On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 12:26 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
quote who=Paul Gear
Sounds like we in the Brisbane team need to get cracking...
:-)
Another nice bonus when it comes to holding an event ahead of linux.conf.au:
there are usually quite a few Canonical folk from overseas speaking or
Why do people find structure so critical to a community. We are a
group of people interested in Ubuntu and the progression of Ubuntu in
Australia. Do we need to hold conferences with minutes and boards?
None of this is at all binding so how can you expect anyone who does
not get their voted leader
Colin,
Yes an 'Elected' board/council could appoint people to roles based on
'Merit'.
Andrew G.
On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 09:28 +1000, colin mcdermott wrote:
There are not many reasons why we cannot have a 'Team' elected to
positions based on merit every 12 months. When people nominate for
quote who=colin mcdermott
Personally, I think that we need a Ubuntu Confrence in Australia. This
confrence should be conducted on a yearly/bi-yearly basis (perhaps inpart
online/through a web hookup), we talk all things Ubuntu and we elect our
leaders there accepting online votes from anyone
. But it seems we
haven't just yet, this is something that should be discussed next meeting.
Ryan Macnish
Subject: Re: Metrocracy vs democracy
From: gande...@gmail.com
To: colinjamesmcderm...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:34:05 +1000
CC: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
Colin,
Yes an 'Elected' board
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Jeff Waugh j...@bethesignal.org wrote:
quote who=colin mcdermott
Personally, I think that we need a Ubuntu Confrence in Australia. This
confrence should be conducted on a yearly/bi-yearly basis (perhaps inpart
online/through a web hookup), we talk all things
quote who=George Patterson
For those that are considering it without previous unconference/conference
experience, do something smaller first. Try an BarCamp first of comparable
length.
Please don't be scared off by this but plan it fully.
Concur. I ran GNOME.conf.au as a linux.conf.au
On 10/06/10 11:45, Jeff Waugh wrote:
quote who=George Patterson
For those that are considering it without previous unconference/conference
experience, do something smaller first. Try an BarCamp first of comparable
length.
Please don't be scared off by this but plan it fully.
quote who=Paul Gear
Sounds like we in the Brisbane team need to get cracking...
:-)
Another nice bonus when it comes to holding an event ahead of linux.conf.au:
there are usually quite a few Canonical folk from overseas speaking or just
attending. Though not crucial (we have awesome local
