Re: Hosting (up to) 10 build server in Stuttgart (Germany)

[Andreas Enge]

Hello Jonathan,

Am Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 11:36:14AM +0100 schrieb Jonathan Brielmaier:
> Sadly it was not possible for my employee to donate those servers to the
> Guix Foundation:
> * donating outside of Germany is complicated (they would need some payed
> consulting)
> * the need to pay taxes on the "scrap value" of those servers
> * other accounting reasons...

this is very unfortunate, but thanks for having tried!

Concerning the "international" part, one option would be to create a
separate "association"/"eingetragener Verein" in Germany. Given our
difficulties of opening a bank account in France, it might actually be
an option to just move to Germany.

The drawback would be the multiplication of administrative structures
for a comparatively small membership base. It is unfortunate to see how
difficult it is to create a single European non-profit structure in
which people from different countries can work seamlessly together.

On the plus side, I have recently looked up the role of foreigners in a
French association: they can without problem be on the board (Presidency
or Treasury). Of course a French bank will then insist on them showing
up in person in their office...

Andreas