This is a repo for discussing possible changes to linux.conf.au. It is intended that this will serve as a place to gather thoughts, debate pros and cons of options and help to reach consensus on areas in which linux.conf.au could change.
To be explicit, this is only a forum that future linux.conf.au teams, and Linux Australia council's, may use as input into their planning and decision making. Nothing in this repository is documentation on how things have to run.
The intent of this repository is to provide a public, open, accessible mechanism for elicitation of views, debate and consensus building to occur.
The issues canvassed here are likely to be sensitive, and possibly inflammatory. linux.conf.au has a 20-year history, and many previous organisers will have run things in eminently sensible ways given the constraints and nature of individual events. This is not intended to be a retrospective of why things were done in the past; it is an opportunity to reshape things for the benefit of the Australian / NZ free and open source community, the linux.conf.au event, and Linux Australia.
Please keep this in mind when phrasing wording, making recommendations and so on.
There is one key file for each area, eg:
- Miniconfs
- Schwag
Each file takes the format:
- Key issues: An outline of the key issues, the parties impacted by them and how they are impacted.
- Possible options: Possible options to address the key issues, including benefits, drawbacks, interdependencies and any imagined consequences for the option.
- Recommendations: This section is an attempt to reach consensus on issues and options, and is likely the key part of the document that will be considered by Linux Australia Council / the LCA Subcommittee in terms of enacting change.