Illumos would be a great one to include too. -Katie ________________________________ From: Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi...@uottawa.ca> Sent: 31 March 2023 15:18 To: Richard Guy Briggs <r...@tricolour.ca> Cc: Tug Williams <tug.willi...@gmail.com>; Linux-Ottawa <linux@linux-ottawa.org> Subject: Re: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023
"OCUNIX"! That's awesome Richard - it wasn't successful? When did it stop existing? Doesn't the OCBUG have the same problem as the OCLUG right now? Don't get me wrong, I would go out to a Royal Oak and chat with Scott, Ian and others anytime, but it isn't really a formal group. Sincerely, Katie ________________________________ From: Richard Guy Briggs <r...@tricolour.ca> Sent: 31 March 2023 14:20 To: Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi...@uottawa.ca> Cc: Tug Williams <tug.willi...@gmail.com>; Linux-Ottawa <linux@linux-ottawa.org> Subject: Re: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023 Attention : courriel externe | external email On 2023-03-31 17:25, Katherine Mcmillan wrote: > Hi Tug, > > Just out of curiousity, has there ever been any discussion about forming an > "Ottawa Unix User Group"? (although "OUUG" sounds terrible, and it can't be > "CUUG" because that's already taken - I suppose it could be "NCRUUG" or just > "CRUUG"). I ask for several reasons: OCUNIX used to exist, so did OCUUG. They effectively became OCBUG. > 1. I'm currently on the Board of Directors for EuroBSDCon (a *BSD focussed > international conference). > 2. BSDCan<https://www.bsdcan.org/2023/> is coming up in Ottawa! > 3. I recently attended a Calgary Unix User Group (CUUG) meeting (thanks > all for including me if any of you are on this list!) Theo de Raadt was > speaking, and that was really fantastic to witness. It seemed like a > successful user group and approach. > 4. There are a number of people based in Ottawa and Quebec that are *BSD > users/developers/advocates, and more recently I've come across some QNX and > Darwin people. There seems to be potential for a collaborative approach to > leveraging Unix and Unix-like operating systems. > > Sincerely, > Katie > ________________________________ > From: Tug Williams <tug.willi...@gmail.com> > Sent: 31 March 2023 11:31 > To: linux@linux-ottawa.org <linux@linux-ottawa.org> > Subject: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023 > > Attention : courriel externe | external email > > When: 7pm Thursday April 6th 2023 > Where: https://meet.jit.si/oclug_2023-04-06 > > Check the mailing list for individuals hosting in-person clusters. > > Request for volunteers to give talks, short or long, for future meetings - If > you have a Linux related presentation or demo you'd be comfortable sharing > with the group, or a discussion topic you wish to introduce, then please let > us know. > > We have a couple of talks, and a proposed change that needs airing and > discussing... > > Topics > > 1) Discussion of the boards proposal to dissolve the OCLUG corporation (not > the club, just the not-for-profit corporation the board believes has outlived > is benefit) > 2) talk from Katie McMillan: "The Princess and the Wacom One" > 3) talk from John Nash: "M1 Macintosh and floating point" > > > Proposal to dissolve corporation > > Linux-Ottawa members are asked to vote as per instructions below on the > dissolution of the Ontario not-for-profit corporation "Ottawa Carleton Linux > Users Group" Ontario Corporation number 1476767. > > In that we have not organized events requiring the structure and resources of > a corporation for some years, the motivations for having a corporation no > longer apply. > > This vote does NOT imply that Linux-Ottawa will not continue. We intend, with > member support, to continue the electronic mailing list and regular virtual > and hybrid meetings. However, we have not had anyone step forward willing to > take on Board responsibilities, and the current Board is not in a position to > carry out the legally required administrative operations. A requirement of > dissolution is to transfer resources to an organization with similar goals. > The National Capital Freenet has indicated their willingness to accept a > donation. Moreover, they use and promote open-source software and have > suggested that they would use some of the monies to increase such activity. > Note that we could assist in such work, as some of us are already NCF members > and supporters. > > Assuming the vote is positive, an agent will be engaged to handle the > technical details. One such agency has indicated willingness, with a fee > under $400. > > Note that there is no Plan B unless some members step up with a viable plan > that can get majority member approval in a recorded vote. > > The motion is as follows: > > We, the members of the "Ottawa Carleton Linux Users Group" Ontario > Corporation number 1476767 are in favour of dissolution of that corporation > and transfer of residual money to the National Capital Freenet. > > Procedure: > > All members who have responded to the request to provide their legal name > before March 27, 2023, are eligible to vote. A ballot will be sent by email > from secret...@linux-ottawa.org<mailto:secret...@linux-ottawa.org> to each > such person on or before April 6. Voting will close at 11:59pm on April 6th > EDT. You may vote before the April 6th meeting, or wait for the discussions > at that meeting. > slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca<http://www.TriColour.ca>> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________
