From: "dr. Eduard Werner (Edward Wornar)" SERBSKI-INSTITUT DE> Date: 4 sep 2000 Subject: Re: Shogi Deutschland e.V. Dnja Mon, 04 Sep 2000 sæe pisali: > On 00/09/04 at 18:55 +0200, Rikard Nordgren etek chalmers se> wrote: > > >Just a little linguistic question. What does e. V. mean? > > > "e.V." in "Shogi Deutschland e.V." stands for "eingetragene Verein." Actually, it's "eingetragene*r* Verein". > It means registered society, association, club or something of that > ilk. The main point to register is that such an association can apply for funds; it is not allowed to strive for profit, but it can accept donations that reduce the tax to be paid by the donator. So you're more likely to get something :-) Best Edi -- zzz. |\ _,,,---,,_ /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' '---''(_/--' `-'\_)