[Wikipedia-l] foundation of a German registered association

[Daniel Mayer]

Ivo Köthnig wrote:
>...
>If we talk about making stickers or button to dispense them (may for 
>free to promote wikipedia), you would not start to ask people to donate 
>that 100 € you need for this. You would look in the cash box and decide 
>wether you have left only 50 € to make 100 Buttons or if you have the 
>100 € to make 200 Buttons. And the best case would always be to have 
>enough money to fullfill those small ideas.

Many large organizations have local chapters that collect chapter dues and/or 
have fundraisers (like bake sales, selling shirts, hosting events, etc.). I 
see nothing wrong with that so long as it is not confused with or otherwise 
limits money generated for the Wikimedia Foundation. 

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)