[dundee] TayLug - light blue touchpaper and don't retire...

[Andrew Clayton]

On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:05:00 +0000, Rick Moynihan wrote:

> On 25 November 2010 21:10, gordon dunlop <zubenel at fedoraproject.org>
> wrote:
> >> ...
> >  I am a member of the Abertay Linux Society, so are you, as well as
> > being a member of TayLUG. This AGM is about the business of the
> > Linux Society which hosts the meetings at Abertay. most Linux
> > Society members are also TayLUG members. TayLUG does not have an
> > AGM as we do not hold meetings or have any financial dealings, we
> > are just a mailing list.
> 
> This is the situation right now, but you need to ask is it optimal?
> Yes, TayLUG is a mailing list (and a great one at that), but should
> TayLUG not become an entity in its own right?  The Linux Society has
> clearly done a huge amount to support Dundee's Linux community, but
> politically with its ties to Abertay and the Student body it might not
> be the right shape to do everything the community wants of it.
> 
> Hence, why not make TayLUG an entity in its own right...  which is

TayLUG used to be like your average LUG and we used to have meetings at
Dundee University. The first meeting being way back in May 2003

http://digital-domain.net/lug/diary.html

> free from University ties, it can have its own bank account, raise its

OK, we didn't have our own money or anything like that.

Andrew