From megamic at gmail.com Fri Sep 11 04:44:21 2009 From: megamic at gmail.com (Michael Potter) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:44:21 +1000 Subject: [Canberra-pm] Girl Geek Dinners is on in Canberra Message-ID: <167f9c460909110444t46b836f1v7cccd48ba4fd2857@mail.gmail.com> This is a message on behalf of Girl Geek Dinners: There is an upcoming dinner being held for Girl Geeks (and their invited guests) on the 17th October, being held at The Burns Club in Kambah. If you are a Girl Geek (or want to become one), you should really think of going along! It is being hosted by Google as-well, so there should be plenty of fun involved. They are also looking for people to give lightning talks on topics of interest, so if there is a geeky topic you can speak for 5 minutes about, you should think about lending your support. More information here: http://girlgeekdinnerscanberra.blogspot.com/ [over and out] From jarich at perltraining.com.au Sun Sep 20 19:30:43 2009 From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:30:43 +1000 Subject: [Canberra-pm] LCA2010 Open Programming Languages Miniconf CFP closes this Friday, 25th September! In-Reply-To: <4AB1870A.9060307@perltraining.com.au> References: <70d969600909161340p1bf9c14dv6e3b4943c0695f24@mail.gmail.com> <4AB1870A.9060307@perltraining.com.au> Message-ID: <4AB6E553.80602@perltraining.com.au> There's just this week to get your presentation proposals in for the LCA2010 Open Programming Languages Miniconf! Our call for presentations closes on Friday 25 September 2009, so if you're planning on attending LCA2010 in Wellington in January, and have something to say about doing development with Open Source programming languages, libraries or frameworks, we'd love to hear from you! We're looking primarily for standard-length talks (20-25 minutes including questions), but we'll also consider double-length talks on suitably compelling topics (that's 40-45 minutes including questions). Our CFP is available from http://blogs.tucs.org.au/oplm/cfp/ -- if you've already read it, you can submit your proposal at http://blogs.tucs.org.au/oplm/cfp/submit/ == ABOUT THE MINICONF == The Linux.conf.au Open Programming Languages Miniconf is a single-day mini-conference about application development with Open Source programming languages. Featuring talks on a wide range of topics and programming languages, this miniconf aims to bring together open source developers with presentations that share techniques, best practices and values amongst programmers of all open programming languages. OPLM2010 will be held at Linux.conf.au 2010, in Wellington, New Zealand on January 18. OPLM2010 is being organised by Christopher Neugebauer and Jacinta Richardson with help from the broader community. You can contact the OPLM2010 organising team at oplm2010 at googlegroups.com or visit the website at http://blogs.tucs.org.au/oplm From jarich at perltraining.com.au Sun Sep 27 20:22:24 2009 From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:22:24 +1000 Subject: [Canberra-pm] LCA2010 diversity programme: applications close THIS FRIDAY Message-ID: <4AC02BF0.9090501@perltraining.com.au> WELLINGTON, New Zealand ? Friday 11 September 2009 ? linux.conf.au 2010 Organisers are proud to announce three funding programmes! The three funding programmes - InternetNZ Oceania Programme, InternetNZ Kiwi Fellowship and Google Diversity Programme - have been created to assist those delegates contributing to the Open Source community who, without financial assistance, would not be able to attend LCA2010. InternetNZ Oceania Programme - Many highly-skilled Open Source contributors are living throughout the greater Australasia and Pacific regions who, without financial assistance, would not be able to attend linux.conf.au. LCA2010 and InternetNZ are proud to offer this out-reach programme in support of those communities. http://www.lca2010.org.nz/register/funding#InternetNZOceaniaProgramme InternetNZ Kiwi Fellowship - LCA2010 will be the first time the conference has been held in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington. LCA2010 and InternetNZ are proud to support New Zealanders contributing to the Open Source community by offering this funding programme. http://www.lca2010.org.nz/register/funding#InternetNZKiwiFellowship Google Diversity Programme - LCA2010 and Google are proud to support diverse groups, such as people with disabilities, and women. The Google Diversity Programme is designed to ensure LCA2010 continues to be an open and welcoming conference for everyone. http://www.lca2010.org.nz/register/funding#GoogleDiversityProgramme "We are thrilled to be able to offer three great grant programmes", said Brenda Wallace, LCA2010 Funding Manager. "We've been overwhelmed with positive support from our Emperor Penguin Sponsors, InternetNZ and Google, in providing opportunities for more people to be able to attend the conference. I'm personally looking forward to notifying the winners!". For more information, please see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/register/funding About linux.conf.au linux.conf.au is one of the world's best conferences for free and open source software! The coming linux.conf.au, LCA2010, will be held at the Wellington Convention Centre in Wellington, New Zealand from Monday 18th January to Saturday 23rd January 2010. LCA2010 is fun, informal and seriously technical, bringing together Free and Open Source developers, users and community champions from around the world. LCA2010 is the second time linux.conf.au has been held in New Zealand, with the first being Dunedin in 2006. For more information see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/ About Linux Australia Linux Australia is the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as such represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and developers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this international Free Software conference in a different Australasian city each year. For more information see: http://www.linux.org.au/ Emperor Penguin Sponsors LCA2010 is proud to acknowledge the support of our Emperor Penguin Sponsors, InternetNZ and Google. For more information about InternetNZ, see: http://www.internetnz.org.nz/ For more information about Google, see: http://www.google.com/