<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>Just a quick reminder that voting is open for these changes. To vote please login via <a href="https://linux.org.au">https://linux.org.au</a> and head to Member Area -> Elections to find the Constitution voting option.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Sae Ra</div><div><br></div><div><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap">--
Sae Ra Germaine
Secretary
Linux Australia
<a href="mailto:secretary@linux.org.au" target="_blank">secretary@linux.org.au</a>
<a href="http://linux.org.au/" target="_blank">http://linux.org.au</a>
Linux Australia Inc
GPO Box 4788
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
ABN 56 987 117 479</pre><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 at 12:15, Russell Stuart via linux-aus <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">LA members,<br>
<br>
Early this year a conference organiser suggested Linux Australia<br>
become a registered Charity as that would have made it easier for some<br>
of the organisations he approached to sponsor his conference. Later on<br>
Stripe told me the same thing: it would be much easier to grant LA the<br>
not for profit discount (automatic in fact) if LA was a registered<br>
charity.<br>
<br>
The council sort advice on this from our Auditor and Account. Both<br>
advised becoming a charity would have no material effect on how LA is<br>
run.<br>
<br>
Consequently the executive has put in application to<br>
<a href="https://www.acnc.gov.au/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.acnc.gov.au/</a> to make LA a charity. The ACNC then told us<br>
our application can not proceed until include some clauses they require<br>
in our constitution.<br>
<br>
You can find the discussion on the proposed pull request here. Put<br>
in your own 2c worth if you wish:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/pull/38" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/linuxaustralia/constitution_and_policies/pull/38</a><br>
<br>
No changes can be accepted after Dec 30th, as our constitution requires<br>
21 days notice of any proposed change. My apologies for the short<br>
discussion period.<br>
<br>
The current text adds the following section to the constitution, but<br>
beware the pull request is the authoritative version of the changes:<br>
<br>
43. Objects of the association<br>
<br>
(1) The objects for which the association is established are:<br>
<br>
(a) to facilitate the communication of information relating to<br>
inventions, results, techniques, and governance of open source;<br>
<br>
(b) to support open source projects and the creators of open <br>
source;<br>
<br>
(c) to support and promote the adoption of open source;<br>
<br>
(d) to support and promote awareness and understanding of <br>
open source;<br>
<br>
(e) to conduct open source advocacy with the government, business<br>
and civil society;<br>
<br>
(f) to create a network for related local and online open source<br>
communities.<br>
<br>
(2) The association must pursue charitable purposes only and must<br>
apply its income in promoting those purposes.<br>
<br>
(3) The association must manage payments and gifts to the association<br>
and ensure that they are used to further the stated objects of<br>
the association.<br>
<br>
(4) In the event of the Organisation being wound up, its assets must<br>
go to a charitable entity whose objectives aren’t inconsistent<br>
with the stated objects of the Organisation.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Regards,<br>
Russell Stuart<br>
Treasurer, Linux Australia<br>
+61 438 805 133<br>
<a href="http://www.humbug.org.au/RussellStuart" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.humbug.org.au/RussellStuart</a><br>
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