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 --------------------------------------------------------------
