<div dir="ltr">Hi Craige,<div><br></div><div>Apologies I have to clarify, there isn't anything formalised in the way of a constitutional review, but given the recent discussions on the mailing list it may be prudent to do so and I would suspect that others may be thinking the same way. Because changes to the constitution requires more thought (and more notice before an AGM) I was suggesting that a review of any changes to the constitution happen after this one as we are running out of time.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Sae Ra<br><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 10:17, Craige McWhirter 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">On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 09:20:50 +1100, Sae Ra Germaine wrote:<br>
> Hi Craige,<br>
<br>
Hi Sae Ra :-)<br>
<br>
> Thank you for putting this suggestion forward but to make this happen<br>
> would require a Constitutional change as the term President etc are<br>
> named titles/terms used in the Constitution<br>
> (<a href="https://linux.org.au/about-us/constitution/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linux.org.au/about-us/constitution/</a>).<br>
<br>
Noted. Thank you.<br>
<br>
> If this is something the community would like to see (maybe it's a<br>
> "discussion" at the AGM rather than a Motion) then I would recommend this<br>
> be added to the review of the constitution (to be conducted after this<br>
> AGM) which can be voted on at another AGM/SGM.<br>
<br>
I'm significantly behind on LA email, so thank you for getting me up to speed<br>
there - I was unaware of the constitutional review and a proposed future AGM/SGM.<br>
<br>
> Would this be a valid way forward for you?<br>
<br>
I think so. I believe it's worth having the discussion at the AGM to test<br>
community sentiment despite previous low attendance rates, as I'd rather not<br>
drag changing the titles to Convenor and Co-Convenor into a constitutional<br>
review if there's no community support for it.<br>
<br>
Should there be second for it, it would be good to have it discussed at the AGM<br>
and the sentiment conveyed back to the community, so I know whether to include<br>
it in the review.<br>
<br>
So I would still like a motion but I'd now amend it to:<br>
<br>
MOTION by Craige McWhirter that after discussion of the merits of changing<br>
titles from President / Vice President to Convenor / Co-Convenor that the<br>
meeting chair tests the meeting for consensus that the suggested change is<br>
worth including in the contistutional review, falling back to a vote if<br>
consensus is blocked.<br>
<br>
If the consensus is that it's worth including in the review, than I'll run with<br>
that through the review process.<br>
<br>
Thanks :-)<br>
<br>
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