Information about creating a European non-profit organisation for PostgreSQL in Italy

["Gabriele Bartolini" <gabriele ( dot ) bartolini ( at ) gmail ( dot ) com>]

Hi guys,

   I have finally obtained the required information about the foundation of an European non-profit organisation for PostgreSQL in Italy. It is feasible.

   Apart from the constitution costs (which are minimal), the fixed costs are the ones for accounting (funds gathering, donations, sponsorships, etc.). They can be around 1500-2000 euro, but they vary depending on the activity (and the workload of the professional accountants).

   The organisation can therefore collect money and invest it, by distributing money or products (gadgets, posters, flyers, etc.) to the local groups. This prevents local organisations from creating a formal organisation. I believe this is a great achievement.

   Please let me know if you want me to go any further.

   Briefly, we should discuss the constitution act (although we can use the Italian one as a base, we can commission a professional translator to work on it and provide us with an English version) and those people who are interested in the foundation should step forward.

   The Italian one will be valid from a jurisdictional point of view, whereas the English one (and lcoalised versions too) would be good for transparency issues.

Ciao,
Gabriele