Salam Alaikumn Nadim and *,
Am 2004-12-07 10:53:07, schrieb Nadim Shaikli:
> Arabeyes has often thought about registering as a non-profit somewhere
> where it has a solid presence due to a variety of reasons/benefits yet
> we never got around to it. A number of issues and limitations had
A nice thing...
> - We don't mind being flooded with initial paperwork, but we don't
> want to have to continually submit paperwork on a periodic basis.
> We want to set it up, do it right and forget about it.
In France and Germany it is very easy...
> - It would be nice to get some tax breaks for those looking to
> donate in the registered country (if possible), but this is
> _not_ a requirement.
:-)
> - We would like to attain some legal certificate so that we could
> actually open a bank account with that document with Arabeyes
> as the holder. We'd also would like to show this certificate
> to people to note to them that we are indeed a "legal" entity.
Right...
> A number of people as well as companies have noted in the past that
> their rules of engagement dictate that they only engage with legal
> entities (this is what we've heard repeatedly so don't ping us on
> what this means since we don't have a clear physical central location
> and most certainly don't look like many organizations out there).
So it wil time to get one...
> It would have been ideal if we could register Arabeyes in an Arabic
> country, but even the more progressive of them (like the UAE) seem
> to put some crippling hurdles (the concept of a not-for-profit seems
> to generate some chuckles as well). As such our next choices are
:-/
> the European Union and Canada (any comments/help from there ?).
:-)
> I've personally looked into what it would take to setup such a thing
> in the US and the amount of quarterly paperwork is beyond anything
> I'd want to be tagged with (its a major repeated headache with audits
> and countless quarterly document submittals - I'd rather Arabize code
> than swim in paperwork).
I would prefer Europe...
> Any comments/thoughts/directions ? If you happen to have a lawyer
> friend that is willing to look into all of this pro bono (ie. free)
> do please let him/her know about our situation. We don't have any
> offices, but our history and track-record speak for themselves in
> terms of commitment and longevity.
I have an algerien Advocat.
Her name is Nora Bukara and is in Strasbourg.
Should I ask her ?
> Before anything is done, do please let us know in advance - agreement
> must be reached before any process is initiated. We are not looking
> for any surprises or heroic actions and don't want nor expect anyone
> to simply come back and tell us that they registered us in Tahiti :-)
:-)
> Salam.
>
> - Nadim
Greetings
Michelle
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