Re: [9fans] Fw: AUUG President's Newsletter - v1n2, 23-mar-2006

["Bruce Ellis" <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>]

interesting.  i presented two talks many years ago at AUUG.
am i too old to enter this contest?

brucee

On 3/23/06, George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net> wrote:
>
> I am sure 9fans will relate to a request for funding for a John Lyons
> chair of Computing at UNSW..
>
> And well done Qualcomm for kicking in $500k. Is that softway people now?
>
> -George
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:30:50 +1100 (EST)
> From: David Purdue <david.purdue@auug.org.au>
> To: auug-announce@auug.org.au
> Subject: AUUG President's Newsletter - v1n2, 23-mar-2006
>
>
>
>
> *** Welcome
>
> Welcome to the President's Newsletter - a once a month communique from
> AUUG HQ letting you know what we are up to and how you can get involved
> in the community of Open Computing professionals.
>
>
>
> *** The John Lions Award
>
> The AUUG Board is pleased to announce the relaunch of the John Lions
> Award for Research Work in Open Systems.
>
> Associate Professor John Lions was a visionary academic at UNSW, author
> of the (in)famous Lions book - the "Source Code and Commentary on UNIX
> Level 6" - and an AUUG "founding father".
>
> John's untimely passing in 1998 has not dimmed the affection in which he
> was held, and one way AUUG perpetuates his name and legacy is through
> the annual John Lions Award for Research Work in Open Systems.
>
> This award is given to recognise outstanding student work in the field
> of standards based computing and/or open source. Entry is open to full
> time students at any Australian university studying at Honours, Masters
> or Ph.D. level.
>
> The award is judged on a submission from the student describing their
> work (this should be restricted to 3 pages). The submission is judged on
> relevance, originality and the work's contribution to the field. The
> judges may interview the student on their work in coming to a final
> decision.
>
> All finalists (i.e. all works judged to meet the minimum standards of
> relevance and originality) will be awarded a $50 book voucher.
>
> The overall winner will receive:
>
> * A prize of $1,000
> * A framed certificate
> * A one year membership of AUUG
> * The winner's name inscribed on a permanent awards board, displayed
>  in the AUUG office and at the main conference.
> * An invitation to present the work at the AUUG Annual Conference,
>  including travel and accommodation.
>
> Submissions should be emailed to lions_award@auug.org.au
>
> Please pass this information on to any students you know - details at
> http://new.auug.org.au/resources/lions_award/
>
>
>
> *** The John Lions Chair in Operating Systems
>
> The University of New South Wales is establishing an endowed Chair to
> recognise the enormous contribution made by John Lions to the world of
> computing.
>
> The Chair will be called The John Lions Chair in Operating Systems, and
> will enable an eminent academic to continue the John Lions tradition of
> insightful and inspirational teaching in operating systems. The creation
> of the Chair will perpetuate the John Lions name, and new generations of
> students will benefit from his legacy.
>
> The University of New South Wales is conducting an appeal to raise $2
> million to establish the endowed Chair, and support is sought from
> individuals and corporations. Following the generous donation of
> US$500,000 by Qualcomm Inc in September 2005, the University has decided
> to create the chair in 2006. The contributions received so far will
> allow the chair to exist for a minimum of five years. Fundraising is
> continuing to endow the chair in perpetuity.
>
> AUUG members are encouraged to consider whether they are able to support
> the appeal - see http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/JohnLions for more
> information.
>
>
>
> *** AUUG 2006
>
> Although it is still a couple of months until the call for papers
> closes, it is not too early to put in your submission. (Special mention
> to Frank Crawford who was first to put his submission in!)
>
> Even if you are not planning to write a paper, it would be very helpful
> if you could print off the call for papers and put it on to your
> company's notice board - find it at
> http://new.auug.org.au/events_store/auug2006/cfp2
>
> Submit a proposal or encourage your firends and colleagues to! Remember,
> paper presenters get a free conference registration. Tutorial presenters
> can get a free registration or 25% of the profit from their tute.
>
> Conference info: http://new.auug.org.au/events_store/auug2006/
>
>
>
> *** The AUUG Portal - Feature Of The Month
>
> The AUUG portal at http://new.auug.org.au/ is taking shape, with some
> real life content being added. Already we have posted the conference
> proceedings from AUUG 2004, and proceedings from the 1999, 2002, 2003
> and 2004 conferences are on their way.
>
> This month's feature is the AUUG Forums - http://new.auug.org.au/forums
>
> The forums allow a discussion on a topic to be preserved for historical
> reference. It is very easy to contribute to any forum - just click on
> the forum that you are interested in, then either click on the topic of
> interest, or add a new topic by clicking on "post new item" then
> choosing "Topic".
>
> Once you are viewing a topic it is easy to contribute - just click on
> the reply button and fill in the form to express your view, or use the
> "quick reply" form at the bottom of the topic page.
>
> However - please note that to make a new topic or reply to an existing
> one, you must be logged in to the portal!
>
> As an example - I have started a topic on where AUUG 2007 should be
> held. Please go to http://new.auug.org.au/forums/board/0001/ and tell
> us your views!
>
> Also note that the portal supports RSS syndication - so look for the RSS
> logo (http://new.auug.org.au/forums/RSS) in the top right of selected
> pages.
>
>
>
> *** AUUG Board Elections
>
> Election time is nearly upon us again. To help make AUUG the
> organisation you want it to be, please consider running for a position
> on the AUUG Board.
>
> It is important that the AUUG board has a good cross section of the AUUG
> membership, so that the direction of AUUG can be set to benefit all
> members. But beyond that serving on the board can be very interesting
> (you get to meet some great people) and good experience. True story -
> in a recent job interview I mentioned some of the work I was doing in
> preparation for AUUG 2005. The interviewer asked my to write that work
> into my CV, and that was the basis on which I was given a second
> interview.
>
> You can read descriptions of the AUUG Board roles at
> http://new.auug.org.au/resources/roles/duties/
>
> You can review the Secretary's Election Announcement at
> http://www.auug.org.au/pipermail/auug-announce/2006/000225.html
>
>
>
> *** Positions Vacant
>
> AUUG is always on the lookout for volunteer to help with aspects of
> running the organisation. Currently we need:
>
> * Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officer - we need two people
>  to count the votes in the upcoming election. Since they have to be
>  together when counting takes place, we'd like a joint application from
>  two people who can be in the same place in May when the counting takes
>  place. These people need to be financial AUUG members.
>
> * Portal Content Editors - individuals willing to take on an area of
>  the portal, find content for that area and publish it.
>
> * Portal Content Migrators - individuals willing to work on moving
>  content from the old AUUG web site to the new.
>
> * AUUGN Editor - someone who can gather content from the portal or
>  from other locations, and format it into a set of html pages that we
> can publish on the AUUGN DVD distribution.
>
> Regards,
>
> David Purdue
> President
> AUUG Inc.
>
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