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syn₂cat a.s.b.l.

Association pour l'encouragement des innovations sociales et techniques.

Membership

The minimum membership fee for individuals is 72€/year. Please note that this is a minimum fee that should allow everyone to attend the hackerspace and that the actual amount of your contribution is to be self-determined according to your priorities and financial ability. The membership runs from January 1st to December 31st.

Your contribution can be split up into at most 12 payments. Becoming a member means that you agree to support the hackerspace with at least 72€ a year. If you join in mid-year, the membership fee runs until December 31st at 6€/month. The administrative council can decide to grant an exemption from paying membership dues to a member in financial difficulties.

In addition to paying for regular expenses, the money goes towards paying for members' projects, as decided by simple majority vote on our bootstrap meetings. Every member can suggest an expenditure to be voted on.

Other Associations

We encourage and welcome other assocations to use our facilities for holding meetings or working on projects.

The minimum usage fee for associations is 6€/meeting-day, regardless of the number of members. That is, each day a meeting is held in the hackerspace costs 6€. This entitles all members of the association to 24 hours of access to the hackerspace on that day and, if possible and desired, gives the association private usage of one of the rooms in the space for up to 5 hours. Associations are limited to four meetings per month to ensure continued availability of the space to regular members.

What is the space worth to you?

Every association and individual should determine the membership fee by it-, him- or herself. That is, decide the actual amount of contributions according to their own capacities and space "usage", as well as by how much they're able and willing to contribute to financing the hackerspace and the projects carried out therein.

Why support syn₂cat?

syn₂cat is a non-profit organization that lives off it's membership fees and our supporters' donations. Your financial (or material) support helps run the association, finance projects and organize workshops for youth.

You may also choose to become a donating member, which means that you pay a regular membership fee plus a supplementary amount of your choice. You'd do us an even bigger favor by setting up a recurring payment. Donating members will receive a little extra with their membership card.

Sounds cool, so how can I become a member?

In order to become a member, you have to read our social contract and agree to its terms. You can then become a member by filling out the form on page 3, having it countersigned by a full syn₂cat member and giving it to a member of the administrative council (for example during a bootstrap meeting) and paying your membership fee. After 3 months, you will be granted the status of a "full member", entitling you to benefit from all privileges that come with a full membership.

Our bank account details are as follows

Account-Holder: syn2cat a.s.b.l.
BIC/SWIFT: BCEELULL
IBAN: LU93 0019 3255 6612 9000

Please include "membership fee" and state if it is a "monthly, standing order" or a "onetime payment for X months" and your nickname as reason of payment.

Assocation

Legal Form

syn₂cat is a non-profit organisation by Luxembourgian law:
syn₂cat a.s.b.l. - Association pour l'encouragement des innovations sociales et techniques - RCS F7979
Address:

11, rue du cimetière
Pavillon "Am Hueflach"
L-8018 Strassen
Luxembourg

Statutes

The statutes as adopted on the General Assembly on February 28th, 2010: Statutes version 280210 (pdf)

Original statutes published on 25 June 2009 in the Memorial C N° 1227

Administrative Council

The administrative council of the current period (February 2010 - February 2011) consists of the following people:

• Georges Toth (Surrogate Treasurer) (contact Georges)
• Bartek Kostrzewa (Deputy Secretary) (contact Bartek)
• David Raison (Secretary General) (contact David)
• Marc Teusch (contact Marc)
• Michel Hoffmann (contact Mich)
• Georges Kesseler (contact Georges)
• Steve Clement (contact Steve)

Contact

The easiest way to contact the administrative council is to use our contact form.

General Assemblies

Next General Assembly

• February 28th 2011 - Regular General Assembly

Past Assemblies

• February 28th 2010 - Regular General Assembly (includes minutes)
• November 8th 2009 - Extraordinary General Assembly (includes minutes)
• Inaugural Meeting on February 3rd, 2009 at Exit07 / CarréRotondes from 7pm on. (Presentation [pdf])

Resources

• Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés: Information and Forms