[Linux-aus] Presidential Succession

[Bret Busby]

On Fri, 7 May 2010, David Newall wrote:

>
> Rather than make up rules ad hoc, the council might consult the
> associations legal representative.
>
>

In all of the circumstances, I think that this is what should be done - 
the council should obtain legal advice from the organisation's legal 
counsel, and, should publish that advice to the list, and act according 
to that advice, whether the council and/or the memebership, likes it or 
not.

At the moment, all we have is disagreement, with all kinds of people 
appointing themselves as qualified legal practitioners, handing out 
legal advice, and, one person having effectively said that he council 
can do what it likes, because it is the council, and that the general 
membership can take a running jump.

So, I say that the council should, in writing, request a legal opinion 
on the matter, from the organisation's duly appointed legal council, and 
publish on the list, the written legal opinion of the organisation's 
duly appointed legal counsel, and, act according to the qualified legal 
opinion of the organisation's duly appointed legal counsel, and end the 
matter there, so as to end any further disputes by self-appointed legal 
practitioners who are not qualified to legally practise law.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
  you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
   written by Douglas Adams,
   published by Pan Books, 1992

....................................................