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Meet-Up

Current:

Melbourne Meetup - Wednesday, 5th December 2012!
More Info:  https://www.facebook.com/events/379667628777761/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/379667628777761/)


Past:
Melbourne Meetup - Wednesday, 1st August 2012!
More Info:  https://www.facebook.com/events/263813007052408/
Melbourne Meetup - Wednesday, 23 May 2012! (Past)
More-info: https://www.facebook.com/events/345430765511234/
Melbourne Meetup - Wednesday, 24st October 2012!
More Info:  https://www.facebook.com/events/449291858445619/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/449291858445619/)
Meetup Was Great Fun... General thought was to have another one in 2 months.  Next meetup still in planing.


If you want to be part of our community re-building effort, please hop into #bitcoin-aus on Freenode.
This is the most active Australian Forum, and we all would love to say hi! :)

/me and the police bots will be there with bells on!

AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE!

The great thing about us Australians is that we are real go-getters at heart!  We will go and innovate, and lead the world when we get a chance to.

Having a strong community will allow us to build upon each other’s skills and abilities, and duplicate the minimum amount of work.  Making us much stronger and effective, and giving us the real-possibility to lead the world.

The reason I’ve decided to spear-head re-building the Australian Bitcoin Community is that I feel that it is very important that we get the ball rolling now, before the massive influx of new people comes from the next big bitcoin rally.


By the way, I am chiefly involved in the Open Transactions project; this project allows people to trade the ownership of real-life assets online, in a cryptographically secure and reliable way.  This project is complexly different to bitcoin.  Open Transactions solves a different problem to bitcoin, making them particularly powerful if used together.

**BUMP gratuitous plug**

Ok... Some Basic IRC notes:

1. Use a secure connection...

Connect to: https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=bitcoin-aus&uio=d4   <-  see the https  :)

2. Use a good IRC client....

Maybe KVIR….   or irssi (if you are textschool)…

2b.  Connect to a good server... such as chat.au.freenode.org and connect on port 7000 so you force yourself to use SSL!!

3.  Register a IRC nickname...

easy as: /ns register (password) (email)

3b.  Don't use the same password as your email!! or Bitcointalk!!!

4. Make sure you have enforce on:

easy as /ns set enforce on

5. Connect via SASL!

well for KVIRC it is easy... for others it may be a bit more hard.

6. Get a Cloak...

politely ask for one in #freenode :)


Ha ha... Well that is most of the basic done! If you get to this stage... well you won't be counted as a IRC noob anymore!

Hmm... Well IRC is good fun... it is good for planning and working together as a team...  We should consider getting a website for guides, and other more static documentation.

I have a few people who ask me "hows bitcoin going these days?" without further interest. What do you folks need from Australia? Things like Barramundi bikinis or stuffed cane toads?
Theres got to be an Aussie bitcoin thing to do.

Well the UK thing to do (that I have done) is to gett smashing drunk at your local with some bitcoin friends you've met on IRC.  Then spending the next day wishing you had never met them. :D

In Australia I guess you could have a Bitcoin BBQ, or smoke some weed and talk about how 'dope' bitcoi is (or both).  However I think the most Aussie thing to do is to buld a trading system that makes bitcoins, cheap (aka. Close to the market rate), and easy for the normal bloak to get his hand on some.

Just a group of people where we can bounce off eachother is a good start.

We are re-vamping our Facebook Page as-well!  Please have some fun and join our page!  http://fb.me/bitcoinaus

Its been a while since I used irc. I think its time to get it running again, I'll be with you shortly. Whats the best client these days? It used to be mIRC.

KVIrc is great!  It has good support for both Windows and Linux, support SASL natively (important for Freenode) and has great theme support.

http://www.kvirc.net/

Updated the Banner!  What do people think?  (See OP)

it's clever but honestly the coat of arms is a bit of a turn off.

Hmm... Yes a Coat of Arms represents a history of violence. Not, Good...
I guess I can make a new one... Any Idea's?

well, to start with, i prefer green & gold over red, white and blue.

which is probably convenient, if the btc is the gold :D

What about this one:
http://hostinga.imagecross.com/image-hosting-15/3652banner3.png

Ha, Ha. I'm really not very good at this visual design thing.

