PART II -
COMMUNICATION AND OBJECTS

COMMUNICATION

6. As ADUG is an Internet-based association serving a virtual
   community, communication within ADUG will be principally
   via the Internet in such manner as is appropriate for a
   virtual community, including but not limited to:

   (a) postings on an ADUG owned or controlled website
   or, if one is not available, on an Amiga-oriented
   website nominated by the Committee;

   (b) the use of email;

   (c) IRC.

OBJECTS

7. The objects of ADUG are:

   (a) to provide individuals who reside in Australasia
   and who have an interest in the Amiga computer
   an opportunity that they may otherwise not have
   (because of geographic isolation resulting from
   distance and low population density) to become
   members of an Amiga User Group;

   (b) to encourage the formation of Amiga-oriented
   User Groups within Australasia;

   (c) to encourage Amiga-oriented User Groups within
   Australasia to become affiliated to ADUG;

   (d) to establish a communication network for its
   Members and for affiliated Amiga-oriented User
   Groups;

   (e) to act as a central resource for the dissemination
   of information relating to the Amiga (including
   the publishing of newsletters in any of the
   various forms of media, as appropriate) to its
   (f) to act as a central resource for assisting its
   Members and affiliated Amiga-oriented User Groups
   on all Amiga-related matters;

   (g) to establish an ADUG owned or controlled website;

   (h) to build and maintain a database of Amiga users
   and Amiga-oriented User Groups within Australasia;

   (i) to assist in the promotion of the Amiga within
   Australasia, including the establishment of
   Amiga-oriented sub-committees, the formation of
   Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and the promotion
   of Amiga shows and gatherings of any kind;

   (j) to assist in the marketing of the Amiga and Amiga
   product within Australasia;

   (k) to establish and enforce a code of ethics for its
   Members and Affiliates, and to actively campaign
   against software piracy and the illegal trading
   of Amiga product within Australasia;

   (l) to offer to act as a voice for the Australasian
   Amiga community in communicating with AMIGA
   (the Amiga's parent company) and with other
   international and national bodies;

   (m) to seek affiliation with the User Group Network
   and listing on its website (www.amiga.org/UGN);

   (n) To organize and direct such activities as may be
   deemed of benefit to its Members and affiliated
   Amiga-oriented User Groups or for carrying out
   any of the objects stated above.