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CASE has been contracted by the Australian National University to deliver a Masters level course in Free and Open Source Software. The class will be taught by CASE volunteer Dr Andrew Tridgell who currently is working for IBM and is well known for his achievements in developing free and open source software. For more info refer to the course flyer (pdf file). 

Committee member, Sam McKeon, attended this years Joomla! day in Melbourne. The event was hosted by the Melbourne Joomla! Users Group at Melbourne University. Attendees ranged from those who had never used Joomla! to seasoned gurus. Sam found it an interesting and rewarding day. He gained some valuable information and advice that will assist CASE with the management of Joomla! web sites for our members.
You can read more about it on the CASE  Blog.

For years members have identified web services as a high priority. As such, CASE submitted a funding proposal to the ACT Community Support and Infrastructure Grants Program to provide Joomla! web based content management systems and associated training. Although our application was deemed appropriate, for the second year running the CSIG budget was insufficient to meet the needs of the sector and therefore our application was not successful. The good news is that the project will go ahead. Details coming soon.

CASE is a successessful applicant of a grant under the Community Support and Infrastructure Grants Program. We applied for a grant for a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) for our server room to replace one that failed. This will ensure that CASE can continue to safely supply services such as support for webistes and emailing lists for member organisations.

Case Management Committee member, Samuel McKeon, was recently interviewed about the OLPC XO Laptops.

While he was at the  eGames Expo in Melbourne, Sam took the opportunity to demonstrate the OLPC laptops to the public. You can watch a video of his interview here.

This week CASE was featured in the Canberra Times computer section. Reporter Simon Grose interviewed CASE President, Darrell Burkey, and our patron, Senator Kate Lundy, to discuss our accomplishments over the past 10 years and our goals for the future. If you missed the article and would like to know what was said, just click this link to download the Canberra Times computer page (1Mb pdf file).