Background image by Hai Linh Truong: http://www.flickr.com/photos/linh_rom/2270171257/

Been wondering about having a Bitcoin Meetup in Melbourne?  Any Interest?

http://hostinga.imagecross.com/image-hosting-16/9782mb_imin.jpg


Event-planned:

Melbourne Meetup

Wednesday, 23 May 2012!
18:45 until 21:45

Venue: TBA (Most Probably Somewhere in the CBD)

https://www.facebook.com/events/345430765511234/

Melbourne, my town? Sure why not... though mentioning a venue and time would be good...

I've nominally entered the time: 18:45 until 21:45
The venue will most probably be somewhere in the city… however it still needs to be confirmed/worked out.

I like ideas!

Clint Eastwood-like dude with a hat and a glinting bitcoin in his tooth? Maybe ripping off the old Dick Smith logo a little? ;D

Stylised blockchain in the shape of Australia with a big Bitcoin in the middle? I'd drop the double slash though. Someone said it was specifically US to look like an "S" with a U cutting through it.

Aboriginal mural inspiration?

Ha ha... Well I need to be able to make it with my very limited Photoshop skills.   ???

So we of course are going to have the Melbourne Bitcoin Meet-Up Afterparty at BassArt!
https://www.facebook.com/BassArte55

Well It is going to be one hell of a night!

I put myself in the "Maybe" list.

I'll try to attend if possible. Excited to meet great Bitcoin guys!

Side note: I can't enter a bar...

Ok the laws to 'legal age' are a bit strange in Victoria for bars.   In general, if it is a ‘bar’ you can enter, however they will ask ID when you buy a drink.

‘Clubs’ on the other-hand require you to present your ID at the door.  Even those sometimes have that ability for a minor to enter; they will give you a writs-band so you cannot by alcoholic drinks.

If we pick a venue that is like a 'bistro' then minors will have no issues.

I live in Mackay Qld but am travelling to Melb soon for a visit, a tentative for me just not sure of my times at the moment. It would be good to meet up with you guys and talk about ideas, I would love to start a bitcoin business at this early stage and get the jump on the big boys who will eventually come around to it. Aussies are usually good with tech uptake but not so much when money is at risk.
Being a cantankerous old fart I dont get out to the pubs much anymore but I am bringing up bitcoin any chance I can get with people, it is an obsession these days with me lol.

lol your not the only one

We are going to Terra Rosa, a great place in the Melbourne CBD.  Since it is a restaurant, it will be fine for those who are under 18yo.

http://www.terrarossarb.com.au/

:)  cannot wait to see you guys at the meetup!

Happening Tonight!!!   ;D ;D ;D  Come along if you can make it!!

Meetup was Great Fun!!!  We had great food.  LOTS of drinks.

Hope more people will be able to make-it to the next one!
We thought that it would be good to hold the next meetup in around 2 months.

Thank-you for everyone who came!

http://hostinga.imagecross.com/image-hosting-16/9782mb_imin.jpg


Event-planned:

Melbourne Bitcoin Meetup

Wednesday, 1 August 2012!
Starts: 18:45

Terra Rosa (http://www.terrarossarb.com.au/)

87 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000

https://www.facebook.com/events/263813007052408/

yeah, austria!
http://bitcoin-austria.at/sites/bitcoin-austria.at/files/Bitcoin-Austria-logo-6-680_0.png

Bitcoin Meetup in Melbourne this Wednesday! https://www.facebook.com/events/263813007052408/

Tonight! If you are in town!

Hoping to head east in mid to late November or early December
If anyone is planning meetups in Melbourne or Sydney around that time I'll make my plans so I can attend :)

planning to catch up with some Bitcoiners - be great to attend a meetup :D
Cheers
Graet

Two New Melbourne Meetups:

Melbourne Meetup - Wednesday, 24st October 2012!
More Info:  https://www.facebook.com/events/449291858445619/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/449291858445619/)

Melbourne Meetup - Wednesday, 5th December 2012!
More Info:  https://www.facebook.com/events/379667628777761/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/379667628777761/)


Hope you all can make it!!!

Less than 1 Week!! https://www.facebook.com/events/449291858445619/

Meetup is tonight!!! :) :)

1 week today!

Melbourne Meetup - Wednesday, 5th December 2012!
More Info:  https://www.facebook.com/events/379667628777761/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/379667628777761/)

Already logged in and I intend to be at the meeting too.  I'll also be bringing copies of my GPG key fingerprint so people can confirm that in person and we can get some GPG key signing done.

Tonight!!!