REMINDER: Annual General Meeting, 22nd November In accordance with Rule 6 of the charter, I would like to announce to all members that the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated) will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday, 22 November, 2010, at 7pm, at the regular meeting location of Room MS4.G.02 Several officers and committee members will be stepping down this year. Society membership has also gone down recently. Present and past members interested in seeing WLUG continue as an IncorporatedSociety are encouraged to attend this years AGM to meet quorum requirements and stand for election. Note: To be eligible to vote at the meeting you must have previously been a financial member (although not necessarily for the 2010 year) and pay your membership for 2011 at or before the AGM. To be eligible to vote or stand for office at the AGM members must have paid a subscription for the 2010 year before the AGM. An amendment about who can vote at the meeting was passed in 2008. "That the WLUG charter be amended to allow former paid members of the WLUG of good standing, whose membership has lapsed, to vote at an AGM of the WLUG with the proviso that they rejoin the WLUG and pay a new subscription at or before the AGM." Also the list software seems to keep rejecting this from Rod so I'll attach it again here: From: Roderick Aldridge <rod-aldridge(a)xnet.co.nz> To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:00:16 +1300 Subject: Wake-up call. Where to next for WLUG? Hi WLUG members Most members of the committee are retiring or leaving. Nobody has definitely indicated they are willing to stand again. I am President of the PC Computer Club so I am willing to stand again for Committee only, and only if we can get the support of members. We need a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and 3 committee members to continue as an incorporated society. What do you want WLUG to do in the future? What activities should we focus on? What else should we be doing? What will get your support and continued membership? Should we concentrate mainly on technical skills, or promoting FOSS/Linux to a wider audience, or both? The membership has dwindled somewhat, as have our finances, due to reduced membership and to Software Freedom Day expenses being higher than planned (liability insurance etc). Should we continue as an incorporated society or become an informal group with shared interests or disband altogether? Unless we get enough people coming forward to hold office and continue membership we will have no choice but to disband. For a quorum we need 50% of the membership or 15 members to attend, so come to the AGM which will decide these matters. Let us know what you what you want WLUG to do and what you can do to contribute to the future of WLUG. According to the charter only those people who were paid members in a previous financial year (not necessarily for the 2010 year) and who have signed a membership form for the next financial year will be considered eligible to vote at the AGM. Roderick Aldridge