[GNUz] FSANZ

[Nick Rout]

Rik Tindall wrote:
> Jim Cheetham wrote:
>>
>> Not too sure about that last point ...
>> "The club shall promote establishment of a Free Software
>> Oceania-Australasia (FSOA) federation."
>> Why not walk before running? *If* other Free Software groups come into
>> existance in the region, and *if* they wish to federate, what if they
>> don't like your proposed name?
>
> Then we'd start in on agreeing what to change it to. No problem.
>
> Another interpretation is that FSOA now exists, nominally, though 
> we're the only constituent part to it so far. Advertising our 
> (charter's) existence is an invitation to others to formalise in the 
> same way, and speak to umbrella issues as is useful & necessary.
>
>> Yes, it sounds like a petty point, but I don't believe that your
>> specific point needs to be in the Constitution ...
>
> There are a few points (#5-#8) for which that is true. So a minimalist 
> charter could be extracted, cutting it down to the max. But the fuller 
> version conveys more specific orientations, for the longer haul, and 
> given where we are presently at.
>
> Btw, I think we are "running" already, 2.5 GNUz years later, hence the 
> more distant objectives coming into sight. We've pretty much got them 
> all listed now though, it seems.
>
> And until enough people vote on it, willing to fill out the FSANZ 
> administrative roles, I don't think we can claim it as a finished 
> "Constitution". That's why I'm using the 'FSANZ Charter' term, while 
> we wait..
>
> Once this stage is complete, we should ask (NZOSS?) that notice be 
> forwarded through to each B/G/LUG, inviting national participation in 
> finishing and fulfilling the FSANZ Constitution.
>
> Thanks
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