Re: Release Candidate of the PostgreSQL Europe association statutes

Ciao JPA,
> But I think you understood my point of view: be a member is a stronger
> act compared to just giving money.
>
I personally am a bit uncertain about allowing private companies to join
the association as members. In IT-PUG we had similar issues, and we
decided to clearly keep it an individual members non profit
organisation, and keep sponsorships/partnerships separated.

We did not want any company "direct" interference in the association -
although company members can join the association as individual. At
least, we still keep the "community" and "volunteering" senses of the
organisation.

I encourage you, if you have not done it yet, to look at our statute,
which has been translated in English:
http://www.itpug.org/pdf/statuto.en.pdf

It may be useful and there may be some interesting thoughts.

Personally I would go for:

1) individual members
2) subscription fee (we may even keep it the same all around Europe)
3) keep donations separate
4) keep sponsorships / parterships separate (with
proper/transparent/clear/open campaigns)

Thanks,
Gabriele

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