Re: [Linux-aus] Linux Australia AGM Held

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@perkypants.org>]

<quote who="Bret Busby">

> So, are the people who are now the members of the new committee, "the best
> people for the jobs", or, are they the people selected from and by a small
> subset of Linux Users in Australia, the small subset being the people who
> attended the conference and, of them, only the people who attended the
> AGM, and, whilst, from what I understand, the number of people who
> attended the conference, was higher than previous Linux conferences in
> Australia, I wonder what proportion of Linux users and others involved
> with Linux in Australia, are represented by the number of conference
> attendees within Australia.

The current membership of Linux Australia amounts to the members of the
previous committee and the attendees of linux.conf.au. A number of those
attendees participated in the elections held at the AGM. No, it was not
necessarily the best way of doing it. No, there wasn't a lot of information
available beforehand. Yes, there were a lot of people there who were not
entirely pleased with it.

That said, LA now has a larger membership that it has ever had before, and
has had the most open election than it has ever had before.

This is a great start, and I know that the current committee understand the
importance of building on it.

- Jeff

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