Good evening everybody, I'm pleased to announce that the AGM will be held in the Mucky Duck in Winchester at 7:30pm on the 31st August.
I hope to see lots of you there. Don't forget to register! Tim B. > Hello everybody, > > Sparked by the imminent renewal of the HantsLUG domain name, the committee > has recently been discussing the future of the group. If there was > significant mailing list traffic we would just renew it without concern, > however, as there has been very little traffic, the question of whether > the LUG should continue has been raised. We are therefore calling a > meeting to determine the future of the LUG. A copy of the constitution is > available on the website, should you wish to view it. > > In order to register to vote at the meeting, please e-mail > webmas...@hantslug.org.uk with subject "votereg" please include your name > in the e-mail. > > Details of the date and location will follow in a second e-mail. I would > urge everyone to attend if at all possible. Ultimately, it's your LUG and > up to you to decide it's future. > > If this meeting is not quorate (at least eight voting members, or ten > percent (10%) of the total voting membership, whichever is the greater) > the committee will hold a further general meeting to decide what happens > next. > > We have three options (this will form the agenda for the meeting): > > 1) A new committee is elected and the LUG continues as normal. Existing > committee members can stand for re-election. I will not be standing. - > Please submit nominations to chair...@hantslug.org.uk > > 2) The committee is disbanded and the constitution suitably updated to > enable a sole LUG member to act as benefactor; to maintain the mailing > list and optionally the website as they see fit with a suitable degree of > consultation from the membership. In this case the current LUG funds will > not be handed over to the benefactor. > > 3) The group is wound up. The mailing list and website will be taken > off-line and the domain-name either retained for 12 months, or given to > another LUG in Hampshire. No funds will be retained (see below). > > For either option 2 or 3, no funds will be retained. This does not prevent > long-term purchase of domain name and services by the current committee, > prior to the funds being distributed. For distribution, the following is > suggested: > > a) Nominations for suitable open-source projects/LUGs/Makerspaces etc. are > called for, over a period of a week. A list of all nominations will be > posted by the chairman. Nominations must be linux-related, open-source or > charitable, and not for personal gain; makerspaces are acceptable. > > b) The members vote for their preferred nomination (1 vote per member) by > e-mail. Over the course of one week. > > c) The votes are counted and the remaining LUG funds are split between the > top 5 nominations by percentage of votes. This will be announced on the > mailing list. > > > Best regards, > > Tim Brocklehurst > > -- > Hampshire Linux User Group Chairman > > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Hampshire Linux User Group Chairman -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
