[Computerbank] SOP and constitution
Da Moose
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Thu Dec 27 22:09:21 UTC 2001
Hi All
Re my email of the 8th December we are having a Special General Meeting on
the 19th January.
Please look at attachments for the sop's we're voting on.
Please note that the ComputerAngels one was successful with the ATO.
Has anyone checked to see if they're cool about us using it?
I need feedback as to which SOP's we should vote on by Saturday as that is
when the meeting must be officially called.
I have just recieved a copy of the new constitution from Clayton Utz and
will link it to the website tommorrow when I am back at the office.
Please note that there is a proxy form for members who can't be at the
meeting and these must be to me by the 12 January 2002 to be exercised.
The meeting will possibly be a mixture of irc and in the room ( :) )
so that everymenmber in Australia will have the opportunity to
participate.
Pen
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From moose at bovine.artificial-stupidity.net Thu Dec 27 21:51:09 2001
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 00:40:32 +1100 (EST)
From: Da Moose <moose at bovine.artificial-stupidity.net>
To: computerbank at lists.linux.org.au
Subject: [Computerbank] [cb-private] Computerbank statement of purpose (fwd)
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From: "The Moose(tm)" <moose at bovine.artificial-stupidity.net>
To: computerbank at lists.linux.org.au
Cc: wday at claytonutz.com, mmorely at claytonutz.com, cb-private at thingy.apana.org.au
Subject: [cb-private] Computerbank statement of purpose (fwd)
Hi all,
Here is are some sample Statemet of Purpose please email any other ideas
you may have or comments.Please help as I particularly tend towards the
waffle.
Pen
Hi Micheal and Warren
After much consultation with two people here we have come up with2
possible SOP.
1. To provide community groups and low income earners with recycled
donated computers and training to promote computer literacy.
2. To promote computer literacy by providing recycled, donated
computers; installed with appropriate non-commercial software; to
eligible low income earners and community groups thereby,potentially,
alleviating poverty through education.
3.To provide computers and training to low income earners and community
groups who are often educationally and economically denied the
opportunities that most of us take for granted. To this end we provide
them with Free software which consequentially doesn't put a strain on
otherwise limited resources.
Thanks for all your help
Penni Diffey
Computerbank Australia Inc
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From moose at bovine.artificial-stupidity.net Thu Dec 27 21:52:38 2001
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 00:37:08 +1100 (EST)
From: Da Moose <moose at bovine.artificial-stupidity.net>
To: computerbank at lists.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [Computerbank] Section 30 Dissolution (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 18:04:25 +0800
From: buddriged at switch.aust.com
To: computerbank at lists.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [Computerbank] Section 30 Dissolution
Hi all,
I remember when we were forming our constitution, the issue of
free/non-free software came up and was discussed at some length. In the
end, we (Computer Angels) deliberately avoided description of any
particular technology in our constitution so as to allow for maximum
flexibility in the long-term. We happen to use GNU/Linux for most of our
installations because it suits our purposes, both technically and
politically. The thinking was that if at some point - for whatever reason
- we needed/wanted to mandate some particular technology, it can be
included in the by-laws, which are 1000% easier to modify as needed than
the constitution. We have however also used Dr-DOS on some of the *really*
ancient hardware that we've been given (We have applied for and gained
specific written permission to do this from Caldera). On these systems we
use Arachne for web-browsing, and also using a free (beer and speech)
word-processor for DOS. We tested our Free-Dos but found it was not quite
there yet technically.
cheers
David Buddrige.
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Hi all
Computer Angels SOP is as follows:
Computer Angels is a volunteer organisation which aims to make Information
Technology accessible to all West Australian residents, regardless of
income, age or disability. We are non-religious and non-political.
Maybe we could say that
CAI is an organisation dedicated to making Information Technology
accessible to low income earners and community groups regardless of
income, age, sex, religion, race or disability.To this end we promote the
use of non-commercial software so our recipients are not economically as
well as educationally penalised.
thank you
Penni
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From mailkylie at optushome.com.au Thu Dec 27 21:54:05 2001
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 23:44:51 +1100
From: Kylie Davies <mailkylie at optushome.com.au>
To: computerbank at lists.linux.org.au
Subject: [Computerbank] statement of purpose
On the lines of the CAi statement of purpose there was also this. Please
note - that I suggest we adopt the WA Statement of purpose - please read
below to see why.
> For the record the Computer Angels Constitutional objectives (WA terminology for
> SOP) are thus:
>
> 1.promote and encourage Computer Literacy throughout the community;
> 2.enable technological access to all;
> 3.organise such functions as deemed necessary to promote the aims of
> the organisation;
> 4.form strategic partnerships with Organisations or Associations which
> have compatible objectives; and
> 5.undertake promotional and fund-raising activities as required from time to
> time to achieve these objectives.
>
> I do believe that with these objectives the group was able to get tax exemption
> status with ATO (can someone in WA confirm this, and could you please specify
> what other documentation you were required to submit in order to get this
> status). ????
>
> Ok - with all that said and done - I must say I have a preference to remain
> technologically neutral. :) I also think that they need to be short, one line
> sentence type objectives, rather then longer type sentences as they read
> better.
Please see the archived email from where this is quoted at:
http://www.seul.org/archives/computerbank/Oct-2001/msg00014.html
Cheers,
Kylie
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From kyoung at yarranet.net.au Thu Dec 27 21:56:51 2001
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 20:46:02 -0500
From: "kyoung at yarranet.net.au" <kyoung at yarranet.net.au>
To: "computerbank at lists.linux.org.au" <computerbank at lists.linux.org.au>
Subject: [Computerbank] re: statement of purposes
Hi All,
Sorry to have taken a while to respond to kylies email but I am currently in the uk and email is not always easy to get to... :(
Kylie commented on the WA group that had Aust Tax Office recognition and the statement of purposes thjat got them their...
I have to agree with kylie 100% you have to establish your charitable or educative intent.. the tax laws are not interested in campaigns about open source and infact if you are percieved as being from a club or lobby group it can go against recognition so Kylie I agree with your comments on the statement of purposes.
cheers have a good festive season
Ken
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