<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 10:17 AM Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com">gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hi all,<br>
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I think there is value in keeping the NGO:<br>
I recently talked with ESA (there is a possibility for a
sponsorship) and it can only be done through an EU legal entity. I
assume, this would also be needed in other cases.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>This reminds me, the sponsoring of the European Commission for this
year's FOSS4G in Argentina has been done thanks to the NGO based on
Italy (GFOSS). Because they are going to be behind 2022 and the contract
is for both years, it made sense that they did all the paperwork and received the transfer.<br></div><div><br></div><div>They wouldn't have been able to sponsor us without an European entity. And we thought on European sponsors to help us act as legal bridge, but we didn't remember we have this. We should have remembered it!<br></div><div><br></div><div>So... yes, it makes sense to have a legal entity in EU. If the relationship grows and becomes stronger, we may have more sponsoring coming from them. Or from similar entities that need a European based counterpart in OSGeo.</div><div><br></div><div>I guess that may also cover expenses from keeping it open?<br></div></div></div></div>