From Greg.Lehey@auug.org.au Sun Jan 20 16:07:39 2008 Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:07:39 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: AUUG Announcements List Cc: AUUG Talk List Subject: Help keep AUUG alive! Message-ID: <20080120050739.GI58242@dereel.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: AUUG: Australian UNIX and Open Systems User Group Phone: +61-3-5346-1370 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.auug.org.au/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Status: RO Content-Length: 2102 Lines: 59 AUUG has been in decline for years now. At the turn of the century we had about 600 members (from memory); now it has about 30. Still, many ex-members are on these lists, and the discussion over the last few months has shown that they are far from disinterested in the matter. As you probably know, financial members--only--of AUUG will soon be called to decide whether to dissolve AUUG. A couple of months ago, I put forward a motion to continue AUUG as a non-financial institution (which mainly means that members pay no fees). The benefits that I see in this are mainly a web site and a mailing list, though as long as AUUG remains incorporated, other things could happen too. The AUUG board has recognized this possibility, but the upcoming ballot on whether to dissolve AUUG will (probably) not take it into account. Instead, we (the ex-members and others interested in AUUG's fate) have been asked to come up with an alternative solution. So, here it is. Some initial questions: * Are you interested in the survival of AUUG if it doesn't cost you money? If you don't, I'm surprised you answered the question, and the following questions don't make any sense to you, but I'd still be interested in your reasoning. * Are you prepared to take an active part in keeping it alive? * What goals should the new AUUG pursue? * Should it remain incorporated? * What other issues should we consider? I'm expecting a lot of discussion on this matter. Please direct to talk@auug.org.au. If you're not on the list, please either join (via http://www.auug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/talk) or state so so that we can keep you in the loop. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers.