Yes, I'm happy to discuss distribution of equipment at the meeting. Tim B.
Sent from BlueMail On 11 Aug 2016, 12:24 a.m., at 12:24 a.m., Lisi Reisz via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: >On Wednesday 10 August 2016 22:59:32 Tim Brocklehurst via Hampshire >wrote: >> 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): >> >[snip] >> >> 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. > >Might I suggest that the equipment should be distributed by a similar >system? > >Lisi >> >> >> 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 >--------------------------------------------------------------
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