[AUUG-Talk]: Re: Don't close AUUG down!

[Piers Lauder]

  > On Sunday,  9 December 2007 at 12:35:25 +1100, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
  > >
  > > You know, of course, that I've been suggesting dissolution for some
  > > time, at a time when people didn't want to admit it.  But now that the
  > > time has come, far from saying "I told you so", I'm having second
  > > thoughts.  I think we should donate all AUUG's assets to the Lions
  > > Chair and then carry on as a non-financial institution.  No membership
  > > fees, no money to look after; in principle, just the name, the web
  > > site and the mailing lists.  I suggest the John Lions chair because it
  > > seems to be the most obvious, but that's certainly a matter for
  > > discussion.
  > >
  > > Let's consider the alternatives.
  > >
  > > Close down:
  > >
  > > - Lots of hassle.  In particular, I suspect that we're going to have
  > >   to produce complete financials, and there are all sorts of
  > >   bureaucratic hurdles to jump over.
  > > - Irreversible.  If we close down, that's the end, once and for all.
  > >
  > > Non-financial institution:
  > >
  > > - The money we have goes to a good cause.
  > > - We don't really need to do anything immediately.  But in the
  > >   mid-term we can set up pages for on-line membership applications and
  > >   things.  I suspect that people will come out of the woodwork who so
  > >   far have been scared off by the membership fee.
  > > - If it doesn't work, we can still take the alternative.
  > >
  > > With this in mind, I don't intend to renew my subscription.  I'd be
  > > happy to be a board member and come to the meeting, but it doesn't
  > > seem logical to pay membership for an organization that is planning to
  > > shut down.  If you take the second alternative, I'd also suggest that
  > > you refund the memberships to anybody who has renewed just to be able
  > > to attend the meeting.
  > >
  > > What do you think?

I support this idea of Greg's.

Piers Lauder

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