Note: This is the fourth, and probably final announcement. After this it will pass and I can stop bugging you. The first announcement was made on the 3rd of July, and is archived at http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/announce/2002/07/msg00003.html
IMPORTANT: Votes will not be accepted without proof of membership. Please bring your current SLUG membership card. If at first you don't succeed... :-) The Committee would like to advise that we will be holding a Special General Meeting at the next montly SLUG meeting, on the 26th of July. The purpose of the Special General Meeting will be to vote on the Committee's proposed changes to the SLUG constitution. These changes can be viewed at http://www.slug.org.au/~mary/model.html . A summary of the proposed changes is included below. Only current financial members will be eligible to vote at this meeting. Details on becoming a member can be found at http://slug.org.au/membership.html As per the current Constitution, votes by proxy will be accepted. Proxy voters must also be SLUG members. People unable to attend may either find somebody to proxy for them, or mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and a committee member will act as proxy. NEW IMPROVED! Summary of the proposed changes =============================== Most of the changes are to bring the Constitution in line with informal SLUG procedure. The exception is the change to AGM-to-AGM membership. 1. Instead of keeping a list of the financial members' postal details, SLUG will keep a register of their email addresses. 2. Instead of notifying members of AGMs and SGMs by registered mail, SLUG will be required to notify them by digitally signed email. 3. All functions requiring writing (nominating proxies and the like) can be done via digitally signed email. 4. Requirements for new members to be nominated by existing members have been removed. 5. Members only need give one month's notice to resign their membership. 6. Instead of joining for a whole year, members will join until the next AGM. If they join more than six months after the previous AGM thier membership fee for that year will be halved. 7. Nominations for committee positions do not need to be given 7 days in advance. 8. Committee members can be removed after 3 months or 3 missed committee meetings (rather than 6 months). -- Peter Hardy SLUG Secretary [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
