On 3 June 2010 22:27, a.l.e <[email protected]> wrote: > in countries like germany, france and switzerland it is very easy to set up > an association.
Right - same as UK. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the UK you'd still need to, after registering, write and agree on a constitution that defines how elections are done, run an election to set up a committee with a chair, membership secretary, treasurer, and perhaps other roles. Then the treasurer needs to open a bank account and file a tax return (or pay an accountant to file one) - and all the members and the public need to trust that the committee will use the money legitimately and fairly. Using a surrogate organisation means the administration of the bank account, filing a tax return, and the constitutional decisions are all taken care of by a recognised entity that the members and the public can trust to do things legitimately and fairly. So no matter what the goals of the LGA are, I suggest starting out with a surrogate organisation and later founding our own entity when we really need to :-) _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
