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Hello all,<br>
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If you're interested in having <b>Linux.conf.au come back to Perth</b>
see the attached message below, and then jump on the <b>UserConf
mailing list </b>and help out.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/userconf">http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/userconf</a><br>
<br>
While talking about the mailing lists, if you're looking for work,
we have a <b>Jobs mailing list </b>- see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/jobs">http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/jobs</a>. If you're talking to
any recruiters (and there's a few on this list! :) then feel free to
let them know about this for any relevant work with Linux and Open
Source based roles that the membership may be interested in (eg, Sys
Admin and Development roles with Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl, C, MySQL,
Postgress, etc etc etc).<br>
<br>
James<br>
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<td>[Lugcomms] linux.conf.au 2014 Bid - Formal Request</td>
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<td>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:35:42 +1000</td>
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<td>John Ferlito <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:johnf@inodes.org"><johnf@inodes.org></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:announce@linux.org.au">announce@linux.org.au</a>, linux-aus
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linux-aus@linux.org.au"><linux-aus@linux.org.au></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lugcomms@lists.linux.org.au">lugcomms@lists.linux.org.au</a></td>
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<pre>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 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:council@linux.org.au">council@linux.org.au</a>
to let them know you are thinking of submitting a bid. You should also
CC <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:linux-aus@linux.org.au">linux-aus@linux.org.au</a>, this might help you find other people keen
on helping you out.
Once you've finalised your bid document then please send to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:council@linux.org.au">council@linux.org.au</a> and <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:linux-aus@linux.org.au">linux-aus@linux.org.au</a>.
Once you've done that here are two documents to help you get started.
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_Bid_Guidelines">http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_Bid_Guidelines</a>
* <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_HOWTO">http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_HOWTO</a>
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
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John
Blog <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.inodes.org">http://www.inodes.org</a>
LCA2012 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lcaunderthestars.org.au">http://lcaunderthestars.org.au</a>
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