[TUHS] Announcing The Unix Heritage Society Inc.

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey via TUHS]

Announcing The Unix Heritage Society Inc.

For over a quarter of a century, Warren Toomey has been running The
Unix Heritage Society.  What wasn't clear to everybody was that this
was a one-man show, and that Warren paid all expenses out of his own
pocket.

In mid-April, Warren asked for donations to help run the site.  The
response was overwhelmingly positive, and the donation target (AUD
3,728, about USD 2,600) was reached within 24 hours.  Thanks to all
for your generosity.

Now comes the hard part: who looks after this money?  Behind the
scenes, Warren has had a few helpers known as the "TUHS Team".
We decided that the best way to protect your donations was to create an
Association according to Australian law.  The state of Victoria has
the simplest rules, so we created The Unix Heritage Society Inc. in
Victoria.

TUHSI has purposes which are legally protected: to preserve and maintain
historical UNIX artefacts, and to provide a forum for discussion of UNIX
and its history. The cost to run the server will keep both the Unix Archive
hosted (the artefacts) and the TUHS mailing list running (the forum).

As a not-for-profit organisation, TUHSI must ensure that funds collected
are spent only on the TUHSI purposes, and TUHSI must make public the
details of how any funds are spent.

The term “Inc.” has nothing to do with commercial companies.  It's the
form required by the Victorian government.

The TUHS team will form the initial members of the association. Many will
be well known to you. They are:

Thalia Archibald
David Arnold
Kevin Bowling
Clem Cole
Dan Cross
Matt G. (segaloco)
Greg Lehey
Warner Losh
Larry McVoy
Will Senn
Warren Toomey
Frank Wortrner

On 30 May (23:00 UTC) we had our inaugural Annual General Meeting, as
required by the Victorian rules.  We elected the following officers:

   President:      Warren Toomey
   Vice-president: Clem Cole
   Secretary:      Greg Lehey
   Treasurer:      David Arnold

TUHSI is transparent, so we are putting all the relevant documents up
at this location: https://www.tuhs.org/Governance/ This includes the
association rules and by-laws, list of members, the agendas and
minutes of all meetings, the treasurer's reports etc.

The minutes of the recent AGM are at
http://www.tuhs.org/Governance/Agendas_and_Minutes/20260530-inaugural-agm

So now the Unix Heritage Society (i.e. you, the people on the TUHS mailing
list) is supported by a legal entity (TUHSI, run by the TUHS team members)
to ensure that your donations will go where you want them to go.

What happens next?  First, we find our feet.  We're planning to
upgrade the server infrastructure under the leadership of Dan Cross.
For you, this means one thing will change: minnie.tuhs.org will not go
away, but it will be the name of Warren's personal machine.  There is
a redirector in place, but if you're used to using this name, please
choose to use www.tuhs.org (or just tuhs.org) instead.

Every two months, Warren or David will e-mail the TUHS list with an update
on what funds have been spent where and the current balance of funds.

You can find a FAQ about TUHSI at
https://www.tuhs.org/Governance/tuhsi_faq.html. If you have any other
questions, please e-mail them to the TUHS mailing list, tuhs at tuhs.org, so
we can answer them and/or discuss any arising issues/suggestions.
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