<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br>Hi Jonathan,<div><br></div><div>It wasn’t actually suggested. Rather it was a tongue in cheek reminder that LA has had this discussion and it has been decided. </div><div><br></div><div>It appears that some LA members are having issue with the EO conference, which I just noticed has it’s own mail list now. </div><div><br></div><div>I will do a deeper dive into the EO conference later but to me at first glance it looks remarkably similar to the Linux Australia Conference (LAConf) and it’s associated miniconfs. </div><div><br></div><div>This to me looks like a direct competitor to the LAConf and is even covering many of the same topics. </div><div>Hence the concern that some of us have had regarding this conference and the lack of a true “Linux Australia Conference”. </div><div><br></div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Can the council provide some indication as to when it intends to do so? (They may want to check the constitution and the act too.)</div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regards,<br>Marcus Herstik<br><br>M: <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">0405-569-466</span><br>A: <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">P.O. Box 2443, Burleigh Waters, QLD, 4220</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 16 Oct 2022, at 9:44 am, Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@just42.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Hi everyone</span><br><span></span><br><span>It has been suggested in recent threads on this list that there were moves</span><br><span>afoot to change the name of "Linux Australia". As a current member of the</span><br><span>Linux Australia Council I would like to make it clear that the current</span><br><span>council has no desire, intent or plan to revisit this. The community</span><br><span>discussed and voted on a change of name in late 2017, and the definitive</span><br><span>result was that the membership did not wish to alter the name.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Hypothetically, if any future council wished to consider a rename (or any</span><br><span>other change to the organisation's constitution) it will be approached</span><br><span>similarly to previous such changes: a community discussion followed by a</span><br><span>formal vote by members. No change can be made to the constitution without</span><br><span>an affirmative result from a formal poll of members.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards</span><br><span> jonathan</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>