Hi Scott,How is the meeting on April 8, if it is on the "first" Thursday of the month?Did I miss a change in the schedule? Rob -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller On Tuesday, March 17, 2015 9:06 PM, Murphy Scott <scott [ dot ] murphy [ at ] arrow-eye [ dot ] com> wrote: The April meeting includes our AGM as required by the corporation bylaws. At present, we have the following candidates for the board: - Ian Gorman - Kelly Kendrick - Scott Murphy - John Nash - Aaron Wilcox If anyone else is interested in being on the board, feel free to self-nominate no later than April 8th, 2015. If several people are willing to come on board, a few of us are willing to withdraw our intent in order to get some new blood in. If we have more than Four board members is sufficient, six would be better in case of circumstances requiring an existing member to step down. In addition, according to the bylaws of the non-profit corporation, we require at least 20 people to be present, either in person or via proxy. We will have a sign-up sheet for the election and will require all present to sign in order to prove the election was held in compliance with the bylaws. Proxies can be registered by sending an email to the board email address (board dash members at oclug.on.ca) prior to 17:00 on Wednesday, April 8th so that we have a record prior to the election. The email should be in the form of the example in the bylaws: ----- OTTAWA CANADA LINUX USERS GROUP Proxy Appointment The undersigned member of the OTTAWA CANADA LINUX USERS GROUP hereby appoints ........................... of ............................. or failing in person appointed above, ........................... of ............................. as the proxy of the undersigned to attend and act at the OCLUG meeting to be held on the day of ........................, and at any adjournment thereof in the same manner, to the same extent and with the same power as if the undersigned were present. Dated this day of ....................... Legal name of Member: ..................................... Email address of Member: ..................................... ----- The signup sheet expects legal name, email address and signature. In place of a signature, use your legal name and email address and your proxy will sign on your behalf. We will record the proxies on the signup sheet in advance. _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux