[volunteers] SVLUG elections

[Ron Guerin]

Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Ron Guerin (ron at vnetworx.net):
> 
>> We're in a heated discussion over in #nylug on Freenode about the recent
>> coup at NYLUG
> 
> Oh, do tell, when you have a chance.
> 
> (1)  I see you-all are all in an uproar over an incorporation effort.
> Nobody asked me, but in my experience this is a mistake even if it
> supposedly gets you meeting space at Google.  (Many such companies
> actually also require 501(c)(3) recognition by IRS, which is a huge
> headache, restricts what the group is permitted to subsequently do quite
> a bit, and takes a long time.)
> 
> If you guys actually go ahead with incorporation, I can furnish you with 
> examples from BayLISA (of which I'm a corporate director) of by-laws,
> articles of incorporation, and the text of a wiki page listing all of
> the recurring tasks BayLISA needs to do to stay in good status with the
> state Secretary of State (corporations division) and state and Federal
> tax authorities.

It would be be nice to see those.

> It's a _major_ pain in the ass, IMO and not in any way worth the effort
> either to create or to maintain.  FYI, I also address the
> incorporate-or-not topic in some detail in the LDP's Linux User Group
> HOWTO, which I maintain, and would urge NYLUG people to please read that
> section of the HOWTO.

Once the Gang of Four learned of the problems that SVLUG experienced,
they declared that NYLUG had nothing to learn from SVLUG (or anything
else that might disagree with their plans).   The coup must go on.

- Ron