld, SFD, etc.)
- Supporting LUGs:
- Public Liability Insurance
- Inter-LUG communcations
- Sharing speakers / Presentations
- Mirror
- Mailing lists
- How to get involved
- Feedback
- How can LA better assist LUGs?
- Feedback/ideas for improving the Grants scheme?
- LCA?
Potential LUGs
- Sydney Linux Users Group: Pia?
- South Coast LUG: James
- Goonellabah Linux Users Group (GLUG): Terry
- Linux Users Victoria: Jonathan
- TasLUG: Jonathan
- LinuxSA: Janet?
- HUMBUG: AJ?