[TUHS] Announcing The Unix Heritage Society Inc.

[Douglas McIlroy via TUHS]

Great news! And the span of the board, from grizzled veteran to grad
student foretells a robust long life for TUHSI.

Doug

On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 2:58 AM Greg 'groggy' Lehey via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org>
wrote:

> 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.
>