[UM-LINUX] Constitutional Amendment

[John Demme]

I am hereby proposing an amendment to UMLUG's constitution.

The preamble would be changed from:
"We, the members of the UM Linux Users Group (UMLUG), do hereby establish this Constitution in order to provide support for users of the free operating system, Linux."

To:
"We, the members of the UMLUG at Maryland Linux Users Group (UMLUG), do hereby establish this Constitution in order to provide support for users of the free operating system, Linux."

Rationale:
Unfortunately, "UM" is a university trademark, and we will probably not be allowed to renew our SGA registration using this name.  The new recursive name was suggested ( by Mathias, I think ) and will allow us to continue under "UMLUG".

And Article V, Section 4, bullet point 3 changed from:
"If any normal office, other than President, be vacant, the President shall have the power to appoint an existing officer to hold the vacant office until the next election."

To:
"If any normal office, other than President, be vacant, the President shall have the power to nominate an active member or existing officer to hold the vacant office until the next election.  Said nominee will be voted into the position by a simple majority at the next meeting"

Rationale:
The current constitution does not allow adding officers, only changing their positions.  If we are interested in adding officers (we have only two for this year) this change is necessary.


Please send your votes to [EMAIL PROTECTED].  Sorry, only UMCP students, faculty, and staff are considered active membership.

Thanks,
John Demme
UMLUG President