= Thursday 17 October 2013 =
||<style="border:none; vertical-align: top;"> '''When:''' ||<style="border:none;"> 18:00 ||
||<style="border:none; vertical-align: top;"> '''Where:''' ||<style="border:none;"> VPAC Head Office front room<<BR>> Level 1<<BR>>Building 91<<BR>>110 Victoria Street<<BR>>Pizza's provided by VPAC. ||
== Meeting summary ==
* Kicked off with some discussion on how Software Freedom Day went in Melbourne and Ballarat, as well as Ben's work on gathering patent review submissions.
* Alex Fraser gave a talk on the status of his Cargo release, provided some details about how the game was developed, and there was some discussion around options for promoting the game.
* Adam Bolte showed off a few of the SaaS applications running on his home server, such as ownCloud and Tiny Tiny RSS. Slides have been made available [[https://systemsaviour.com/downloads/20131017-free_software_melbourne/|here]].
* Free pizza, thanks to VPAC for sponsoring.
* Bianca Gibson discussed ways to identify and avoid [[http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Preventing_volunteer_burnout|volunteer burnout]].
