[Linux-aus] No intent to change name of "Linux Australia"

[Marcus Herstik]

Hi Jonathan,

Just an FYI as our president advised people to read the rules so I did. 

I wasn't talking about whether it could be held online but rather the time when it must be held. 
Part of the query is because there is a conference that is in mid March and as you pointed out usually the AGM is held around the conference. 

My reason is because the constitution states it must be held within 6 months of end of financial year. (See section 23.1.a)
As our constitution is a little out of date it states extensions are requested from the Director-General of the Department of Services, Technology and Administration, which no longer exists. 
Luckily we can consult the Regulations, which states to look at the Act, section 37(2)(b) which says the secretary of numerous departments. 
The constitution may need to be updated to reflect the correct Act and remove the date of the regulations and instead just refer to them. 

Our association’s FY ends on 30 Sept as stated in s43. (As pointed out already). 

Therefore if was due to be held after the conference it needed to be very soon as it needs to be before 31 March. 

Regards,
Marcus Herstik

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> On 16 Oct 2022, at 4:17 pm, Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe at just42.net> wrote:
> Hi Marcus
> 
> On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 03:43:35PM +1000, Marcus Herstik via linux-aus wrote:
>> Also, I am rather interested as to when the council is planning on holding
>> its AGM as it now has no conference at which to hold it.
> 
> The 2022 Linux Australia AGM was not held during the online LCA 2022
> conference.  It was held a week or so before, so those involved in running
> and attending the online conference didn't have to juggle multiple systems
> simulateously.  There is no constitutional requirement to hold the AGM at an
> in-person conference.  Historically it happened to be convenient to do so
> because the timing generally matched up.  That said, there was an LCA held
> in April (Canberra 2005 I think) and I can't recall how the LA AGM was
> handled in that year.
> 
>> Can the council provide some indication as to when it intends to do so?
> 
> The next Linux Australia AGM is scheduled for January 2023.  The AGM is due
> in January so that is when it will be held (as has been the case for as long
> as I can remember off-hand).  It will be an online meeting, as was done in
> 2021 and 2022.  The Annual Report will be prepared in November/December and
> the notice of the AGM and call for nominations will be sent to all members
> at the appropriate time.  All of this is as per the standard procedures and
> timelines that Council have used for many years.
> 
>> (They may want to check the constitution and the act too.)
> 
> The LA constitution permits the AGM to be online.  I can assure you that
> this was checked and confirmed in the lead up to the 2021 AGM.  I cannot
> think of anything else that needs to be checked in the constitution or act
> in relation to the subject at hand - if you can let me know what else needs
> to be looked at I'll be happy to follow it up for you.
> 
> Regards
>  jonathan
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