On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 11:29:15PM +0000, John Demme wrote: > 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".
You have got to be kidding. When we went for SGA funding several years ago, they yelled at us long and hard until we changed "University of Maryland" to "UM." "UM" is a university trademark? I suspect that this means that in seven years, "$foo at Maryland" will be rejected by the then-sitting SGA. However, that will not be the current officers' problem. > 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. Did this change? It used to only be undergrads who could vote. Ben actually trying to be helpful -- Ben Stern UNIX & Networks Monkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] This post does not represent FTI, even if I claim it does. Neener neener. UM Linux Users' Group Electromagnetic Networks Microbrew Software
