[EuroPython] EuroPython Society General Assembly 2016: How do we define Europe now?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 09.08.2016 16:18, Armin Stroß-Radschinski wrote:
>> We also voted to broaden the scope of the EPS to support
>> Python and its community in Europe in general and no longer
>> limit ourselves to running conferences, initiate the move
>> of the EPS to a different EU country and amend the bylaws
>> to remove the GA agenda point to vote on the board size.
> 
> Can the EPS think to raise a statement how „Europe“ is defined for our continent and islands community in a clear way and seperated from the definitions of „European Union“ driving the press currently. Maybe someone finds it obsolete (and already in the bylaws, but for me it could be a statement for diversity in our community keeping things together that others may split in other sectors.
> 
> So we need also reword the usage of EU here (in my opinion).

Good point.

We understand "Europe" in geographical terms:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

but for the EPS as organization are bound to countries within
the "EU":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union

The latter is mostly driven by tax and legal considerations.
Doing business across country boundaries is difficult, but if
we stay within the EU it's at least manageable, e.g. we can
make use of reverse charging VAT where possible or get back
VAT paid in other other countries with reasonable effort.

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
EuroPython Society Chair
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