Foundation: Bylaws
Foundation: Bylaws
(Date: 2007-08-28)
Dunning
specifies #6 "Membership cancellation", paragraph 6, of the constitution as of 2005-02-09
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There are no overdue fines.
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Four Weeks before the Membership expires a reminder message will be sent.
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At membership expiry date access to OpenPKG.net will be denied.
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Four Weeks after the Membership expired cancellation occurs.
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At cancellation the unique username will be retained for an indefinite amount of time.
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Admission fee
specifies #7 "Membership fee", paragraph 1, 3 and 5, of the constitution as of 2005-02-09
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The admission fee is EUR 30.-.
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There is no admission fee for founding members.
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Membership fee
specifies #7 "Membership fee", paragraph 2, 3 and 5, of the constitution as of 2005-02-09
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The membership fee is EUR 10.-/month.
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The membership fee must be paid annually in advance.
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A receipt for the membership fee will be prepared.
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Sustaining membership
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Sustaining members are members that support the foundation
with additional financial resources.
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Sustaining members pay voluntary money in addition to
their membership fee.
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Sustaining members are publically listed when
their voluntary money exeeds EUR 200.- per year.
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The optional public listing of sustaining members is
grouped by year of payment and sorted descending.
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The per-year group of the public listing of sustaining members is
sorted descending by amount of money. Equal amounts are sorted
ascending by the time of payment.
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The actual amount of money will not be made public.
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A receipt will be made out of the voluntary money.
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Sponsors
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Sponsors are contractually capable real persons or legal entities holding rights that
support the foundation with funds, equipment or services.
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The optional public listing of sponsors is
grouped by year of payment and sorted descending.
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The per-year group of the public listing of sponsors is
ordered upon individual agreement.
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The way of designating sponsoring is arranend individually.
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A receipt will be made out of money sponsoring.
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An acknowledgement will be made for sponsored equipment or service.
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Assessment for active members
specifies #8 "Types of members", paragraph 2 of the constitution as of 2005-02-09
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The membership should last for at least six months.
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There must be no outstanding payment of membership fees.
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The activities must be affirmed my an interceder out of the board of directors.
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Beginning 2007-03-01 the member must have agreed to the OpenPKG Contributor Agreement (OCA).
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Election of the President and Vice President
Every active member can make an application to become the President or Vice President.
In case a member cannot participate personally it might delegate
it's voting rights to someone acting on it's behalf. This proxy must
be a member with the same or higher voting privilege within the
foundation.
The President is elected first, then the Vice President.
The candidate receiving the most votes for a seat wins.
This majority (Relative Mehrheit) weighting is an exception to the
usual decisionmaking based on bare majority (Einfache Mehrheit) as
discussed in the constitution (15.2).
Winners have the option to accept their voting.
Changelog
| 2005-02-09: |
original document
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| 2005-04-22: |
Annual but quarterly payment of Membership fees
Change Dunning. Retain usernames.
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| 2005-06-11: |
Election of the Directors of the Board
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| 2006-01-18: |
Assessment for active members. Membership should but must last for at least six months.
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| 2006-12-01: |
The foundation can only prepare a "receipt" for the membership fee, the tax authority prohibits use of the terms "donation" and "invoice".
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| 2007-01-17: |
Assessment for active members. Beginning 2007-03-01 the member must have agreed to the OpenPKG Contributor Agreement (OCA).
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| 2007-08-28: |
Special rules from formation days removed.
Election of the Directors of the Board removed.
Election of the President and Vice President noticeable simplified
Accountability and responsibility of the Directors of the Board removed.
Accountability and responsibility of the President roles of the Directors of the Board removed.
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Translation Notes
Due to legal reasons the original language of this document is german.
This translation is based on the german version as of 2006-01-18.
Unless otherwise noted, the currency mentioned is Euro (EUR). For current
exchange rates see
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