[Phpug] IPUG constitution and other formalities.

[Gareth Eason]

Andrew Madigan wrote:
> I would think it a lot fairer to allow voting and meetings to be virtual -
> even if not possible now, not to have the Constitution rule out the
> possibility for the future.
> I've just moved from Dublin to Galway and would be interested in seeing if
> there are others around here interested in getting involved in the group.
> But is it the Dublin PHP users group or an Irish one? Necessitating meeting
> attendance in Dublin to vote or be full membership would implicitly change
> it to the a Dublin group and possibly this point should be added to the
> constitution?
[snip]

	Agreed - the possibility of meetings formalised on IRC, or Skype, or through
some other means allows a great deal of flexibility and removes (somewhat) the
requirement on people to live in or travel to Dublin. (Or Cork, if A.J. hosts
the meetings - but sure noone would mind travelling to Cork, lovely place that
it is ;-)  )

	You may want to consider using the word 'resident', as I believe it has a
strong legal definition (typically resident for tax purposes, which is well
defined by our government legal department) - but some friendly solicitor
might be able to help out there. If not, I have a few people I can ask - just
let me know.

	In summary, this is superb work, IMHO - thanks to all for the great effort
put in. I know I'm not the most active participant in the PHP community, but
I've just kicked off another PHP based project here at work, so there is work
ongoing - some of which we may be able to push back into the community,
hopefully! :-)

	Best regards,
	-->Gar