Meeting opened 19:33pm

  1. Attendees
    • Present: Wyatt, Nick, James, Steve
    • Apologies:
    • Absent: Paul, Benjamin, Terry
  • Call around

  1. Minutes of last committee meeting: https://www.plug.org.au/events/committee/2026/06-18/

  2. Next Committee meeting Tuesday 2026-07-21

    • Online BBB
    • Due an in-person busybee
      • AGENDA: Fill out our events through the the AGM, and early 2027
      • Email and phone to get confirmed RSVP’s

  3. Reports

    • Financials at 2026-07-21
      • Main Bendigo Bank 2-to-sign: $2,900.23
        • We received a sizable donation this month
      • Bendigo Bank Business basic/Debit Card: $143.83
      • Cashbox: ACTION: Paul $534 as of 2026-01-20, give to Terry for depositing
      • Members ACTION: Wyatt to get new members email to complete membership
    • Membership at 2026-07-21
      • 33 current members (+1)
      • 2 overdue members (-1)
      • 1 renewal this month (-2)
      • 1 new members (-2)
      • 7 people at the last Talk

  4. Specific Business

    • Updates on previous business:

      • ACTION: Wyatt to SEEK association Status with LA.

        • ACTIONED

      • ACTION: Wyatt to Register Instagram account for PLUG

      • ACTION: Wyatt to Register Fediverse account for PLUG

        • No action yet. Deferring for now.

      • ACTION: Wyatt to Register SEEK account for PLUG

        • No action yet, will sort after looking into Jobseeker.

      • ACTION: Wyatt to begin recruiting and rostering volunteers

        • No action yet, will sort after looking into Jobseeker..

  5. Events

  • Review events:

    • June 2026

      • 2026-06-20 Installfest Saturday (backup & restore demo?)

        • Installfest
        • Sat 2026-06-20 10:30–16:00
          • A few new faces.
          • PLUG booked the small meeting room directly.

      • Tuesday 2026-06-30: Introduction to Open Source Operating systems

    • July 2026
      • 2026-07-09: Plug in the Pub at Planet Royale
        • 12 Lake St (near Roe St) Northbridge
        • Loud music!
        • but fun, good turnout
      • 2026-07-14: Nice talk by Ava re: SeaOX framework

  • Upcoming Events

    • August 2026

      • 2026-08-13: Security & Privacy in FOSS by Ben
        • Thursday 18:00 – 20:00
        • Bassendean Memorial Library

    • September 2026

      • Adam Sparks Open Source Tools for Research 14th September 17:30pm
      • Question: As of 2026-06-18, Steve says Ben Hutton could present - When - September?
      • Venue: UWA EZone?

    • October 2026

      • Installfest
        • Saturday 2026-10-31
          • Sharing space with JAFWA, confirm with Drew closer to event.
          • Harry Organising Event
          • (halloween! anniversary of endof10.org http://endof10.org )
          • Lined up with prospective JAFWA event at Collins Street Centre but not Guaranteed that they will hold an event at the same time.
          • Theme around end of windows 10. Encourage people to bring old Windows 10 laptops to install modern Linux.

    • November 2026

      • Tuesday 2026-11-0T15:00 Rust in Game Development at Retroworld, 134 Oats St, East Victoria Park

    • December 2026

      • Xmas BBQ

    • January 2027

  • Future events

    • Potential venues

      • July Talk: MCP Server @ UNDECIDED W/ John Clema
      • August Talk: Rust @ UWA w/ John Vandenburg
      • September 14th Talk: FOSS Research tools @ Curtin w/Adam Sparks
      • October/Nov Talk: Health system API @ UNDECIDED w/John Clema

    • DFD, HFD, SFD, public calendar on https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd

      • SFD/ITLAPD Sat 2026-09-19

    • Round-table discussion:

  1. General business

    • Sponsorship drive
      • for a particular event?
        • Steve: Canningvale, Bassendean Markets
          • Has some notes, potential sponsorship goal: get a branded marquee
      • display on https://www.plug.org.au/sponsors/
    • ACTION: James to put together a half yearly finance report.

  2. Meeting finished at 20:47 PM