[Linux-aus] LUV considering joining LA

[Lev Lafayette]

Hi James,

> Not just administrative overhead - there's a direct financial benefit.
> SLUGs expenses were running to around $800/year, from memory - mostly due
> to needing insurance, but also maintaining a PO Box and a bank account.
> Becoming an LA subcommittee gave SLUG more comprehensive insurance for no
> cost, as all SLUG's events are now covered under LA's existing policy -
> and LA's policy (I believe, although my knowledge is a few years old and
> may be stale) includes nice things like volunteer insurance, which SLUG
> never had.

Volunteer insurance would be a new one for us.

> $800/year was quite onerous for SLUG - we had to charge membership fees
> and had difficulty finding enough people willing to pay. I don't know what
> the situation is for LUV - I believe they have a much larger member base,
> so possibly this is less of an issue for LUV.

Not even remotely an issue at all, to be honest.

> In practice... Well, if you truly believe that these duties are not
> onerous, and you object to LUV taking this step, I'll give you the same
> challenge I gave people who objected to SLUG taking this step: the best
> way to prove that you're right, and that the community doesn't want to
> take this step, would be to win an election to the committee on a platform
> of maintaining the status quo.

I'm pretty sure that Daniel would win election to the committee (again) no
matter what position he took on this issue, or even none at all!

All the best,

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