From contact at lcabythebay.org.au Wed Nov 11 19:53:15 2015 From: contact at lcabythebay.org.au (linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong Team) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:53:15 +1100 Subject: [LCA2016-Announce] LCA2016 Optiver Diversity Programme Announced Message-ID: <564301FB.1010509@lcabythebay.org.au> The organisers of linux.conf.au 2016, in partnership with Optiver, are very proud to announce our diversity programme for 2016! LCA2016 and Optiver are proud to be able to support diversity in our community. The Optiver Diversity Programme is intended to ensure that linux.conf.au continues to be a safe, open, and welcoming conference for everyone. Together with Optiver the programme has been developed to assist delegates from under-represented cohorts who contribute to the Open Source community but, without financial assistance, would not be able to attend LCA2016. For more information please see our Optiver Diversity Programme page: https://linux.conf.au/register/diversity Potential Delegates and Speakers are encouraged to remain up to date with conference news through one of the following channels; Website:http://lcabythebay.org.au Twitter: @linuxconfau, hashtag #lca2016 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/lcabythebay Google+:https://www.google.com/+LcabythebayOrgAu Lanyrd:http://lanyrd.com/2016/linuxconfau/ IRC: #linux.conf.au on freenode.net Email: info at lcabythebay.org.au Announce mailing list:http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/lca-announce We warmly encourage you to forward this announcement to technical communities you may be involved in. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mattcen at gmail.com Tue Nov 17 11:02:57 2015 From: mattcen at gmail.com (Matthew Cengia) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:02:57 +1100 Subject: [LCA2016-Announce] Linux.conf.au 2016 Open Knowledge Miniconf: Call for Papers Message-ID: <20151117000254.GA19669@owen.cengia.id.au> First Open Knowledge Australia Miniconf! ======================================== 2016 is the first time the Open Knowledge Australia Miniconf has been held at linux.conf.au. Its ongoing viability will be dependent upon its success this year - so it's a great reason to be part of the Miniconf. Submissions ----------- Please include the following information: * A working title * A brief abstract which specifies the area of open knowledge that you'd like to present on * Your preferred presentation format Submissions should be emailed to me, Matthew Cengia, via mattcen at gmail.com Dates and deadlines ------------------- The Call for Papers will close at 23:59 on Sunday 13 December 2015, and you will hear by 1 January 2016 whether or not your talk is accepted. Restrictions ------------ In order to present you must be a deletgate of LCA2016, or have a Miniconf day ticket. If cost is an issue for you, I have a very limited number of free Miniconf day tickets available. Presentation formats -------------------- This year, presenters have the following options: * A 20 minute presentation with 5 minutes for questions * A 45 minute presentation with 5 minutes for questions * 5 minute lightning talks Possible Topics --------------- Open Knowledge is a wide and varied topic. We are looking for presentations that demonstrate or promote open technologies and methods. Open software is a key area of interest, especially software that in itself promotes openness, such as CKAN, an open source platform that acts as a portal to open data. Other examples might include the OpenStreetMap software, which promotes crowd-sourced and open-licence mapping, and Authorea, which promotes open journals and research. We recognise that software is not the only tool for promoting openness, and we are also very keen to include talks on the values of open hardware, maker spaces, open government and open communities. New and emerging Speakers encouraged ------------------------------------ Open Knowledge Miniconf actively encourages new and emerging Speakers to submit a presentation. It's great experience, and great professional development. -- Regards, Matthew Cengia -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 966 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: From simon at darkmere.gen.nz Thu Nov 26 20:48:40 2015 From: simon at darkmere.gen.nz (Simon Lyall) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 22:48:40 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: [LCA2016-Announce] Sysadmin Miniconf - First talks announced Message-ID: The Sysadmin Miniconf is please to announce our first group of accepted talks. The seven accepted talks are: * Site Reliability Engineering at Dropbox - Tammy Butow * 'Can you hear me now?' Networking for containers - Jay Coles * The life of a sysadmin in a research environment - Eric Burgueno * Network Performance Tuning - Jamie Bainbridge * Is that a data-center in your pocket? - Steven Ellis * Samba Status update - Andrew Bartlett * Keeping Pinterest Running - Joe Gordon Full abstracts are here: http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/presentations16.html We'd like to remind everybody that our Call for Presentations is open till the 12th of December. There is still time for you to submit your talk on the *real* meaning of DevOps[1] or why libguestfs is the greatest thing since sliced bread. http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/cfp16.html Also, if you know somebody who you think could do a good talk please point them to the CFP. We are really looking forward to our 10th Sysadmin Miniconf in 2016, we have the talks above, some others to be announced and hopefully some more yet to be sent in. The rest of the week looks pretty good too. Simon & Ewen Sysadmin Miniconf Linux.conf.au 2016 [1] - Try to be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations. -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar