[Squeakfoundation][Germany] Squeak e.V.

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on 3/14/02 2:27 AM, Marcus Denker at marcus@ira.uka.de wrote:

> 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.

I spread this email into our mailing-list.
Great. Continue. 
What you could do also is to try to approach universities and do some squeak
demo. I do that as frequently as I can everywhere I go.


> 
> 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.