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

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 :
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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