On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 03:04:42PM +0100, Rudi Angela wrote:
I applaud any european initiative in this field. There are a couple of issues that affect us Europeans more directly, like languages and localization. In the English-dominated world people tend to forget the importance of e.g. special characters, as they don't deal with this issue everyday (so I can't blame them). I have found people in the Dutch educational market that are willing to give Squeak a chance in schools. But in this market language localization is a prerequisite. But the same issue of language is probably going to form a barrier for me participating in a German or French Squeak community, as my German is very basic and my French non-existent. I guess this applies to more Europeans. Language keeps deviding Europe! I doubt if currently there are enough European Squeakers to justify a per country approach to a community initiative (thought I do hope I'm wrong!). So i would strongly advocate for one multinational community, otherwise we won't reach the critical mass. As a consequence, the language used should be English. Of course I would personally prefer good old Dutch, but I'm willing to sacrifice that to gain a stronger European Squeak movement.
Ok... Hmm... so we're back at "one european thingy". Does anybody know if there is something like a "Verein" on an EU-wide basis?
The whole idea of a german organisation started because we were thinking about making it easy for corporations and individuals to donate money. Easy means: Like with everything else.
If you want to raise money here in Germany, you need to be a "e.V." Think about it as an interface we need to implement.
Of course having diferent legal entities does not mean that we're not working together: We are *one* community. There would be no point in not working together...
The question is how to integrate the people from countries without a local organisation? Do we need an EU-based organsiation for that? Or could they join one of the other local organisations?
Don't know... any other ideas?
Marcus