Hi Simon, 2011/6/10 Simon Phipps <[email protected]>: > > On 10 Jun 2011, at 00:24, Manfred Usselmann wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 23:44:15 +0100 >> Simon Phipps <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> Detail: >>> There is already a non-profit in existence; it's name is "Freies >>> Office Deutschland e.V." ("eV" is a German suffix a bit like "Ltd" or >>> "Inc"), >> >> e.V. = registered association >
- e. V. - excerpt from Wikipedia - translated by Google Emphasis added by MR Registered associations are legal entities. *They are the full legal capacity*, which means they can themselves as *legal subjects* to have *rights* and *obligations* are. You can sue and be sued. The Board represents the Association externally. [...] As the registered club members, regardless of its existence, it is a *corporation* under *private law.* HTH an other Manfred -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
