<div dir="ltr">Hi<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Anita Graser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anitagraser@gmx.at" target="_blank">anitagraser@gmx.at</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Am 10.01.2014, 10:46 Uhr, schrieb Andreas Neumann <<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net" target="_blank">a.neumann@carto.net</a>>:<div class="im">
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Here is an online book on the regulations of a Genossenschaft<br>
(cooperative) for you to judge whether this would be a feasible legal<br>
entity for QGIS international:<br>
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<a href="http://books.google.ch/books?id=KWRuxYUqWXwC&lpg=PA169&ots=P5BWUv7Ut2&dq=legal%20entities%20in%20Switzerland%20Genossenschaft&pg=PA166#v=onepage&q=legal%20entities%20in%20Switzerland%20Genossenschaft&f=false" target="_blank">http://books.google.ch/books?<u></u>id=KWRuxYUqWXwC&lpg=PA169&ots=<u></u>P5BWUv7Ut2&dq=legal%<u></u>20entities%20in%20Switzerland%<u></u>20Genossenschaft&pg=PA166#v=<u></u>onepage&q=legal%20entities%<u></u>20in%20Switzerland%<u></u>20Genossenschaft&f=false</a><br>
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According to this presentation about Verein and Genossenschaft (in German, [1]), the main difference seems to be that a Verein has non-commercial goals (e.g. football club) while a Genossenschaft has commercial goals (like the supermarkets Andreas mentioned).<br>
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>From this perspective, I think a Genossenschaft would be more fitting for QGIS but I don't claim to fully understand the topic.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>@Anita Wouldn't it be fairer to say that the QGIS organisation will have non-commercial goals? That is we wish to generate income to defray expenses and (in my vision of the future) pay salaried people to make QGIS better, but there would be no shareholders, profit incentives, dividends etc. Rather any money we generate would be put directly into furthering the goals of the project.</div>
<div><br></div><div>@Andreas thanks for your input on this by the way!</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Best wishes,<br>
Anita<br>
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[1] <a href="http://www.google.at/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CEwQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoodle.zhaw.ch%2Fpluginfile.php%2F581963%2Fmod_folder%2Fcontent%2F0%2FGesellschaftsrecht%2FVorlesung%2520Genossenschaft%2520und%2520Verein.pdf%3Fforcedownload%3D1&ei=QSvRUqfEDqGm4ATi_4G4BQ&usg=AFQjCNFJ9JcWGjaUFU6lkXJChGRycbkIEw&sig2=fmUfd6BNIaJlF2yHKzVH5g&bvm=bv.59026428,d.bGE" target="_blank">http://www.google.at/url?sa=t&<u></u>rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=<u></u>4&cad=rja&ved=0CEwQFjAD&url=<u></u>http%3A%2F%2Fmoodle.zhaw.ch%<u></u>2Fpluginfile.php%2F581963%<u></u>2Fmod_folder%2Fcontent%2F0%<u></u>2FGesellschaftsrecht%<u></u>2FVorlesung%<u></u>2520Genossenschaft%2520und%<u></u>2520Verein.pdf%<u></u>3Fforcedownload%3D1&ei=<u></u>QSvRUqfEDqGm4ATi_4G4BQ&usg=<u></u>AFQjCNFJ9JcWGjaUFU6lkXJChGRycb<u></u>kIEw&sig2=<u></u>fmUfd6BNIaJlF2yHKzVH5g&bvm=bv.<u></u>59026428,d.bGE</a><div class="HOEnZb">
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