FSM Committee Notes

July 2016

Recap last meetup & meeting

• great Gnews Michael, I know the scripted conversation effect, but there was quite a bit of input from new and old members
• suggestion and (gold coin) donation box near the drinks - suggest a correspondence between time and money, and suggest people donate time ;)
  • things like tweeting/facebooking announcements
• List services we need: “how can I help?”
  • Delegate for regular Facebook / Twitter correspondence? - how about a prescripted microblog sent with the announce that list members could copy/paste into pump.io/twitter/etc

• More time for discussion would be better
  • Lesson Learned: Always put the Gnews last as it is the most diplomatic to cut short.
• Ben F. corresponding re. aliases for topics and office names
• "contact us" link to send emails to the committee: http://freesoftware.org.au/contact-us/
• mailing list ettiquite
  • respond inline
  • Ben M: move from digest to live
• working group (possibly)
  • Ben M: propose working group date to the mailing list

Role-based email addresses

We now have some for testing (don't announce yet)

• president@freesoftware.org.au
• vicepresident@freesoftware.org.au
• secretary@freesoftware.org.au
• treasurer@freesoftware.org.au
• Should these be archived?
• Hand-over when new committee takes the roles?
• Other role-based addresses to add?
• info@freesoftware.org.au → secretary

Next Month

• Talk/Event: Lilly Ryan - Scientific Hooliganism
• Discussion: City of Casey submission
• Gnews: Ben M: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Jul_Gnews_2016
• dinner: Pizza night
• Announce: Ben F.
  • Also on Pump.io and Diaspora
• Door & Stickers & Pens: Ben M
• Audio: Ben M
  • Ben F.: ask Damien if he would/could delegate audio duty sometimes, e.g. this coming month.
  • This would free Damien to give presentation, e.g. City of Casey.
• Intro & MC - Michael - EW space, CoC, intros

The topic is "Scientific Hooliganism", and the blurb I've been giving is: In 1903, Guglielmo Marconi prepared to unveil his world-first, long-distance wireless communication technology to the Royal Institution in London. He was looking forward to roaring success - but he didn't count upon falling victim to the first hack in history. Over a century later, the tech industry is still repeating Marconi's mistakes. What can the FOSS and infosec communities learn from 1903?

• http://freesoftware.org.au/wiki/CityofCaseyBudget

• Ben M: Organise an in person for discussing workshop/SDD

Planning

• Deffered

beginners workshop

• Bring a difficult document and view/edit it with free software
• Contribuite to free software

Logo:

• https://media.freesoftware.org.au/u/benm/m/fsm-hard-square/ (Ben M)
• https://media.freesoftware.org.au/u/benm/m/fsm-sharp-underline/ ()
• https://media.freesoftware.org.au/u/benm/m/fsm-smooth-curves/ (Ben F)