
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>Dear community,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Linux Australia held a Special General Meeting tonight to vote on a new constitution, in line with updated requirements from the ATO for not-for-profit organisations.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am happy to announce that the following motion passed unanimously, by all present and proxies:<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>That the complete constitution, as set out within the constitution.md file at <a href="https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/pull/47/files">https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/pull/47/files</a>, be adopted.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We will now submit this to the NSW Department of Fair Trading to be ratified, then we will merge the pull request upon that occurring. For reference, the commit SHA at the time of the motion is 9e59271.</div><div><br></div><div>Minutes of the meeting can be found at <a href="https://linux.org.au/minutes-of-linux-australia-special-general-meeting-april-2025/">https://linux.org.au/minutes-of-linux-australia-special-general-meeting-april-2025/</a>.<br></div><div><br></div><div id="sig143926544"><div class="signature">Kind regards,<br></div><div class="signature"><br></div><div class="signature">Joel Addison<br></div><div class="signature"><br></div><div class="signature">President<br></div><div class="signature">Linux Australia<br></div><div class="signature"><br></div><div class="signature">president@linux.org.au <br></div><div class="signature">http://linux.org.au <br></div><div class="signature"><br></div><div class="signature">Linux Australia Inc<br></div><div class="signature">GPO Box 4788<br></div><div class="signature">Sydney NSW 2001<br></div><div class="signature">Australia<br></div><div class="signature"><br></div><div class="signature">Limited Liability (NSW) Y2998126<br></div><div class="signature">ABN 56 987 117 479<br></div><div class="signature">ARBN 618 108 544<br></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>