so
yuma
my name's wally bell
i'm an old man
[Music]
i
have lived here on country all my life i
grew up in a little place called yes
we eventually moved out to a smaller
place called girowa
it's out there that i learned about
being an aboriginal man on country
it's uh through our traditional
way of doing things
my dad took me out on country
taught me all about you know bush
foods bush medicines how to source water
and basic survival skills on country
i
am now in a good place where i do a lot
of cultural heritage management work so
i look after
basically a lot of the cultural features
and things that we have here in the
cultural landscape of
our country
uh not a world country and uh
i also
try to the best my ability to
help people understand
that
culture
i do things like
walks and talks
where i take people out on country and
show them
basically what country is
now a lot of people have said that
they've never
been given that sort of
outlook
in itself on
our connection as aboriginal people to
the land that we live on
another oil country is uh
covers an area of something like 17 000
square kilometers
the whole of the ict sits inside our
traditional customary boundary
i can say that i've had the privilege of
seeing a fair bit of that country
due to my cultural heritage management
works
the um
not all people we have seven different
clan groups
uh my clan group are the yar people so
we uh we're the ones that come from yas
um we abide by
rules and regulations like everybody
else
so um
we actually operate under
community
sort of uh rules and regulations were as
as the different clan groups
but as uh an overall
um
overarching sort of
um
regime that we live under is our
traditional customary law
now every aboriginal group within
australia operates under that law
now if you look at the fact that there's
well over
400
different tribal groups across australia
your own mind will tell you that
cultural practice is going to be
different wherever you are in australia
because as aboriginal people we get our
customs and our belief systems from this
land that we're on
so
just to put it into perspective
if you go out
uh onto you and country
different different uh area all together
like here we have the plains and we have
the mountains
but we also
differing to
the euro people for instance in that
they've got you know
planes and
mountains in their background as well
but they've also got the sea
so they have to incorporate all that
into their culture
so you can see in yourself then that
cultural practice in itself is going to
be quite
different diversified different
everywhere you go
so that's aboriginal people then
as i said we operate under our
traditional customary law
now that law says that there's
aboriginal people
we must welcome people onto our country
now like i said it's going to be done
differently wherever you go
so uh
my clan group then
the yacht people we're going to do it
slightly different even to our other
clan groups
so
the way that we do it
is we not only welcome you on to country
but we also offer up a protection for
you while you're here on country
now that protection comes in two forms
physical protection
which is taken care of by what we call
our spirit of the land
so that spirit of the land looks after
you as you're actually walking around on
country putting foot on the land itself
which means that
it tries to make sure that
you don't have any trips and falls and
accidents and things like that and
injure yourself in a physical sense
the other protection we offer up is uh
spiritual protection
now as aboriginal people
our strongest belief is that we all come
from the land
we're placed here for a certain time in
which time we've become
carers of the country
traditional custodians of the land
and
when our time is up then we also then go
back to the land from where we came
so
that's where our ancestral spirits
reside so they're our past generations
they're the ones that have already been
here for a while and gone looked after
the place and then gone back to the land
now we've occupied this area
for
oh
yeah at least 25 000 years
so
over that time period then you can
understand then that there's a lot of
past generations that have gone back to
the land
so
we touch them with looking after you in
a spiritual sense because
under our belief systems we know that
there's bad spirit out on country
now that
spirit you can't see or touch or
anything like that
but everybody watching
knows that they have their own personal
aura now that's something you carry with
you all the way through your life
and there are times when you don't feel
that good you know something on the
downside sick or sad or something like
that
and that's because
we know that that bad spirit has latched
on to your personal aura
and they always
do bad things that you know because
they're bad spirit
so
that's where we ask our ancestral
spirits then to remove that stuff
because we don't want it here on country
we don't want to affect you and we most
certainly don't want it to affect the
land that you're on
so
to be able to get those spirits to come
and join me in welcoming you on the
country
then looking after you while you're here
i have to make a little bit of noise
and ask them to come and join me
my way of doing that is
i play my clapsticks
and then i do the calling of the spirits
[Music]
okay
[Music]
m
yes
hey
[Music]
oh am i being an honourable man and also
the fact that i'm out on country a lot i
have close ties with the land
from which i came
i can feel those spirits have now joined
me
and as i said then
the spirit of the lamb will now look
after you in that physical sense
as you're walking around on country
no ancestral spirits the ones that
reside in the land
they're now looking at your auras
checking out to make sure there's no bad
spirit attached to it
but if they do find that stuff they just
grab a hold of it
toss it off country get rid of it
because there's something we don't want
here
the spirits do ask that you do two
things while you're on country
first one really important
respect this place that you're in
look after it and care for it as we have
done for thousands of years
second thing they want you to do is also
to
respect and be kind and courteous to
other people that you meet while you're
on country
so if you do these two things for us the
spirits will then harmonize with your
stay on an honorable country
may the spirits be with you today
tomorrow and for always
i'll close off with some words in
language
[Music]
this land
is not all that
we've all come together today
sit and talk
welcome
john yama thank you
[Music]
hello everyone and welcome to lca 2022
i'd like to thank wally bell from the
bruno niwal aboriginal corporation for
opening welcome to country
i'm speaking to you from the city of
canberra which is on nunawa land
i'm miles gutier and i'm your conference
director and host for today let's get
the show started
last night
we had our newcomer session
and thanks to donna benjamin nicola nye
steve ellis and hugh blemings for
running this for us
thanks a lot for that and we hope you
all enjoyed the session
our conference program is packed with
goodies today is day one where we have
our four wonderful mini conference
namely go glam hosted by sarah germain
and clinton roy
open hardware brought to you by john oxa
and andy jelemy
systems administration hosted by simon
lyle and ewan mcneil
and the colonel miniconf brought to you
by andrew dinolan
note that the schedule is in the main
conference website
after the opening day we will have our
first keynote and then two blocks of
mini conf sessions with a lunch break in
between
we will close out the day with a special
lock note presentation so please be back
here for the close
day two and day three bring you 48 talks
two more keynotes and one special pdns
speaker
we can have hallway tracks using the
channels functionality of the venulis
conference system if you want a specific
channel created just let the team know
in the regio desk channel
all of the talks are streaming to you
through our four venue stages each of
the stages are named after first nations
words generally meaning hello
these are kaya the new greeting from
around perth and southwestern australia
woman jacka the waranjari greeting from
around melbourne
yuma the noodle greeting from around
canberra
and kia ora the maori greeting from new
zealand
this conference wouldn't be happening
without these wonderful people 14
volunteers nine core team members and
one av team
the core team came together when we
realized an in-person conference
wouldn't be possible in 2022
building on what was learned last year
we hope to achieve even better results
this year
we also wouldn't be here without support
of our fantastic sponsors
one of our emperor penguin sponsors and
a longtime supporter of linux.conf.au
ibm
our other emperor penguin sponsor google
our king penguin sponsors arm who are
also sponsoring our outreach and
inclusion program
and our other king penguin sponsor red
hat
our royal penguin sponsors susa and
think stream
our adelie penguin sponsors instacluster
linux professional institute who are
also offering all attendees a 30
discount on linux certification exams
there's more detail on it later
uh calabra who are one of our two
sponsors for live captioning of our
keynote sessions
and codes construct who are also
sponsoring the colonel miniconf
our fairy penguin sponsor is elastic who
are also sponsoring the live captioning
of our keynote sessions
our wonderful contributor level ticket
holders
and our in-kind sponsors sticker mule
who provided us with all the stickers in
the schwag parcels
the sizzle for some of our door prizes
and no starch press for more door prizes
note that the there are discount codes
in the conference website for no such
press the sizzle as well as the lpi exam
discount please go and check the website
for details
and come and annoy us in the regio if
we've missed something out
our carbon footprint reduction trees are
planted by 15 trees also as a thank you
to our keynotes speakers and mini conf
organizers we are planting 15 trees per
speaker to offset one vehicle each
thank you to venulis
the open source platform we've been
using for the past two years for
linux.com.eu
and other linux australia conferences
thank you to our wonderful auspices
linux australia for making lca 2022
possible i would like now to hand over
to sarah germain the outgoing presidents
of linux australia to say a few words
sarah
thanks miles woman checker everyone i'm
coming to you from the unseated lands of
the warranty people of the kulin nations
and i would like to welcome and pay my
respects to any first nations people
that are joining us today
linux australia is a grassroots open
source organization that provides
logistical financial and legal
frameworks for open source communities
in australia and new zealand
we are proud to bring you this
conference each and every year and i
just wanted to bring up two things with
you today
firstly the linux australia agm is
during tomorrow's lunchtime break and
we'd love for you to join us
secondly if you're interested in knowing
more about what linux australia does all
year julian and i will be presenting um
on sunday at 3 45 aedt
we would like
we would love to have you come along and
contribute to our project linux
australia
thank you to all that uh are attending
today and tomorrow and on sunday
and also thank you to the core team for
organizing this wonderful conference for
us
this wouldn't happen without you and
back to you miles
thanks sarah
okay now we're going to get into the
ever important housekeeping stuff
as most of the conference team are live
in eastern daylight saving time which is
utc plus 11
the conference will be operating in this
time zone
all time shown in these slides will be
relative to that time zone
there will be a live illustration drawn
for our keynote sessions have a look at
the illustrator stage to see this
note that you'll need to open the stage
in a separate window or tab in order to
be able to see both the keynote speaker
and viewing the illustration at the same
time
we're here to help you
please just ask in the regio desk
channel in the venulis conference
platform
reggio will be open from 8 30 a.m each
day until the close each evening
remember to look after yourself we have
deliberately put in breaks all over the
place so you can get up grab a coffee
chocolate snacks or just go and walk the
dog
one thing to bear in mind remember most
of us are doing from home including our
speakers we are sharing our knowledge
with you and welcoming you into our
homes this can be a vulnerable space for
us
life happens so please be sympathetic
we are completely okay with kids and
pets photobombing us as well as all
sorts of heavy vehicles and power tools
making their presence felt from outside
so please be understanding
linux australia enforces a code of
conduct for lca
please make sure you have read the code
of contract uh conduct you are expected
to abide by it regardless
if you need to speak to a member of the
conference organizing team please dm or
contact sarah or joel
and that's s-a-e-r-a in case you're
wondering
or alternatively contact us at safety at
lca2022.linux.org dot a u
if you need help ping us in the regio
desk channel or email us at contact
lca2022.linux.org dot a u
if you have a local emergency please
call your local emergency number in
australia this is triple zero
are you on the socials
tweet snapchat reddit facebook or
linkedin us using hashtag lca2022
or hashtag linuxconf a u at the moment
we fortunately appear to own these
hashtags unlike in some previous years
share the swag you bought from redbubble
with us or just point out particular
awesome presentations you've seen
okay we're nearly there
just a reminder that our keynote
presenters are brian kernighan
kathy reed john o'bacon and liz fong
jones with a special pdns presentation
from anthony green tomorrow night
keynotes will be speaking each morning
and one afternoon
unfortunately we aren't able to have
questions for keynotes due to the tight
schedules
we will be starting each
each day at 9 am following this day
at every keynote session we'll be having
we'll be giving away actual prizes for
virtual door entry
this morning we have a one-year
subscription to the sizzle and a 20
discount voucher with no starch press to
give away
after the drumroll and hope this works
our prizes should go to
richard van dieren
and
simon lees
you have until the end of the upcoming
keynote to claim
whoever is drawn first gets to pick what
they want
come to the regio desk and ping sarah
that's sae ra again
otherwise we will draw redraw tomorrow
you