(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IS NOT A PREREQUISITE TO PARTICIPATE IN A DEMOCRACY

The NZOSS is very pleased to see this excellent support for a key open source technology, BigBlueButton! catalyst.net.nz/news/bigbluebu… Well done, Catalyst!

Well done @CatalystNZ !

Get the open, privacy respecting video conferencing alternative while supplies last!

I'd like to propose an NZ Friday virtual drinkies event, starting at 5pm today (NZ DST). The venue is bbb.nzoss.nz/b/dav-fp4-4yz all welcome - no software install required, just a modern browser (or Safari if you're on iOS :) ) like… mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight/1…

The Unjust Transition #Regeneration #Kaitiakitanga #SetANewCourse geniusnet.blogtown.co.nz/2020/04/05/the…

Heard this morn that #whanau are describing online meets as Zui’s... when what we really need right now is #Bluis clik.vc/workfromhome NZOSS @VentureCentreNZ @CatalystNZ BigBlueButton Catalyst Open Source Academy #PublicDigitalInfrastructure #spadeready #resilient #connected #Aotearoa

Kat Karena, lostwomensrights.com, @King_Malietoa Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara Jitsi We (NZOSS) have an instance of BigBlueButton available at bbb.nzoss.nz. It's much better for training purposes than Jitsi and supports many more participants. Jitsi tends to fall over after 8 or so.

This is what our Prime Minister means when she says that any virus exposure tracking software will be "open source" and why it's important! nzoss.nz/what-jacinda-m…

Jos5ua We (NZOSS) have had the government list our BigBlueButton service alongside Microsoft Teams and Zoom as viable options for every school in the country. I am astonished and thrilled. But also saddened that it took a crisis for this kind of validation to occur

Thanks to the help and generosity of our friends at NZOSS, specially LightweightMastodon, our monthly meetings in Hamilton and Christchurch are back. Head to meetup.com/NZPUG-Hamilton/ or meetup.com/NZPUG-Christch… to register (RSVP only access - first 45 registered).

How to take part! 🐛 Find wildlife. It could be a bird, insect, plant or any other sign of life - it just has to be within the city limits. 📸 Take a picture. Snap a photo of what you find. 💚 Share! Upload your observation to iNaturalist NZ (bit.ly/citynaturechal…).

Grant Paton-Simpson has created Python SuperHELP which is now ready to use: git.nzoss.org.nz/pyGrant/superh… SuperHELP is Help for Humans! Full explanation on Grant’s article p-s.co.nz/wordpress/why-…

I'd like to invite you all ... to Cloud Island. A Mastodon instance for New Zealand. cloudisland.nz patreon.com/cloudisland

This is the sort of role that requires someone intimately familiar with Free and Open Source Software... preferably someone who actively and credibly contributes to it. Any takers from the NZ #FOSS Community? jobs.govt.nz/jobtools/jncus… desc