The same in the Netherlands; when organizing local events with more than 100
participants it's getting unpleasant to arrange the finances with your own
personal bank account.
we had some discussion about with legal entity type to use: association (with
members; in The Netherlands vereniging) or foundation (without members, in
the Netherlands stichting). Both have pro's and con's; an association has
members, which make the bond with the community a bit tighter. On the other
hand, it also required a bit more organisation, such as a yearly member
assembly. That's why we choose the simple form (foundation) in the end. But of
course, this may vary due to different laws in different countries.
Take into account that creating a formal legal entity probably will cost you
some money (just once).
greetings from the Netherlands (although actually from Austria),
Gert-Jan
chairman of the dutch local chapter Stichting OSGeo.nl
Van: local-chapters-boun...@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:local-chapters-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Namens Victor Ferreira
Verzonden: zondag 22 maart 2015 14:02
Aan: Jachym Cepicky
CC: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; local-chapters
Onderwerp: Re: [Local-chapters] [OSGeo-Discuss] Legal entities for Local
Chapters
In Portugal we felt the need to create one, for one thing, to be able to handle
payments and receipts for events we organize.
It also gives us some credibility as a group when talking to companies and
government (when we ask for sponsorships for instance).
Victor
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Jachym Cepicky secret...@osgeo.org wrote:
Just noting:
in Czech ve formed formal legal entity, when we've found out, that having beer
together is not enough. It has been recognized by local organisations,
goverment and copanies..
You form legal entity when you think, it makes sense
and it does not have to consume much time as you might think
J
st 18. 3. 2015 v 22:56 odesílatel Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com
napsal:
On 18/03/2015 8:01 pm, Arnulf Christl wrote:
Just a few notes from experience: Running a legal entity to organize
things actually eats up a good chunk of volunteer resources which could
be better used to actually promote Open Source, organize conferences and
so on.
+1 I'd argue that local chapters should do their best to avoid creating
a legal entity where possible.
Ask:
* What do you gain by being a legal entity?
* Can you make use of another legal entity instead (eg the OSGeo
Foundation)?
Acknowledge the extra effort required to:
1. Finance a legal entity,
2. Collect finances to feed the legal entity,
3. Expend effort filling all the official requirements of a legal entity.
Of note, the OSGeo Australian/New Zealand chapter are not a legal
entity, and have successfully run the international FOSS4G conference
(with official requirements backed by the OSGeo Foundation)
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