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-Proposed
changes to the WLUG Incorporated Charter:
+No
changes are currently proposed.
-1. Rule 2a be renamed Rule 2b, and all references to Rule 2a be updated to refer to Rule 2b
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-2. Rule 2 be renamed Rule 2a, and all references to Rule 2 be updated to refer to Rule 2a.
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-Membership
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-3. Membership of
the LUG is formalised by completing a membership form. Payment
of the yearly fees must be received within 3 months of this, or the membership is deemed void. (Rule 3)
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-4. Membership is for the period between
AGMs. Joining at an
AGM is for year between the current AGM and the next one, and does not qualify the member for a vote. -- Do we need to consider pro-rata fees ? If someone wants to join halfway through the year, should we require only 50% of the fee? (Rule 3)
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-Committee
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-5. The size of the committee be amended so that there are the 4 executive members (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, and 5 (five) others. (Rule 7)
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-6. The position of List Maintainer be clarified (Rule 7)
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-7. Commitee meetings - currently the Charter states that the committee will hold a meeting at the same time as the regular meeting. This needs to be amended or removed (Rule 6):
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-Proposed Change: Remove the last line of the Regular Meetings clause, and add a Committee Meetings clause, containing:
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-Commitee Meetings:
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-The WLUG Committee shall meet once per month, either at the Regular Meeting for the month, or a separate time and location, at the discretion of the committee.
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-The purpose of the Committee Ceeting is to discuss matters pertaining to the ongoing running of the society. Anyone is free to raise an issue for presentation before the committee, by submitting the issue and their statement through the Secretary.
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-Only Committee members are allowed to vote at a Committee Meeting. A quorum shall be 50% of the committee, rounded up
if appropriate.
-
-Quora
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-8. At a committee meeting, a quorum shall be 50% of the committee, rounded up if neccessary (Rule 6)
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-9. At a SGM, a quorum shall be 50% of the society membership, or 15 people, whichever is smaller. (Rule 5,6)
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-10. At an AGM, a quorum shall be 50% of the society membership, or 15 people, who were fully paid up members in the previous year and who have expressed
-intent to continue. ('This means, new members dont get a say, people who dont
want to carry on dont get a say').
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-Other:
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-11. Rephrase
the section on membership to highlight that membership is not required for attendance to meetings or usage of the mailing list. It's not as clear as it could be at the moment.
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-12. First line of the Rules should be changed to read: "The following are the rules of the Waikato Linux Users Group Incoporated ("WLUG"):
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-
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-12
. Any other minor typos as we find them (I noticed a few spelling mistakes)
+Check
the [charter history|phpwiki:WlugCharter?action=PageHistory] minutes
of [past
AGMs|
AGM]
if you
want to see which changes have been made in
the past
.
