[dundee] Constitution

[Mark Harrigan]

Maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself here but I was thinking
that we should maybe have some sort of formal organisation to the LUG
and I ripped off the following.

TLUG Constitution:

   1.  Aims and Objectives

         1. To provide a forum to discuss and gain experience of
            GNU/Linux and all Open Source operating systems. 

         2. To help and educate interested parties in the usage of
            Open Source operating systems and related software.

         3. To promote the use of Open Soruce as a viable alternative
            to proprietary techniques.



   2. Membership

         1. Membership shall be obtained by subscribing to the TLUG
            mailing list.

         2. All members shall be bound by this constitution.

         3. All members may vote on any motion brought before the
            membership by the Committee. Any such ballot shall be
            organised and adminstered by the committee or it's
            appointed representative.

         4. All members shall be eligible to vote on the composition
            of the Committe.



   3. Committee

         1. The Committee shall run the society on behalf of the
            members, pursuant to the objectives of this constitution.
		
         2. Committee decisions shall be decided by way of a majority
            vote.

         3. The quorum for all votes held by the Committee shall be
            three members.

         4. The Committee shall elect a Chairman from amongst it's
            members. The Chairman may use his casting vote when a
            Committee Vote is otherwise tied.

         5. The Committe may appoint members of the group to named
            postions (eg. Treasurer, Electoral Officer, etc.) for a
            term of not longer than one year. There is no limit to the
            number of terms that any one person may serve in such a
            role, however.



   4. Election of Committee

         1. The Committee shall consist of seven full members of the
            group.

         2. To seek election, each candidate shall either be nominated
            by any other member, or may volunteer.

         3. Members shall be eligible to vote or be elected to the
            committee if they have been full members of the society
            for more than one month at the date of the election. This
            shall be proved by checking with the mailing list
            subscription logs.

         4. The sitting Committee will be responsible for appointing
            an electoral officer who will oversee the administration for
            the election. This will involve checking eligability and
            tallying votes.

         5. The quorum for the Committee Elections shall be ten
            members, or 15% of the group's membership, whichever is
            the higher. If the quorum is not met, the current
            committee shall continue in their posts for a further
            term. If any members of the current committee have not
            stood for re-election, they may be deemed to have
            resigned, and the procedure outlined in paragraph 4.7
            should be followed.


         6. The Committee shall be appointed by way of a non-stochastic
            Single Transferable Vote election. Votes shall be returned
            to the Electoral Officer by email.

         7. If any Committee member resigns during his term of office,
            the committee may co-opt any eligible replacement from the
            wider group membership.

By Mark Harrigan

Based upon original by Rory Irvine (Belfast Linux User Group)
http://www.belfastlinux.org/article/c2002

I would like to see something formal so that it forces us to keep up
the effort and prevents any possible personal disagreements affecting
the LUG. Feel free to disect and destroy :).