English summary was: Re: [Squeak-ev] Organisatorischer Rahmen: Enger oder weiter?

[goran.hultgren at bluefish.se]

Marcus Denker <marcus at ira.uka.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 03:04:42PM +0100, Rudi Angela wrote:
[SNIP]
> 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?

I'd say go for it. You know - start small etc. Just because this
"Verein" (we have a similar thing in Sweden) would be legally german
doesn't mean that we can let it be "european" in flavour! :-)

regards, Göran