There's still a long way to go, but an OpenSpaces Alt.Net conference is being organised for Australia.

If you're interested in coming we want to know! Head over to http://ozopenspace.pbworks.com/expressions-of-interest and let us know where and when you'd like to see it happen.

And don't forget to stay tuned for more informaiton as it comes to hand!

In case you've missed it so far, the Melbourne Alt.Net group gets started this week.

Details are on their web site: http://melbourne.ozalt.net/2010/04/april-meeting-agenda.html

Andrew Bienert has just announced on the Australian Alt.Net Mailing List that he is starting a Melbourne group!

The announcement of the group is at http://melbourne.ozalt.net/.

Details of when and where the group will be are still being worked out and Andrew is currently trying to gather an idea of how many people will come in order to find somewhere large enough.  So if you're interested in going you should head over to the site and respond to the poll on the right hand side of the page.  Then it should just be a matter of keeping an eye on the site and also watching the mailing list.

Great job Andrew!

This just in:

Your Birds of a Feather Session Proposal, BOF003 "Alt.Net Lightning Talks" has been approved and will run at lunchtime (1245-1345) on Thursday 10 September in Meeting Room 7

So, we’ve got an hour to fill with fun and giggles.  If we take a few minutes for setup and so forth we'll have enough time for 4 sessions and some Q&A.

With that in mind, we're looking for session proposals so jump on to the mailing list and post a proposal if you’re going and would like to do a talk.  10 minutes MAX.

After much administrivia we now have a Live Meeting account we can use for hosting Virtual Alt.Net meetings for Australians.

The first meeting will be Monday March 2nd at 9:30 PM Eastern time and at this stage we're looking at fortnightly meetings.

The agenda is as follows:

1. Turn up

2. Start talking :-)

In terms of content we'll talk about whatever people are interested in talking about, so watch the mailing list to find out what might be on for the night, or even better, volunteer yourself to speak about something.

The url is http://tinyurl.com/virtualozaltnet

P.S. We'll record the meetings for posterity so that those who can't make it won't miss out.

The first Brisbane Alt.Net meeting happened last night and from all accounts it was a successful evening.

The web site has two posts about what went down, so if you're a Queenslander and want to know what went on go have a read and check it out.

Congratulations for the Brisbane people for getting the group up and running smoothly.  Well done!

Michael has announced that the Perth Alt.Net group is getting underway on Wednesday Feb 11.

The location is still being finalised so keep an eye on the Perth web site for updates (and feel free to suggest a venue if you know of a good location).

The details for the inaugural Brisbane Alt.Net meeting are out.

Steve Burman posted the details as follows:

Date : Thursday, February 5
Time : 5:30pm for 6:00pm start
Address : Hyro offices - Level 1, 500 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley (it is upstairs in the Timber Queensland building)
Some food and drinks provided

A new Alt.Net group is starting up in Perth so if you're over in the west, head over to http://perth.ozalt.net and get involved.

A Brisbane alt.net group will be starting soon.  Stay tuned for details.