[GNUz] How does GLU/GNUz differ from CLUG?
Nick Rout
gnuz@inode.co.nz
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:17:39 +1200
Justt a warning, if you want tax free status, you need a whole raft of stuff
in there, but importantly you need to keep your operations within NZ.
On Thursday 22 March 2007 19:19, Timothy Musson wrote:
> Rik Tindall wrote:
> > http://www.infohelp.co.nz/fsanz-constitution.html
>
> Hi! :^)
>
> I have a couple of questions/concerns about the "Objects" section.
>
> "The club shall maintain and encourage affiliation to the Free
> Software Foundation (FSF), of Boston, USA."
>
> We aren't affiliated, and I'm not sure we should be. I think we're too
> small a group, with too little understanding of the FSF and Free
> Software philosophy, to be anything official.
> Maybe in the future... :^)
>
>
> "The club shall facilitate contribution to the FSF GNU Project"
>
> What kind of contribution? Why the GNU Project in particular?
>
> If you mean financial contribution, it doesn't need much facilitation:
> you can buy gear from the FSF online, join their associate membership
> program, or make a plain donation.
>
>
> "The club shall aid united development of the Free and Open-Source
> Software movements, internationally."
>
> I don't particularly want to aid the development of the Open Source
> movement. ;^)
>
>
> Tim