<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br><br>On 17/12/2012, at 12:59 PM, Noel Butler <<a href="mailto:noel.butler@ausics.net">noel.butler@ausics.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><div>
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On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 09:47 +1100, James Polley wrote:
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<pre>The constitution requires that it be made available on request.
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Interesting, the Privacy Act might have something to say about that, especially handing out full lists.<br></div></blockquote><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Indeed. </span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The model constitution (<a href="http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/About_us/Publications/FT412_Model_Constitution.pdf">http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/About_us/Publications/FT412_Model_Constitution.pdf</a>) only says that members may inspect the roll, limits what may be done with the roll, and provides for members to request that details be elided from the roll.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Looking at our constitution though (</span><a href="https://www.linux.org.au/constitution#Register_of_members" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">https://www.linux.org.au/constitution#Register_of_members</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">) it actually only requires that "</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The portion of the register of members comprising names of members and dates on which the person became a member must be open for inspection"</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So this seems like less of a privacy issue than I'd thought before; but it also means that it won't satisfy Chris' need for email addresses needed to nominate people.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chris, given that we won't be providing the email addresses, do you still want us to proceed with your request?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<pre>On 17/12/2012, at 9:09 AM, Chris Neugebauer <<a href="mailto:chrisjrn@gmail.com">chrisjrn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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> On that basis, would it be possible to give ordinary members access to
> the membership register?
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I'd suggest not on that, or any, basis.<br>
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