Re: [Consortium] Meeting at Karlsruhe

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hello, I gathered some information on the topic of registering a foundation here in Amsterdam, but please keep in mind IANAL. what is a Foundation (Stichting) in Netherlands? Foundations are continental European equivalents of the Anglo-Saxon trusts, the long-established estate and tax planning tool whose chief purpose is to provide a safe haven for assets intended for selected beneficiaries. Like trusts, they offer a number of tax benefits, their chief purpose being to provide a haven for assets intended for nominated beneficiaries. the practical procedure in forming a Foundation is to have a minimum of 3 founder members, a statute like the one we're formulating and a Notar. Beaurocracy can be sorted out in a few days here in Amsterdam, the cost of incorporating it would be approximately 500 euros. i can provide more help in eventual translations and template documents with institutional contacts i have here in A'dam, depending whether or not we intend to proceed. to me it looks quite easy and smooth, alltough we really need to have something to do with it after we create the Foundation ;) ciao - -- jaromil, dyne.org rasta coder, http://rastasoft.org