Re: [activities] Re: [SLUG] Motion to be put at the AGM: Wind up SLUG

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:26 PM, James Polley <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Marghanita da Cruz
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello James,
>>
>> I like Martin am not sure what the benefits or
>> disadvantages are of joining Linux Australia. For my 6 or so
>> years of involvement with SLUG I have been happy to be a
>> financial member and cough up my $25. If this covers the
>> public liability insurance that is necessary to indemnify
>> the office bearers, run the meetings and mailing lists, then
>> so be it.
>
> The hosting of the website/mailing lists is currently provided by
> sponsors, no expense there.
>
> The hosting of the meetings is currently provided by sponsors also, no
> expenses there either.
>
> When we have had pizza at meetings, it has been self-funded by the
> people partaking in the pizza - no expense there either (in fact, we
> usually made a few dollars profit)
>
> The insurance is the only expense we currently have. Our membership
> fees are only just barely covering that expense.
>
>>
>> A couple of questions:
>> What is the individual membership fee to join Linux Australia?
>
> $0
>
>> Will sub-committee members need to be financial members of LA?
>
> Yes; but as the membership fee is $0, this does not impose much of a burden.
>
>>
>> I gather there are current $800/25=32 financial members of SLUG.
>>
>> With regard to winding up SLUG -  practically if the motion
>> can be put to an extraordinary meeting (EGM) prior to the
>> AGM at which financial members can vote - then there isn't
>> the issue of signing up people to an organisation which may
>> ceases to exist an hour later (which sounds a little like branch
>> stacking).
>
> I like your thinking.
>
> We would still need to have an AGM and hold elections; and existing
> memberships would still expire when the AGM starts; but the committee
> could have a meeting in between the AGM and EGM and choose to vary the
> membership fee, depending on the outcome of the EGM.
>
> Anyone who is not yet a financial member but would like to vote at the
> EGM can sign up (and pay their $25/$25) immediately before the EGM.
>

The majority of the committee like this plan, so we'll announce the
EGM later today.
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