From LCA2010

Contents 1 About 2 Itinerary 2.1 Week 1 2.2 Week 2

About

Some highlights:

• President of the Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG), 2008-present (Committee member from 2007)
• Ordinary Committee Member on the Linux Australia Council
• an Administrator of the Ubuntu English (United Kingdom) Translators team
• Founder and principal documentation writer of the Ubuntu English Translation initiative
• I have written and continue to maintain Linux Australia’s Introduction to Linux, Free Software and Open Source
• I run events for Linux Australia and the Sydney Linux Users Group, including monthly meetings and stands at shows such as CeBIT and the Sydney Education Expo.
• I was (2000-2006) a Senior Administrator and Editor at PCLinuxOnline, which at the time was the largest community Web site dedicated to Mandrake/Mandriva Linux (and later, PCLinuxOS)

For more:

• My blog
• About page on my blog
• Summary of FOSS work on the Ubuntu wiki

Itinerary

Week 1

This week is dedicated to linux.conf.au

• 16 Jan — fly into Wellington from Sydney
• 16-24 Jan — linux.conf.au; staying at uStay

Week 2

This is a general holiday. I don't have any plans set in stone yet, and am looking for ideas on what to do and people to share it with. If you're interested, contact me at: sridhar at dhanapalan dot com.

My plan so far is:

• 24 Jan — take the ferry from Wellington to Picton (not booked yet)
• 31 Jan — fly back to Sydney (not booked yet; not sure from which airport)

Ideas I've had so far:

• the Tranzcoastal (duration 5.5 hours)
• the Franz Josef Glacier