[Linux-aus] Notice of Linux Australia 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

[Craige McWhirter]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 09:20:50 +1100, Sae Ra Germaine wrote:
>    Hi Craige,

Hi Sae Ra :-)

>    Thank you for putting this suggestion forward but to make this happen
>    would require a Constitutional change as the term President etc are
>    named titles/terms used in the Constitution
>    (https://linux.org.au/about-us/constitution/).

Noted. Thank you.

>    If this is something the community would like to see (maybe it's a
>    "discussion" at the AGM rather than a Motion) then I would recommend this
>    be added to the review of the constitution (to be conducted after this
>    AGM) which can be voted on at another AGM/SGM.

I'm significantly behind on LA email, so thank you for getting me up to speed
there - I was unaware of the constitutional review and a proposed future AGM/SGM.

>    Would this be a valid way forward for you?

I think so. I believe it's worth having the discussion at the AGM to test
community sentiment despite previous low attendance rates, as I'd rather not
drag changing the titles to Convenor and Co-Convenor into a constitutional
review if there's no community support for it.

Should there be second for it, it would be good to have it discussed at the AGM
and the sentiment conveyed back to the community, so I know whether to include
it in the review.

So I would still like a motion but I'd now amend it to:

MOTION by Craige McWhirter that after discussion of the merits of changing
titles from President / Vice President to Convenor / Co-Convenor that the
meeting chair tests the meeting for consensus that the suggested change is
worth including in the contistutional review, falling back to a vote if
consensus is blocked.

If the consensus is that it's worth including in the review, than I'll run with
that through the review process.

Thanks :-)

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