Daniel Jitnah <djitnah@greenwareit.com.au> wrote:
In reality, strictly speaking, all of the above will be untrue, if LUV is dis-incorporated there will be NO LUV. It will not be possible to have any reference to LUV in the future. There will be no LUV to "not be an independent organisation", or to "be part of a national organisation". There will be nothing to "own anything", hence any reference to "our something", eg: our administrative overhead, or "us" as such, "having more say in Country affairs", will be impossible. There will be no LUV to be a Member of.
There will be a branch of LA (/subcommittee) whose role will be to continue some of the activities currently carried out by LUV in the short term at least, and deal with VIC specific issues when they arise "on behalf of LA". While the newly formed "subcommittee" may notionally have a sense of "us" at the beginning, this will most likely disappear later on, because they will not exist as an entity.
In terms of having a more direct input into country-wide affairs, nothing really changes. All Members of LUV are entitled to be Members of LA and will be able to remain so. LUV's existence does not reduce their input on national affairs. The same applies to LA Members from Victoria participating more in VIC activities (... in fact its the participation of a LA Member from VIC that has started this current discussion in the first place!! ) .. What determines their participation is their ability to do so given their other commitments in their lives. That will not change.
I haven't seen anything in the thread so far that would make me inclined to vote for dis-incorporation. I'm assuming there will be an online poll of members - let me signal that I'll be voting "no" unless someone comes up with a really good case in favour.