A joint statement from GovHack and Linux Australia
Linux Australia President <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.australia |
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| Organization | Linux Australia |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Dear GovHack and Linux Australia colleagues and friends, We'd like to thank you all for your wonderful support of GovHack - you’ve helped us grow over the years to become one of the biggest annual government open data competitions in the world. For 2016 we hit a record number of participants, locations, data sets and projects (see our achievements in our GovHack 2016 Review <https://acc-gh16.alan.id.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/GovHack-2016-Review.pdf>). As GovHack has grown it has helped drive the release of open data by governments across Australia and New Zealand and demonstrated the potential of open data to benefit the community as witnessed by the amazing apps, websites, augmented and virtual reality projects that continue to push the boundaries of open data each year. GovHack and Linux Australia are proud to announce that GovHack's current scale, influence and strength of support make 2017 the right year to establish GovHack as an independent organisation whilst continuing to champion our shared spirit of openness, awesomeness and respect. Open source and open data are more important than ever, yet they mean nothing without your involvement, your ingenuity, your brilliance – that’s why both GovHack and Linux Australia are determined to keep growing to enable more people to play a part of our respective communities. GovHack would like to thank Linux Australia for its sensational support as an auspicing body in 2016 and looks forward to working closely together in the future to continue to promote the tremendous benefits of open source and open data for Australia, New Zealand and the entire planet! GovHack and Linux Australia -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 [email protected] http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 and GovHack <http://www.govhack.org> Richard <tel:0437633111> Richard Tubb GovHack National Director 0437 633 111 / [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Li <http://richtubb.in> Do you do Awesome? Let's Connect! richtubb.in <http://richtubb.in> _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus