-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello All,
At this evening's meeting we announced that we will be holding our first official Annual General Meeting next month. At that time we will end the current terms of office for the Executive Board including Yours Truly as Treasurer. It has been a fabulous year for CLUG. I feel very honoured to have taken part in seeking Society status for CLUG. We are now in the last stages of the process. With tonight's unanimous vote to accept the Bylaws we now have the filing of the Society paperwork left to do and wait for the Government to approve us. It is a momentous occassion for CLUG and I personally want to thank everyone who participated again from the bottom of my heart. You came out in numbers to exercise your right to choose. You chose to endorse the Bylaws that my fellow Executives and I laid out. I am very encouraged by what I saw tonight. I saw democracy at work. I saw a unified group of individuals come together and agree on a subject that we all feel passionately about. I believe that this is truly the beginning of what CLUG can achieve. Our small group is growing in numbers. We signed up 8 new members and renewed 3 others. Our current Tier Two membership consists of 58 members. 40 members or 68% participated in the vote, we only needed 17 or 30% in order to hold this vote. I can only hope that the Executive election goes as smoothly. Start thinking of people who you wish to nominate for the various Executive positions. We already have two nominations from the meeting. Aaron, will not be seeking a second term as President as it is a strong possibility that he and Mahlah (and Peyton) will be moving to Vancouver for greener pastures. He has nominated me for the job of President. I accepted the nomination. I have nominated Marcel Lecker for the position of Vice President and he accepted. We will be posting the job descriptions and duty guidelines that will be expected of the candidates. We are looking for individuals who feel that they can participate in this capacity to further CLUG's goals. We are looking for people to commit time outside of their normal working hours and daily lives to participate in the various activities that we will have going on in order to further educate the masses about Linux and the Open Source Movement. - -- Jarrod Major GPG Fingerprint: FA4A 1EA3 A0EE A842 07BB 804C 0090 14F6 BE6E DE3D CLUG Treasurer Registered Linux User: #224211 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBPkImMQCQFPa+bt49AQIxiAP7BUa8ABF4nyDQYlsKJw3jxq6bQMzZ9R41 7jgdOawmYeaE3poZbrcKXXgUCYxNsXllJB+z077kzyvmu6jcgfeZi+Y++KpmyvBb fhTzZbJYKzEu1KzeDzv2xmH41SbkSKKsOrQjYYRx1qMuwS4cFrLRKqBpkWSmToeY Zha002MmJf4= =1LdE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
