include(defines)
BIM -
ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
Membership, Prices, Verein etc
',`dnl German
Mitgliedschaft, Preis, Verein usw.
')dnl
BIM -
ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
Membership, Prices, Verein etc
',`dnl German
Mitgliedschaft, Preis, Verein usw.
')dnl
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ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
We have never had a membership or entry fee, & continue to avoiding
needing them:
',`dnl German
Wir verlangen momentan keinen Mitgliedsbeitrag und hoffen
einen solchen auch weiterhin vermeiden zu können.
')dnl
-
ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
Membership fees would reduce number of members.
',`dnl German
Mitgliedsbeiträge würden die Zahl der Mitglieder
verringern.
')dnl
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ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
Administration (bank registration, member additions,
deletions, monthly bank statement checking, annual audit)
would consume time better spent contributing to BSD.
',`dnl German
Die Verwaltung (Bank, Mitglieder hinzufügen oder
löschen, monatliches Überprüfen der Zahlungen,
jährliche Anhörungen) würde mehr Zeit
brauchen, die man besser BSD widmen sollte.
')dnl
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ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
We similarly aim to avoid the concomitant time & money required to register,
maintain, (& charges for someone one day to de-register)
an Eingetragener Verein.
Any who want to urge an Eingetragener Verein should first read the
German books on how to set one up & run it.
This author has purchased such a book & read bits.
He will not waste the time that would be necessary !
',`dnl German
Ebenso wollen wir den Einsatz von Zeit und Geld vermeiden,
den die Registierung, der Unterhalt (und eines Tages auch
die Gebühren für die Abmeldung) eines eingetragenen
Vereins (e.V.) erfordern würde.
')dnl
-
ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
If a membership charge later seems necessary, perhaps to
pay for essential equipment
',`dnl German
Wenn später ein Mitgliedsbeitrag notwendig erscheint,
möglicherweise um grundlegendes Equipment zu finanzieren:
')dnl
:
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ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
It will be discussed first on the mail list.
',`dnl German
Es würde zuerst in der Mailing-Liste diskutiert werden.
')dnl
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ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
A student/pensioner/unemployed etc discount will not be offered,
(to reduce paperwork verification for organisers each year).
',`dnl German
Es wird keine Ermäßigung für Studenten,
Pensionisten oder Arbeitslose usw. geben (um die jährlich
bei Überprüfung anfallende Bürokratie zu
vermeiden).
')dnl
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ifdef(`ENGLISH',
`dnl English
Instead, a discount for BSD contributing activists may be
offered (thus those that can not afford full rate, can
contribute time to public BSD work instead).
',`dnl German
Statt dessen werden wir eine Ermäßigung für
Leute anbieten, die aktiv zu BSD beitragen (Daher können
diejenigen, die sich den vollen Preis nicht leisten
können, Zeit der Arbeit an BSD widmen).
')dnl
- Opinions from all members are welcome, in moderation, but BIM
has too few Contributors, so the most
welcome & important opinions are from those who have first contributed
work or resources to Berkeley In Munich.
Contributors opinions matter more, in event of disagreement,
major contributors & founders opinions being most important.
- BIM requires No contribution of time, equipment, or money from
any normal member (though some have
contributed time & equipment & others have contributed services of
financial worth. We do appreciate efforts & contributions
volunteered). Only persistent critics would need to prove they are
more than empty vessels making most noise, & the more criticism,
the more contributions to BIM would be required to compensate for
continued membership.
- Just as individuals need a right to leave an unacceptable club,
so a club needs a right to remove unacceptable members.
- Once BIM was targeted (undeclared to us running BIM), as the
succesor club to house an influx from a defunct club. The experience
was mixed: some hopefully integrated, but some seemed to remain a
clique. Some expressed dis-satisfaction with BIM, some wanted BIM
things changed to be done their way, (eg fixed rather than roving
Stammtisch). Some left sooner. Some left later after stirring
more dissent. Lesson: BIM benefits more from individual recruitment,
not from a cuckoo influx.
- How BIM Was Formed & Runs