[EuroPython] Budget Questions / Europython Conf Organisation

[Bernhard Herzog]

Martijn Faassen <faassen@vet.uu.nl> writes:

>   * there is no European-wide Foundation as a possibility, right?

Correct, AFAIK. The FSF-Europe had the same problem. They ended up
starting with an non-profit organization in Germany ("eingetragener
Verein", to be specific) as a parent organization and they're slowly
adding sub-organizations for other european countries.

>   * any other important points? :)

One advantage of non-profit organizations is that donations to them are
usually tax-deductible. However, this doesn't work on a european level,
unfortunately. I.e. a donation from a german company to a belgian
non-profit probably wouldn't be deductible, for instance. This was one
reason for the FSFE to use the more complex setup with country specific
sub-organizations.

This is something that can't be solved until June, of course, but may be
important to keep in mind when thinking about a more permanent setup for
a european Python organization.

   Bernhard

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