docs(association): finalise the founding documents and limit Board members to expense reimbursement (#123) - #124
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The updated governance/expense regulation wording excludes “Aufträge/engagements” without qualifying “paid/compensated,” which is inconsistent with earlier “paid engagements” phrasing and may unintentionally broaden the prohibition.
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Pull request overview
This PR updates TextRefs’ association statutes and related regulations to reflect the Zürich tax authority clarification that Board members serve without remuneration and may only be reimbursed for actual expenses, ensuring the German binding text and English convenience translations remain aligned.
Changes:
- Amend Statutes Art. 15 (DE + EN) to permit expense reimbursement only and exclude compensation for special/operational services.
- Align the expense and governance regulations (DE + EN) to remove/forbid compensation language and update recusal wording to apply to expenses.
- Update the “Arbeitsentwurf” dates in the three German documents to 1 September 2026.
File summaries
| File | Description |
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| src/content/docs/de/association/statutes.md | Updates Art. 15 in the legally binding German statutes to expense-only reimbursement. |
| src/content/docs/association/statutes.md | Updates the English statutes translation of Art. 15 to match the German change. |
| src/content/docs/de/association/expenses.md | Removes compensation allowances and scopes recusal/documentation language to expenses in the German expense regulation. |
| src/content/docs/association/expenses.md | Mirrors the expense-regulation updates in the English translation. |
| src/content/docs/de/association/governance.md | Updates German governance principles to exclude compensation and adjust recusal wording to expenses. |
| src/content/docs/association/governance.md | Mirrors the governance-regulation updates in the English translation. |
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| 4. Compensation for special or operational services is excluded. | ||
| 5. Affected persons recuse themselves from decisions on their own expenses. | ||
| 6. Engagements of Board members or of persons close to them are excluded. |
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…refs#123) The Cantonal Tax Office of Zürich objected that Art. 15 was broader than the governance model presented in the tax-exemption application. Amend Art. 15 so that Board members serve in an honorary capacity, claim only effective expenses and cash outlays, and receive no compensation for special or operational services. Art. 20 requires that regulations do not contradict the statutes. Therefore align the expense regulation and the governance regulation in both languages with the amended article. Closes textrefs#123 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JjkvMC8utk7nEWYNGe4azL
The founding documents are signed on 2 September 2026. Move the Arbeitsfassung date in the three German documents to that date. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JjkvMC8utk7nEWYNGe4azL
The founding documents are signed on 2 September 2026. Remove the Arbeitsentwurf aside from the four German documents, because the texts are no longer working versions under legal reservation. Set the adoption date and the place-and-date line in Art. 22 of the statutes, and name the president above the signature line. ZGB Art. 60 requires the statutes in written form, and the cantonal tax office asked for the signed statutes. Drop "in Gründung befindlich" and "in formation" from the association index and the mission, in both languages. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JjkvMC8utk7nEWYNGe4azL
Name the president and the recording officer above the signature lines of the statutes, in both languages. The cantonal tax office asked for the signed statutes and the signed founding minutes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JjkvMC8utk7nEWYNGe4azL
The Cantonal Tax Office of Zürich assured the association of tax exemption on 27 August 2026. State the assurance and its condition on both association index pages. Keep the note that donations become deductible only after the legally binding decision. An assurance is not a rechtskräftige Verfügung. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JjkvMC8utk7nEWYNGe4azL
The founding assembly meets on 2 September 2026, and the association submits the signed statutes and the founding minutes on the same day. State both in the simple past on the two index pages. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JjkvMC8utk7nEWYNGe4azL
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Important
The founding assembly met on 2 September 2026 and adopted these documents. The signed statutes and founding minutes have been submitted to the Cantonal Tax Office of Zürich.
Closes #123.
Summary
Finalises the association documents after incorporation and aligns Board compensation with the governance model presented to the Cantonal Tax Office.
README.mdnow carries the same current founding and tax-exemption status. The dated June announcement retains its historical wording.The German documents are legally binding. Each English counterpart remains explicitly marked as a non-binding translation.
Verification
Run under Node 24 on the final staging base containing #102 and #126:
npm run verify:fastpassesin formationwording is in the dated June announcement