Hi guys,
Some fantastic ideas coming forward keep em coming

I have had to take a few days to sort some IRL stuff. But fully into getting this up now

This morning I met with an Event Organiser - had never heard of BTC but "gets the idea"
he is useing his contacts to find a good (available at short notice) venue.

Suggestions include forming a "management committee" and dividing work into 2 "fields"  Administrative and Technical - volunteers needed.

Needed urgently is a "Bitcoin Infomercial" - contact me if you have knowledge skills to help with this, I have been given some good ideas on what to include, Suggestions welcome here too.

I envisage some talks by "Keynote Speakers" to be webcast a "panel show" from the keynote speakers and other knowleadgable Bitcoiners, this will need to be streamed live and have an interactive component so non-attendeers can ask questions as well.


We are also planning to have tables and or booths that Bitcoin businesses can hire to advertise thier business but also some general interest tables, hopefully someone can bring a rig down we can setup and mine with again ideas and offers welcome.

We NEED to appeal to the general public, grey suit financial types and ppl already into Bitcoins
This is a great opportunity to get the Bitcoin word out not only in AU but worldwide if handled correctly. We plan to!
I see there is a EU metting planned for the weekend after AU would be awse to get some momentum going for the EU do as well

until we get a Bitcoin AU 2011 email and site setup contact graet@ozco.in for further info , offers of help, sponsorship etc
It is early in planning volunteers from the Bitcoin community are needed to make it succesful

more to come

Best
Graet

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Working on the volume - takes time, but there is some liquidity there

I think maybe the only missing piece in the puzzle would be automatic exchange to the merchant's local currency (e.g. USD) to have it be a complete worry-free (regarding exchange rates) solution. It might be interesting to interface with a Bitcoin exchange here.

'Price' box looks good.

Impressive to get requested features implemented and live within 24 hours.    Just please dont rush and Gox things up! Security and Accuracy when dealing with peoples AUD/BTC.

Hope to see some more volume coming in.

The volume is quite low. Perhaps, and this is only a suggestion, start off without charging any fees, once you have a larger customerbase that would be the time to introduce fees.

Britcoin has been completely transparent with this in that it is waiting for accreditation or something before it can charge customers, and now the volume is high.

Of course, the low volume may be due only to the fact that the exchange is incredibly young, of course.

Hey guys, I emailed you about your listing on the GLBSE, I was wondering what the benifits of investing are. Its hard to understand for me the way you explain it.   Is it worth it to invest if you're not in AUD?  Do you give out dividend?

Awesome.  This is now a great way for Aussies to get into Bitcoin with minimal fees.

Transferred some funds via Direct Deposit, funds appeared on the exchange within a few hours, had traded for bitcoin shortly after.  Trade commission of only 5c-10c is very reasonable.

My only recommendation is the Intersango trade page is bloody difficult to use, would be good if you could buy using price rather than total.

i just thought of a feature that would be really awesome that so far I've never seen done before..

imagine if you could just click a [TRADE] button next to one of the buy or sell orders to instantly agree to that trade, instead of having to go to the trade page and input all the specifics in detail just to take the other side of someone's offer.

Tested with a trade (1btc) - now have to build some volume.

Well done Andre. This is a welcome contribution to the bitcoin world and the Australian community. Until Tradehill began trading in AUD I had contemplated setting up an exchange here myself, but it was more involved than I had hoped. I've never tried moving bitcoin in or out of Tradehill, so I don't know if that solved our liqidity concerns. But It's just fantastic news to have a home grown exchange with EFT support, so rest assured, I'll be there with bells on.