Happy Easter all. I have been scouring the web for active community projects in Australia - and in Canberra specifically - with a view to getting involved or contributing in some way. I'm not a techie but probably have some skills/time/money to donate. I was attracted to the ubuntu-au projects listed on the loco wiki page (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects) but the information there is a bit old and it actually gives the impression of not much actually happening (the last update was in October 2006). And the web presence of my local LUG hardly creates an impression of activity beyond eating pizza and generally "getting together" in a fairly disorganised, undergrad-type way. As I already have a family, a social life and a job, I was looking for something else. As a 30 year veteran of the public service, I'm not really interested in attending admin meetings any more - in person or on-line.
I know that people are active here on this mailing list and on the Ubuntu forums, but beyond the support offered for technical problems and the FOSS Open Day, (and the obligatory periodic rants about MS) is anyone still actively promoting uptake of Ubuntu and FOSS in Australia? Have I missed something? Is there an active community out there somewhere doing something? This is not meant to be a criticism of ubuntu-au. Far from it. I'm just curious about the (apparent) lack of engagement through outreach projects and am wondering where the action is. Paul Garrett (Aubrey) Canberra -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
