[Qgis-psc] Feedback on statute change from german QGIS user group

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

> On 03 Mar 2019, at 10:39, Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I got some feedback on the planned change in the statutes from the German QGIS user group.
> 
> 1. They wonder if a voting member can also be a sustaining member. This is of particular interest to country user groups, who are voting members but had also been sponsors in the past. Personally I would say yes - this should be possible. But apparently it is currently unclear. Tim - can we have a look at it and change the wording acoordingly?

OK done (with change tracking). Also added a line to the definitions section.

> 
> 2. Currently theres is a practice that German donors (companies and privat persons) who want to have a tax-deductible receipt but still want to appear as sponsors at QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/> can donate towards the German QGIS user group who will forward that amount to QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/>. That way they can get the receipt as a donation from the German QGIS user group (they are registered as a non-profit organization in Germany), but we still accept it as a sponsorship at QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/> if the amount is forwarded to QGIS.ORG <http://qgis.org/>. The question is, if this practice would still be possible in the future with the change from sponsorship to sustaining member - as the sustaining membership seems "more formal" than the sponsorship.
> 
> Personally I don't know about it. I would be ok to treat it the same way like in the past. I really don't care if the money comes directly from the sustaining member, but is transferred through QGIS-DE. But I am not a lawyer.

Yeah it seems like we should allow the practice to continue until such time as we obtain non-profit status.

> 
> 3. The German user group suggests to remove "each year" from the sentence "Membership fees are approved or changed each year by the general assembly." Personally I am ok with either way. I don't think it is an administrative burden to decide on it each year, or only when a change is planned. At other associations it is simply one item on the AGM "approve membership fees again, no changes planned, same fees as last year”.

Sounds reasonable to remove it as they suggest.
> 
> 4. There are some cross-reference number that have to be changed (I can deal with it)

Thanks.
> 
> 5. They suggest that the membership fees are defined as "minimum amount or more", so that a sustaining member of category "medium" could pay at the minimum 3k €, but can decide to raise this to e.g. 4k € if they want.

+1 on this proposal as it mirrors our intent anyway

> 
> I think this is all useful input that we should deal with. I can give it a try tonight when I am in A Coruña and make a proposal for a revision. I would be glad, if Tim could double check it.


Yes sure - pop me a note when you want me to review it. I will be offline from email all day tomorrow unfortunately, I can check in the evening.

Regards

Tim
> 
> I would definitely do something about 1, 4 and 5. Not sure about 2 and 3. I would be ok with 3 - but not sure how important it is. If we keep the "each year" it will remain on the Agenda and won't be much additional work I think. But I am happy to remove "each year" if you like.
> 
> @Thomas: thanks a lot for your feedback. We appreciate the thorough review the german QGIS user group does!
> 
> Greetings,
> Andreas
> 
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