On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, David Lyon wrote:
>
> >
> > David Lyon is currently finding out costs to set up a non-profit
> > organization in Germany.
> >
> > In the meantime I suggest that we draw a list of active supporters, to:
> >
> > 1) Finance the registration costs.
> >
> > 2) Be available to be 'member of the board', or to hold some of the official
> > positions required by the law.
> >
> > 3) Be available to carry on administrative duties.
> >
> > I don't know the German law. In Italy a non-profit has very low registration
> > costs and very light administrative duties, but a number of persons which
> > take responsibility is required.
> I am checking with some Lawyers in Germany but I am fast getting the
> impression that it is not cheap.
>
> As in most countries, the registration cost itself is not expensive. It is all
> the support paperwork that needs to be done to comply with all the
> requirements. This takes time, and lawyers normally already have it all done
> (by a legal secretary at a low wage) and then resell it when they can. When
> it comes to Law, Lawyers usually have you over a barrel. And if you ever want
> to fight them, guess what, you need to hire another lawyer. Being friends with
> them and paying them a reasonable fee is always what I recomend. Cheapest
> option in the long term.
>
> The costs that I am hearing are roughly 2500 euro for legal costs for Germany.
>
> Obviously, a diy (do it solution) is going to be cheaper. But that has certain
> risks.
What are the risks ?
>
> Unfortunately, you can't get three written quotes from three different laywers
> and go with the middle quote. They just don't work that way.
>
> If there is an opportunity to do the registration of a non-profit in Italy, I
> would recommend doing that.
Seeing that none of the core developers is located in Italy, that would seem
rather awkward to me.
Michael.
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