On 4 September 2013 10:51, Andrew McGlashan < andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:
On 4/09/2013 10:25 AM, George Georgakis wrote:
I probably missed this somewhere amongst all the noise, but how many members does LUV actually have on luv-announce? More facts & numbers are always handy in a debate.
There are close to 1400 members of LUV.
So the AGM had 18 people present plus maybe 12 proxies. 30 at most of 1400? What's the requirement for a quorum at the LUV AGM?
FWIW, this from LA website: "Linux Australia is the peak body for Linux User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as such represents aproximately 5000 Australian linux users and developers."
That doesn't give any kind of membership number clarification. The 5,000 are represented how?
Personally, I'm glad LUV deferred the decision. Throwing in such a controversial (and effectively irreversible) issue to the vote, so close to the AGM, was always going to be a bad idea.
Personally, I very much like the idea of there being multiple independent groups. Being a member of LUV and MLUG, I'll probably also join LA, but I would like each group to work together co-cooperatively as I'm sure they already do (at least to some extent), but remain 100% their own group.
Agreed. It seems similar to the way Museums Australia operates. Each state has a branch e.g. Museums Australia (Victoria) that works to facilitate and support the activities of its local members e.g. MV, RAAF Museum, Friends of the..., but also works in conjunction with the other state bodies and in turn the national group. -- Colin Fee tfeccles@gmail.com