mason@tmsoft.uucp (Dave Mason) (04/24/89)
A paper announcement of this has gone out to all members, and should be received today or tomorrow, but I just noticed one point that is relevant if you are not currently a member. Only members of record 21 days before the date of the Annual General Meeting may VOTE in that meeting or STAND FOR ELECTION to the post of Director. Mail ballots will be mailed out on May 4th. The exact date of the meeting has not been set, but it will most probably be May 17 or 18. Therefore, you MUST RENEW (or start) your MEMBERSHIP by APRIL 26 (that's this WEDNESDAY). If you are coming to the Unix Unanimous meeting on Wednesday, you can give your cheque to Dan Tomlinson (preferably, as he is the Treasurer) or Peter Renzland or myself. If you are outside Toronto, call Bonnie (see below) A.S.A.P. and tell her your renewal is in the mail, and get it to the office (see below) A.S.A.P. The 21 day requirement is in the bylaws, so the board doesn't have much flexibility in the date (which is not to say we couldn't have gotten this organized a bit earlier). Any member interested in standing for election to Director of the Board of Directors of /usr/group/cdn is requested to forward a nomination signed by one other member, along with a ONE PAGE biography or position paper suitable to be sent out as part of the election package. This MUST arrive by May 3!! As /usr/group/cdn represents the entire Unix community in Canada (users, designers, integrators, VARs, software and hardware vendors) anyone with a commitment to Unix and Unix-like systems is encouraged to apply. The only restriction is that only one person from any given company may be on the board. There are 5 positions open for election. The four people who are at the end of the first year of their 2 year term are: Araldo Menegon President NCR Marketing Tom Vassos Vice-President IBM Marketing Jim Peters Vice-President AT&T Marketing/Technical Peter Renzland Director Ont. Ministry Technical/User of Health The five people at the end of their term are: Dan Tomlinson Treasurer CompuSoft Technical Dave Mason Secretary Ryerson Polytechnical Institute/ TM Software Assoc. Technical/Teacher Robin Macrae Director Macrae Lawyers User/Marketing John Davis Director Nixdorf Technical/Marketing Bob Whitcroft Director Sequent? Marketing/Technical I am not running for re-election, as I don't feel I have found enough time for /usr/group/cdn, and the next couple of years look worse from that standpoint, not better. I believe Dan is running, and I believe the others are not, but they may change their minds :-). Officers are elected from and by the board of directors at the first board meeting. I would personally like to encourage people from outside the Toronto area to run for Director, as I feel that is the best way to make this a truly Canadian organization. I would REALLY like to see a Director from each of Quebec and the West elected this time, with further representation in subsequent elections. I would also like to encourage women to run for the Board (one of our Founding Directors was a woman, but no female board members in the last 1.5 years). I feel we need a more balanced, even keeled board in many different ways, and both of these kinds of representation will help. Good Luck ../Dave Mason /usr/group/cdn office: Bonnie Farrugia (bonnie@ontmoh) (416) 259-8122 -- 241 Gamma St., Etobicoke, Ontario M8W 4G7
lyndon@aurora.AthabascaU.CA (Lyndon Nerenberg) (04/26/89)
In article <1989Apr24.161951.16349@tmsoft.uucp>, mason@tmsoft (Dave Mason) writes: > I would personally like to encourage people from outside the Toronto >area to run for Director, as I feel that is the best way to make this >a truly Canadian organization. I would REALLY like to see a Director >from each of Quebec and the West elected this time, with further >representation in subsequent elections. Hmm, last time I looked there were 10 provinces and two territories. *I* would personally like to see the board consist of 12 people, with one person elected per province/territory. This is /usr/group/*cdn* after all ... (isn't it?) > I would also like to >encourage women to run for the Board (one of our Founding Directors >was a woman, but no female board members in the last 1.5 years). I >feel we need a more balanced, even keeled board in many different >ways, and both of these kinds of representation will help. Gasp! What a novel concept! But then again, since were letting those weterners in ...