Last night was the SLUG AGM. Matt Moor took the minutes and hopefully the minutes and the results of the committee election will be posted shortly.
In the meantime... At last night's AGM one agenda item was voting on two proposed constitutional changes, both drafted by James Polley. As one of the two motions passed, the SLUG committee needs to notify the NSW Office of Fair Trading of the change within a month: http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/business/associations/rules.html#How%20are%20the%20rules%20of%20an%20association%20changed? === First motion: to accept the changes in the process of becoming a member === James's summary: > * changes to the process of becoming a member (in line with changes of LA). > > Patchset for this is at [3]. In short, it's allowing the Secretary or > Treasurer to approve applications for membership directly. According > the constitution, applications are to be made in writing to the > secretary, who will forward them to the committee, who accept or > reject the application. In practice, Ken has been accepting any > applicant who can fill out the form and cough up the required amount > of cash - this change formalises that process. > [3]http://wiki.slug.org.au/changes_to_the_process_of_becoming_a_member?rev=1178537827&do=diff The motion to make this change to the constitution PASSED unanimously. === Second motion: to accept a constitution amendment creating a corporate membership === James's summary > * the creation of a corporate membership > > I've put a revised draft of the constitution on the wiki; you can see > my proposed patchset at [4]. This allows for other organizations or > groups to become members at a cost of $250. > > There was some discussion on the mailing list[5] about whether there's > any point to this change. The main argument for the change is outlined > by Ken Wilson[6], the main arguments against were put by Del[7][8]. > > The patchset at [4] will accomplish this, should enough people think > it worth voting for. > [4]http://wiki.slug.org.au/creation_of_a_corporate_membership?rev=1178621580&do=diff > [5]http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/activities/2007/05/index.html#00012 > [6]http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/activities/2007/05/msg00028.html > [7]http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/activities/2007/05/msg00023.html > [8]http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/activities/2007/05/msg00045.html This motion FAILED. -Mary Gardiner, Returning Officer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
