[Npoc-discuss] Creating an NGO for NPOC in Estonia - with a bank account

[Olivier Kouami]

+1 @Raoul,
This an option for the NPOC and I too think that it's good to go for such a
solution,

What are think about, please
Regards
Olévié

Le dim. 25 avr. 2021 à 16:40, Raoul Plommer via Npoc-discuss <
npoc-discuss at icann.org> a écrit :

> Dear members of NPOC,
>
> For 2+ years we have been talking about setting up an NGO to have a legal
> entity that is able to collect donations and other payments for projects
> that NPOC is doing.
>
> Some obvious benefits as an NGO include:
>
> 1) $10 000 Google ads money MONTHLY
> 2) To be able to accept donations and project funding from organisations
> like the PIR
> 3) Having a registered NGO in Estonia means we can open a bank account
> there and with the help of the Estonian digital citizenship (100€ per
> person), we can manage our account from overseas AND change signatories for
> it, without ever visiting Estonia after the organisation is registered.
>
> What we need to do:
>
> 1) Finish the draft of the charter of the NGO.
> 2) Pay one Estonian guy 200€ for
> - Translation
> - processing our registration
> - becoming board member for the first term
> - putting his address as the address of the NGO
> 3) Paying for the registration of the NGO to the Estonian government
> (<€100)
> 4) Open a bank account and have two of three board members (two from NPOC
> EC) get the Estonian digital citizenship
> 5) Pay €100 for each signatory
> 6) Pay €100 for me to go to Estonia and sort out the final steps in a day
> or two.
>
> So that's approximately 200 (Estonian guy) + 200 (two signatories) + 100
> (registration fee) + 100 (My trip to Estonia) = €600 altogether
>
> I am sure there will be questions for a big decision like this, so please,
> let it rain! I'll try to answer them all, best to my knowledge. :)
>
> -Raoul
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