<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 4:20 AM, Bret Busby via linux-aus <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au" target="_blank">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 19 Dec 2017, Linux Australia President wrote:<br>
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:58:05<br>
From: Linux Australia President <<a href="mailto:president@linux.org.au" target="_blank">president@linux.org.au</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au" target="_blank">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>, <a href="mailto:announce@lists.linux.org.au" target="_blank">announce@lists.linux.org.au</a>,<br>
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Subject: [Announce] Should Linux Australia change its name to Open Source<br>
Australia?<div><div class="h5"><br>
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Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
Linux Australia is an incorporated association, registered in the state<br>
of NSW, and has been in operation since around 2001. Initially convened<br>
as a vehicle to operate <a href="http://linux.conf.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a>, the organisation's remit,<br>
activities and scope have broadened significantly over the last decade<br>
and a half.<br>
<br>
We think it's time to change the name of the organisation to<br>
better reflect our widened mission, values, activities, partnerships and<br>
influence.<br>
<br>
But wait, hasn't this been tried before?<br>
<br>
Yes. In 2012/2013, the Linux Australia Council, led then by John<br>
Ferlito, attempted a name change. Consensus could not be reached on a<br>
name to change *to*, and so Linux Australia remained Linux Australia.<br>
<br>
This time, we're learning from the outcome of that process, and would<br>
like to present to you a decision:<br>
<br>
Should Linux Australia change its name to Open Source Australia (Yes/No)<br>
<br>
Other aspects of the organisation - constitution, makeup and so on, are<br>
not proposed to be changed.<br>
<br>
We're communicating this now to provide the community with time to<br>
discuss this proposed change before the AGM, where the resolution will<br>
be tabled in the AGM agenda. The result of the vote will be tabled<br>
at the AGM. That is, if the majority vote 'No', we won't change the<br>
name. If the majority vote 'Yes', we will.<br>
<br>
If you are a member of Linux Australia, you will be able to vote on this<br>
resolution at:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.linux.org.au/membership/index.php?page=view-election&id=25" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linux.org.au/membe<wbr>rship/index.php?page=view-<wbr>election&id=25</a><br>
<br>
Voting will open 25th December 2017, the same time voting opens for<br>
Council Elections, and will close on 21 January, the same time voting<br>
closes for Council Elections.<br>
<br>
Let the discussion begin.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Kathy<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Kathy Reid<br>
President<br>
Linux Australia<br>
<br>
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Won't the constitution be required to be changed, to implement the name change, if the name change is approved?<br>
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Thence, if I am correct in that belief, would it not be more appropriate, and, more efficient, to put a motion to change the constititution, insomuch as changing the organisation name within the constitution?<br>
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As Linux Australia is a NSW incorporated organisation, NSW laws are applicable, and, I know not of NSW laws, so I do not know whether the constitution would be needed to be amended, to implement such a name change, if the name change would be approved, but, if the constitution would need to be amended, to implement such a name change, it seems to me, to be more appropriate, to go directly to a motion to be put, to amend the constitution, insofar as (only) changing the name of the organisation, especially, with the AGM coming, so as to avoid the need for a Special General Meeting, to amend the constitution to change the organisation name.<br>
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I am not saying whether the name should be changed, just suggesting procedural efficiency (if what I am suggesting, is applicable).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, changing the name of the association does require a special resolution to be passed before the association’s name can be changed (NSW Associations Incorporation Act 2009, Division 10, section 10, para 2)</div><div><br></div><div>My memory is that last time we looked at doing this, the plan was to register a new trading name rather than changing the association’s name, which wouldn’t need a constitutional change.</div><div><br></div><div>I assume that that’s the plan this time around as well.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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--<br>
Bret Busby<br>
Armadale<br>
West Australia<br>
..............<br>
<br>
"So once you do know what the question actually is,<br>
you'll know what the answer means."<br>
- Deep Thought,<br>
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of<br>
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:<br>
A Trilogy In Four Parts",<br>
written by Douglas Adams,<br>
published by Pan Books, 1992<br>
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