AW: [EuroPython] European Python Conference Organisation

[M.-A. Lemburg]

"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:
> 
> Andrew Smart wrote:
> >
> > > Marc-Andre Lemburg:
> > > Thanks for the research. However, the problem with this form is
> > > that only entrepreneurs can be members of such an association.
> > > It is not open to people who don't run a business of some sort.
> >
> > As to my knowledge every natural person can be member of a EWIV. All need
> > that you have some sort of economic activity, and organisation of a
> > conference counts as one.
> 
> I have my doubts here, since the definition of economic activity
> usually includes making profit. Reading the document, it seems that
> the main aim was to raise cooperations between companies to a
> EU level.

If you look at page 45, 2.2, they even explicitly exclude other
non-profit organizations from becoming an EWIV member.
There's also no mention of non-profit in the document.

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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