Re: [Linux-aus] Re: [LACTTE] Constitution Version 6 - Last one!

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Anthony Towns wrote:

> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:44:07 +1000
> From: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
> To: linux-aus <linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] Re: [LACTTE] Constitution Version 6 - Last one!
> 
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 08:40:35AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Stewart Smith wrote:
> > > And welcome to democracy! We encourage people having a say. This is why
> > > we wanted to put all changes to constitution etc forward at a GM at the
> > > conf - where the overwhelming majority of our members would be able to
> > > be there IN PERSON, participate, feel and *BE* involved.
> > Again, that clearly demonstrates that Linux Australia is 
> > really only for conference attendees. Your words above - not mine.
> > And, once again, people can communicate, and, can debate issues and vote 
> > on the issues, across the Internet, using simple tools, like email, etc. 
> 
> Unfortunately discussing and voting over the Internet isn't an alternative
> that's available; the alternative that's available is to have the vote
> on the new constitution at a physical meeting other than the conference,
> which would certainly be attended by even fewer people.
> 
> In any event, communicating and debating issues over the Internet is
> already possible, and is already happening.
> 
> I'm sure that if members aren't able to make the conference, but wish
> to have particular concerns taken into account at the AGM, that the
> president will be happy to read or summarise brief statements on important
> issues. It's already been made clear that (e)postal votes from members
> will be accepted. If you want to discuss things in email in advance,
> you certainly can.
> 
> While I can understand that you might feel disaffected nevertheless,
> I can't see how the committee could possibly have done anything better.
> 
> 

>From what I understand, the SGM has, in its content, a motion to allow 
meetings (and, therein, hopefully, voting), to be conducted across the 
Internet, which would apparently deal with the problem.

It is unfortunate that it could not have happened faster and sooner, 
like at last year's AGM but, I think, now, it is not worth going into 
all of that again.

It is best, now, I think, to wait and see the outcome of the SGM and 
AGM.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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 you'll know what the answer means."
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  Chapter 28 of 
  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
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  published by Pan Books, 1992 
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