On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 21:26 -0700, Doug Bash wrote: > > --- On Fri, 10/1/10, Andre Schnabel <andre.schna...@gmx.net> wrote: > > From: Andre Schnabel <andre.schna...@gmx.net> > Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] [Legalese] "Foundation" or "Group"? > To: discuss@documentfoundation.org > Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 6:25 AM > > Hi, > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > Von: Gianluca Turconi <gianl...@letturefantastiche.com> > > > > > Should Germany be the chosen country in order to register the foundation > > > or is that point a work in progress too? > > It's in progress. > > We (speaking of OpenOffice.org Deutschland e.V. in this case) are happy > to be the interim backing for the Foundation activities - but it is not > our intention to "become the Foundation". > > Regarding the country - there are several things to be considered, like > strength of community (which is very good in France, Italy, Germany), local > law (esp. regarding taxes) ... > > We are currently working on more detailed plans - but we thougt, it was > quite unfair to set up a Foundation and tell everyone "that's it". > > André > -- > Hi all; > > Thanks for beginning this undertaking. The user community is undoubtedly st > rongest in Europe, as Andre notes, but if this can be structured so that in > tegration with an American non-profit is somehow possible it will certainly > help overall growth. Open software adoption by library systems and other g > overnmental entities here, especially at a time of severe budgetary pres > sures, is being discussed in many venues and it is much easier to propose o > pen alternatives if representing some actual Entity rather than merely a Go > od Idea. > > Doug Bash >
Hi Doug, Agreed - and to put it simply, then let's start the process of starting such an organization. Isn't really, in the end, just that simple. *smile* Doesn't need to be the organization, just the US organization. Sincerely, Drew Drew -- To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/
