Thank you Remy!
Small suggestions (feel free to ignore if you think they make no sense):
"Big news - we are in the last phase of founding a Verein to help create a stable vision and culture for our growing Kiez Burn community."
and
"This is our first official General Assembly where we will add the first members to the Verein and elect a board for 2018"
and
"The newly appointed Board will be tasked to set rules for the Verein, and will be the vision guides for the Kiez Burn community for the following year."
- Would "direction" work better than "rules"?

AGENDA
2. This is about the new idea of doocracy? Shoudl we say "new thinking"? To express that this is something that is going to be different?

Should we add kick-off/discussion about the 2019 event to the end? Or is it included to "2"?

HM xxx

Inspired by the Borderland board announcement, I added some words to the facebook announcement :)

@eyalibnpitzkyofzer might we potentially be able to send out a newsletter to the Kiez Burn community as well? Announcing the general assembly?

It looks good.
- I would send the Satzung out, someone with a keen eye or a certain experience might spot something useful/dangerous that we've missed.
- Informing the community that we will be needing membership fees is a good idea, nobody like surprise costs, but everyone is happy to contribute with preparation.

Very exciting guys!

I'm wondering if it makes sense to invite everyone into the Verein. Every member adds bureaucratic overhead and - beyond some point - doesn't add much value. Take Berlin Burners eV for example: They have to call in a Mitgliedervesammlung to make certain decisions and those usually have some required attendance to be able to make a decision. A big Verein could be very hard to move.

I can send out the newsletter - but after decompraiser.

Newsletter invitation suggested wording:

Hello Kiez Peeps!

Thank you to those who came out and supported the KB community during Kiez Miez! A huge shout out those who were very involved in organizing such a beautiful event - and for our wonderful hosts at Brigit & Bier.

As many of you know, we are working to build the foundation of a new Verein - Kiez Burn e.V. Please join us Sunday, 25 November 2018 at 14:00h (Location Noize Fabrik: Elsenstr. 52, 12059 Berlin, Germany) to help us elect a new board, and participate in the discussion of where Kiez Burn is going starting next year.

The Agenda will include:
Introduction to the new Verein (why, how, etc)
Current thinking and direction (overview of structures, philosophy/culture, etc)
Proposal for election of the board
Everyone who wants to be on the board speaks
Election

The board will be the "vision guides" for the Kiez Burn community, focusing on important structural problems or opportunities. Three main areas in which the board YOU elect will focus on a sustainable culture, structures that help us grow, and tools for effective organization. The board does not coordinate the Kiez Burn event as such, but is focused on enabling self-organization.

Join us on the 25th and join the discussion on Loomio here: https://www.loomio.org/g/T45gZU9u/kiez-burn-a-new-verein-kiez-burn-e-v-

We look forward to seeing you there!

Hey folks -wanted to chat about the Agenda fro the assembly. I feel like I have lots of questions that are specific (e.g., Do we "elect" a president, or do we just elect a board and the board decides who among them is president?). I don't want to overburden the meeting with very small details like this without 1) thinking of some of these small questions that might come up; 2) forming some sort of opinion to move things forward. Would you guys think that perhaps starting a google doc (and linking it here) for all these "small things" is appropriate, or should I stick with the loomio thread?

Also the number of people in the board could be decided here in beforehand. I don't see any value in discussing about that in the meeting.

we founded a verein some30 years ago and have been working on a satzung that we wanted 2 presidents, best 1 female and 1 man). I would like the same

Hey Natacha, thanks for the support. Any advice you have could prove useful for sure, but we're actually considering not going down the path of gemeinutzung. Gaming to balance the books perfectly each year leaves very little breathing room for the growth and expansion of our community. I need to review how much of a difference having tax free donations would be, but from the perspective of most other costs, incomes and expenses, we don't save too much, especially in the short term. But any experience you have on the matter could prove invaluable ;)