1) What are your reasons for wanting to maintain a Corporation?
2)What would the purpose of a Mastodon account? Would it replace the
mailing list, or as an additional service that duplicates information on
the mailing list? Everyone has email, not everyone has mastodon. Email
has stood the test of time - however flawed.
Would all mastodon posts need to be approved by the board? I doubt this
group has "one voice" we would all agree on.
On 03/04/2023 10:37, Katherine Mcmillan wrote:
Hello all,
I realize that if I'm going to push for keeping the OCUUG alive, I'm
going to have to work on a strategy for this.
Between Tug, John, Diane, Jean-Francois, Richard, (sorry, I'm not sure
who all is currently on the Board for the OLUG), Scott, and me, we
should have enough people for a full non-profit Board where
administrative tasks could be doled out in a reasonable way. It sounds
like Alayne could be a good fit for this as well.
I'd be willing to reach out to another *BSD contact of mine in Ottawa
who might be open to helping as well. Please bear in mind that
although it's a family of systems, as we all know, when you say that
something is "Linux focussed" there are a whole bunch of great people
that simply won't participate. There are people in the *BSD community,
for example, that wear "I Love SystemD" tshirts as a sarcastic joke,
and the other developers laugh. However, in my experience, when you
state that something is "Unix focussed" it doesn't make a whole bunch
of Linux devs/users get up and leave, or wear sarcastic clothing
(although sarcastic clothing may be worn for other reasons).
I'm willing to promote the group at the local Universities, at
relevant conferences (ex. BSDCan), and in other appropriate circles.
I think we should consider making a Mastodon account for the group on
here: https://mstdn.ca/home. I am willing to take that on.
I think that we should keep an eye on who fills this:
https://bb.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/BlackBerry/job/Ottawa-Ontario/Open-Source-Analyst_20211653?source=indeed.
Keeping in mind that Blackberry is heavily involved in QNX
development, and are actively trying to liaise with open source
communities.
Although, looking at the stats, I'm not sure:
For the record, I am not an applicant for this.
Is anyone on the Illumos mailing lists?
Sincerely,
Katie
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*From:* Scott Murphy
*Sent:* Friday, March 31, 2023 17:06
*To:* Katherine Mcmillan
*Cc:* Linux-Ottawa
*Subject:* Re: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023
OCUUG (later Ocbug) was mostly social with occasional technical
content. I think it started as a technical group and eventually became
more social, at least that is my memory of it. I was not part of the
early years.
The old website is still up, sporting my mock license plate:
http://ocuug.on.ca
I may still have access to modify things, but it was a very long time
ago and might take me a while to locate the credentials.
Cheers,
Scott
--
Scott Murphy
[email protected]
On Mar 31, 2023, at 15:30, Katherine Mcmillan <[email protected]>
wrote:
Illumos would be a great one to include too.
-Katie
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*From:* Katherine Mcmillan <[email protected]>
*Sent:* 31 March 2023 15:18
*To:* Richard Guy Briggs <[email protected]>
*Cc:* Tug Williams <[email protected]>; Linux-Ottawa
<[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023
"OCUNIX"! That's awesome Richard - it wasn't successful? When did it
stop existing?
Doesn't the OCBUG have the same problem as the OCLUG right now?
Don't get me wrong, I would go out to a Royal Oak and chat with
Scott, Ian and others anytime, but it isn't really a formal group.
Sincerely,
Katie
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*From:* Richard Guy Briggs <[email protected]>
*Sent:* 31 March 2023 14:20
*To:* Katherine Mcmillan <[email protected]>
*Cc:* Tug Williams <[email protected]>; Linux-Ottawa
<[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023
Attention : courriel externe | external email
On 2023-03-31 17:25, Katherine Mcmillan wrote:
> Hi Tug,
>
> Just out of curiousity, has there ever been any discussion about
forming an "Ottawa Unix User Group"? (although "OUUG" sounds
terrible, and it can't be "CUUG" because that's already taken - I
suppose it could be "NCRUUG" or just "CRUUG"). I ask for several
reasons:
OCUNIX used to exist, so did OCUUG. They effectively became OCBUG.
> 1. I'm currently on the Board of Directors for EuroBSDCon (a
*BSD focussed international conference).
> 2. BSDCan<https://www.bsdcan.org/2023/> is coming up in Ottawa!
> 3. I recently attended a Calgary Unix User Group (CUUG) meeting
(thanks all for including me if any of you are on this list!) Theo
de Raadt was speaking, and that was really fantastic to witness. It
seemed like a successful user group and approach.
> 4. There are a number of people based in Ottawa and Quebec that
are *BSD users/developers/advocates, and more recently I've come
across some QNX and Darwin people. There seems to be potential for a
collaborative approach to leveraging Unix and Unix-like operating
systems.
>
> Sincerely,
> Katie
> ________________________________
> From: Tug Williams <[email protected]>
> Sent: 31 March 2023 11:31
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023
>
> Attention : courriel externe | external email
>
> When: 7pm Thursday April 6th 2023
> Where: https://meet.jit.si/oclug_2023-04-06
>
> Check the mailing list for individuals hosting in-person clusters.
>
> Request for volunteers to give talks, short or long, for future
meetings - If you have a Linux related presentation or demo you'd be
comfortable sharing with the group, or a discussion topic you wish to
introduce, then please let us know.
>
> We have a couple of talks, and a proposed change that needs airing
and discussing...
>
> Topics
>
> 1) Discussion of the boards proposal to dissolve the OCLUG
corporation (not the club, just the not-for-profit corporation the
board believes has outlived is benefit)
> 2) talk from Katie McMillan: "The Princess and the Wacom One"
> 3) talk from John Nash: "M1 Macintosh and floating point"
>
>
> Proposal to dissolve corporation
>
> Linux-Ottawa members are asked to vote as per instructions below on
the dissolution of the Ontario not-for-profit corporation "Ottawa
Carleton Linux Users Group" Ontario Corporation number 1476767.
>
> In that we have not organized events requiring the structure and
resources of a corporation for some years, the motivations for having
a corporation no longer apply.
>
> This vote does NOT imply that Linux-Ottawa will not continue. We
intend, with member support, to continue the electronic mailing list
and regular virtual and hybrid meetings. However, we have not had
anyone step forward willing to take on Board responsibilities, and
the current Board is not in a position to carry out the legally
required administrative operations. A requirement of dissolution is
to transfer resources to an organization with similar goals. The
National Capital Freenet has indicated their willingness to accept a
donation. Moreover, they use and promote open-source software and
have suggested that they would use some of the monies to increase
such activity. Note that we could assist in such work, as some of us
are already NCF members and supporters.
>
> Assuming the vote is positive, an agent will be engaged to handle
the technical details. One such agency has indicated willingness,
with a fee under $400.
>
> Note that there is no Plan B unless some members step up with a
viable plan that can get majority member approval in a recorded vote.
>
> The motion is as follows:
>
> We, the members of the "Ottawa Carleton Linux Users Group" Ontario
Corporation number 1476767 are in favour of dissolution of that
corporation and transfer of residual money to the National Capital
Freenet.
>
> Procedure:
>
> All members who have responded to the request to provide their
legal name before March 27, 2023, are eligible to vote. A ballot will
be sent by email from
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> to each such person on or before
April 6. Voting will close at 11:59pm on April 6th EDT. You may vote
before the April 6th meeting, or wait for the discussions at that
meeting.
>
slainte mhath, RGB
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