[Members] Re: Investigation into Potential EU-Based XSF Presence

Hallo Guus, Thank you for re-starting this discussion. As we know from the last round of conversations, there are several options: 1. Keeping the U.S. entity and also forming a European "branch" or "subsidiary". 2. Moving the entire organization from the U.S. to Europe. 3. Deciding not to make any changes (U.S. entity only). If we are going to make changes, I would like to advocate for option 2. I have several reasons for saying so: - Maintaining two organizations could be two times as much work, and I doubt that we have enough volunteers for that. - Most (all?) of our activities and all of our current sponsors are in Europe or the U.K. The same is mostly true of XMPP-related software projects and developers. - I continue to be concerned about the "bus factor" here in the States (specifically, I see no likely replacement for myself in my role as the XSF's Treasurer). I realize that moving the Foundation from the U.S. to Europe would entail some expense, and that most likely we would need to ask for special donations to fund this project. I am willing to help with this project from the U.S. side and with my Treasurer hat on. Peter On 12/15/25 11:30 AM, Guus der Kinderen wrote: