[wellylug] Formalising WellyLUG

[Donald Gordon]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:29:18 +1300 Colin Klenner <colink at clear.net.nz> wrote:

> Dear Members,
> Over the past six months or so there has been discussion about the
> relative merits of formalising the Wellington Linux Users Group along
> club lines.

Specific questions/suggestions about various rules.  Generally they seem
okay, IMHO, if somewhat verbose.

By "Rules" do you mean "Constitution", or is there some reason for
avoiding that word?

Rule 2

Is "words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender;
and words importing the singular number include the plural and vice
versa." really necessary?  There's only one gender-specific word in the
entire document ('him') that I could easily find and that could be
changed.  And does the singular/plural bit mean that by President
you mean Presidents, etc?

Rule 3

What does "fostering the spirit of Linux/OSS" mean?

Rule 4

Doesn't this make becoming a member somewhat complex (and place
unnecessary load on the committee)?  Why just not let anyone join, or
specify criteria if you must (e.g. people chucked out can't come back
unless the Committee says so, etc)?

Rule 5

Does this mean that if I tell someone to use Oracle I can't be a member
of WLUG (see 3b)?  IMHO 5a is probably unnecessary.

(DISCLAIMER: I'd rather chew my own arm off than recommend Oracle,
especially if it meant I had to use it)

Rule 7

Being more specific about why people can be expelled is probably a good
idea.

Rule 8

8a: there is no 8a!
8b: subscription, not Joining Fee.
8c: subscriptions are probably better set and then changed if need be,
rather than requiring a vote on them every year, IMHO.

8e: I assume you mean one vote per item, or similar: does this even need
to be explicitly mentioned?

I suspect that cutting rules 5 and 8 up into "Membership", and folding
the GM bits into rule 16.

Rule 9

9b: why?
9c: I assume that people will find out about the AGM before the Secretary
    sends notice (16c); otherwise how do you nominate people in advance?
9e: Doesn't handle the case of massive loss of committee members.

9a and 10 intersect: any way of folding 10 into 9?

Rule 12

12a: physical book for a computer-related club?

Rule 16

16b: no printed ballots allowed?

Rule 21

WTF?

donald