The aim to create a strong, digitally-enabled society is laudable. However, we believe that the proposals place too much trust in systems that will undermine the overarching aim: "Enabling all of Aotearoa New Zealand to flourish and prosper in a digital world".

In July, Dave Lane resigned from the Council of the New Zealand Open Source Society. Dave is a stalwart of free and open source software in New Zealand. Among many other achievements, Dave was the President of the society for 9 years.

NZOSS supports Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand's decision to digitise ~600k books with the help of the Internet Archive.

Tēnā koutou! Apologies for the delay in reporting back. As our financial members have no doubt realised, the AGM week has passed without the need for a vote, as there were no contested roles - all the current councillors agreed to stand again and have been elected unopposed...