[Linux-aus] Constitutional Change to add Statement of Objectives into Constitution

[Sae Ra Germaine]

Hi All,

Just a quick reminder to make sure you vote in the constitutional change
and whilst you're there... on the Council elections. There are some
fantastic nominees for council this year and I highly recommend you vote!

See you all at LCA... if you're going :)

Thanks,

Sae Ra


On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 20:15, Julien Goodwin via linux-aus <
linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:

> Dear LA Members,
>
> Over recent years a number of conference sponsors have indicated that it
> would be easier for them to support our activities if Linux Australia
> were a registered charity. As Linux Australia’s role has always been to
> educate people about open source, the day-to-day running of the
> organisation won’t change if Linux Australia were to become a registered
> charity. Furthermore, the Linux Australia Council has sought advice from
> our Auditor and Accountant; both advised that becoming a charity would
> have no material effect on how Linux Australia is run.
>
> For these reasons (and in light of the benefits), the Linux Australia
> Council would like to register Linux Australia as a charity and for this
> purpose an application has been submitted to the Australian Charities
> and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC, https://www.acnc.gov.au/). However,
> the ACNC has advised us that our application can not proceed until our
> constitution explicitly lists our charitable objectives.
>
> Before the charitable objectives can be added to the constitution the
> Linux Australia membership must vote in favour of the change.  The
> authoritative text of the change can be found in the pull request:
>
>
> https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/pull/38/files
>
> The proposed change adds the following section to the constitution.
>
>  43. Objects of the association
>
> (1) The objects for which the association is established are:
>
>   (a) to facilitate the communication of information relating to
> inventions, results, techniques, and governance of open source and
> related open technologies;
>
>   (b) to support open source and related open technologies projects and
> the contributors to open source and related open technologies;
>
>   (c) to support and promote the adoption of open source and related
> open technologies;
>
>   (d) to support and promote awareness and understanding of open source
> and related open technologies;
>
>   (e) to conduct open source and related open technologies advocacy with
> the government, business and civil society;
>
>   (f) to create a network for related local and online open source and
> related open technologies communities.
>
> (2) The association must pursue charitable purposes only and must apply
> its income in promoting those purposes.
>
> (3) The association must manage payments and gifts to the association
> and ensure that they are used to further the stated objects of the
> association.
>
> (4) In the event of the association being wound up, its assets must go
> to a charitable entity whose objectives aren’t inconsistent with the
> stated objects of the association.
>
> The Linux Australia Council supports this constitutional change as it
> allows the charitable registration to proceed and provides additional
> clarity on the purpose of the organisation.
>
> To cast a vote for or against this constitutional change, please visit
> https://www.linux.org.au/
>    * Click on “Login” located on the top right hand side of the page and
>      log in.
>    * Click on “Elections”.
>    * Under “Constitutional Change to add Statement of Objectives into
> Constitution”, click on “Vote in the election”.
>
> Voting for this change will be open until 11:59PM (AEDT) 12th January
> 2020. Results of the vote will be announced during the Linux Australia
> AGM on the 13th of January 2020 at linux.conf.au (Gold Coast, Queensland).
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Julien Goodwin
> Secretary,
> Linux Australia
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