On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:44:47PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
*** Possible solutions for DebConf 13 ***
The easiest option to form a legal body for DebConf 13 is to form an
association (Verein) under Swiss civil law (Art. 60ff.)
I disagree with this, as I've observed in the past. For one thing, it
doesn't seem to me that it is *that* easy to create this association.
One argument is that, if it were so, it'd have already existed by now,
no? (But if the counter-argument to that is "we wanted to have an
explicit ack before proceeding", fine.)
Still, one extra association in a territory where one already exists
will undeniably increase the overall bureaucratic burden (this is a "-"
point that is surprisingly missing from the comparison on the wiki).
(And just in case: no, I would not consider acceptable keeping DebConf13
running after DebConf turning it into yet another Debian Trusted
Organization: Debian finances are already *too* scattered around the
world and that makes accounting a PITA. The efforts over the last 3
years have been toward consolidating, rather than the converse
direction.)