Re: LUG: Server, funds, purpose - Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:16 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Server, funds, purpose

From : Edward Anderson <nilbus@nilbus.[redacted]>

Date : Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:16 -0500

I don't think we need a total rewrite - just a few tweaks perhaps. And
given our LaTeX skills (thanks Alex) and a consensus on what our goals
ought to be, this isn't too hard to change.

Ed

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:27 AM, Brian Cottingham <spiffytech@gmail.[redacted]> wrote:
> This 2003 revision is new to me- I only had a 2003 draft in my records!
>
> Rewriting our constitution is tricky in the club's present state- with
> little turnover and little expansion I don't know if our community attitude
> is stable enough that a rewrite would still be useful in 1-2 years when the
> current regulars have graduated. Any thoughts on how to deal with this?
> Should we just put the constitution up for overhaul every year?
>
> -Brian
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I read over the reddit discussion and I have two points to contribute.
>>
>> The last version of the constitution you have is from 2000. The last
>> version I have is from June 3rd, 2003. I've attached the LaTeX source.
>> The only difference is it seems the Webmaster office was removed.
>>
>> Whatever dicisions are made, I think this would be a most excellent time
>> to incorperate them properly into the constitution and have a document
>> that reflects the group as it is now. Not the group as it was when I
>> was president. ;-)
>>
>> Secondly, have you folks considered donating the funds to the EFF, open
>> source projects, or other institutions that have similar goals to the
>> LUG @ NCSU?
>>
>> Jack
>> --
>> Jack Neely <jjneely@ncsu.[redacted]>
>> Linux Czar, OIT Campus Linux Services
>> Office of Information Technology, NC State University
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