Hi all,
Over the last weeks we (some Squeakers from .de) discussed what we could do here in Germany to help the Squeak Foundation. We came to the conclusion that it may be a be good idea to have a local organsation for Squeak here in Germany.
We intend to set up a thing called "Verein" This is the legal form that most non-profit organisations have here in Germany. It's simple to set up.
After incorparating the Squeak e.V. will be able to have a bank account and (with a little bit more work) be entitled to issue donation-recites (lower your taxes!) for people or corparations that give money.
Besides collecting money Squeak e.V. will maintain a german Website about Squeak (squeak.de) and serve as a local contact for "everything squeak" here in Germany.
Cees has set up a Mailinglist for Squeak e.V, it's at
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/listinfo/squeak-ev
SWIKI: http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeak-ev
Language of the Mailinglist will be german, everyone who wants to help building Squeak e.V. is invited to join us.