Yes, I'm happy to discuss distribution of equipment at the meeting.
Tim B.
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On 11 Aug 2016, 12:24 a.m., at 12:24 a.m., Lisi Reisz via Hampshire <hampshire@???> wrote:
>On Wednesday 10 August 2016 22:59:32 Tim Brocklehurst via Hampshire
>wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> Sparked by the imminent renewal of the HantsLUG domain name, the
>committee
>> has recently been discussing the future of the group. If there was
>> significant mailing list traffic we would just renew it without
>concern,
>> however, as there has been very little traffic, the question of
>whether
>> the LUG should continue has been raised. We are therefore calling a
>> meeting to determine the future of the LUG. A copy of the
>constitution is
>> available on the website, should you wish to view it.
>>
>> In order to register to vote at the meeting, please e-mail
>> webmaster@??? with subject "votereg" please include your
>name
>> in the e-mail.
>>
>> Details of the date and location will follow in a second e-mail. I
>would
>> urge everyone to attend if at all possible. Ultimately, it's your LUG
>and
>> up to you to decide it's future.
>>
>> If this meeting is not quorate (at least eight voting members, or ten
>> percent (10%) of the total voting membership, whichever is the
>greater)
>> the committee will hold a further general meeting to decide what
>happens
>> next.
>>
>> We have three options (this will form the agenda for the meeting):
>>
>[snip]
>>
>> For either option 2 or 3, no funds will be retained. This does not
>prevent
>> long-term purchase of domain name and services by the current
>committee,
>> prior to the funds being distributed. For distribution, the following
>is
>> suggested:
>>
>> a) Nominations for suitable open-source projects/LUGs/Makerspaces
>etc. are
>> called for, over a period of a week. A list of all nominations will
>be
>> posted by the chairman. Nominations must be linux-related,
>open-source or
>> charitable, and not for personal gain; makerspaces are acceptable.
>>
>> b) The members vote for their preferred nomination (1 vote per
>member) by
>> e-mail. Over the course of one week.
>>
>> c) The votes are counted and the remaining LUG funds are split
>between the
>> top 5 nominations by percentage of votes. This will be announced on
>the
>> mailing list.
>
>Might I suggest that the equipment should be distributed by a similar
>system?
>
>Lisi
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Tim Brocklehurst
>>
>> --
>> Hampshire Linux User Group Chairman
>
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