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{{Short description|Linux User Group based in Victoria, Australia}}

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'''Linux Users of Victoria''' ("LUV") is a [[Linux User Group]] ("LUG") based in the state of [[Victoria, Australia]].

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Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month via [[Jitsi]] or BBB.

==Organization==

One of the largest and oldest Linux User Groups in [[Australia]], it was incorporated in 1993 as a [[not for profit]] group. It now has close to fifteen hundred members. It used to have regional SIGs but they are currently inactive.

The committee is democratically elected each year in advance of the Annual General Meeting using free election software called [MemberDB.<ref>{{cite web | title=MemberDB - A Membership Database | url=http://www.flamingspork.com/projects/memberdb/ MemberDB].}}</ref> The positions are President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, as well as four ordinary committee members - the current committee members are listed on the website.

==Events==

Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month via Jitsi or BBB.

The committee is democratically elected each year in advance of the Annual General Meeting using free election software called [http://www.flamingspork.com/projects/memberdb/ MemberDB]. The positions are President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, as well as four ordinary committee members - the current committee members are listed on the website.

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On November 29, 2003, according to [[The Sydney Morning Herald|Sydney Morning Herald]], LUV is one of the two Linux user groups based in Melbourne, and they held an installfest—a group meeting where new users are given assistance how to install Linux on their PC.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-11-04|title=Linux user group to hold installfest|url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/linux-user-group-to-hold-installfest-20031104-gdhpwg.html|access-date=2021-06-04|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref>

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== External links ==

*{{official|httphttps://wwwlinuxvictoria.luv.asn.auorg/}}

[[Category:Linux user groups]]