AMIGA DOWNUNDER UG INC. (ADUG)
- bringing the Australasian Amiga community together -
ADUG'S PURPOSE AND OBJECTS
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ADUG's main concern is the Australasian Amiga community, and it is to this end that its purpose and objects (listed below) have been drawn up and incorporated in its Constitution.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Amiga Downunder UG Incorporated is a regionally oriented, internet-based association serving a virtual community and dedicated to the fostering and advancement of the Amiga computer and the Amiga computing platform within the geographical region of Australasia, as defined in clause 5 (3) of the Constitution, provided that:
  1. To allow for membership from neighbouring countries:
    • The definition of Australasia may be amended, on the determination of the Committee, to include those countries.
    • The definition of Downunder shall be amended accordingly.

ADUG'S OBJECTS

The objects of ADUG are:

  1. 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.
  2. To encourage the formation of Amiga-oriented User Groups within Australasia.
  3. To encourage Amiga-oriented User Groups within Australasia to become affiliated to ADUG.
  4. To establish a communication network for its Members and for affiliated Amiga-oriented User Groups.
  5. 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 Members and affiliated Amiga-oriented User Groups.
  6. To act as a central resource for assisting its Members and affiliated Amiga-oriented User Groups on all Amiga-related matters.
  7. To establish an ADUG owned or controlled website.
  8. To build and maintain a database of Amiga users and Amiga-oriented User Groups within Australasia.
  9. 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.
  10. To assist in the marketing of the Amiga and Amiga product within Australasia.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. To seek affiliation with the User Group Network and listing on its website (www.amiga.org/UGN).
  14. 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.

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General Meetings Marketplace User Groups User Group News Dealers ADUG's Constitution

- the Amiga User Group for all Australasians -