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A not-for-profit organization for people making software around the world, based in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

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Software Makers Yearly Membership

In addition, to paying the membership, please also read our founding document https://gitlab.com/software-makers/site/-/blob/main/docs/Software_Mak... Read more

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Antonios Chariton

128 EUR since Sep 2024

2
Foivos Zakkak

22 EUR since Sep 2024

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OURANIA SMYRNAKI

22 EUR since Sep 2024

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Yorgos Saslis

20 EUR since Apr 2024

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Manos Alefragkis

20 EUR since Apr 2024

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Aggelos Bellos

20 EUR since Apr 2024

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Xenia Papadia

20 EUR since Apr 2024

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vlachaquito

20 EUR since Apr 2024

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Gerasimos Farmakidis

20 EUR since Jul 2024

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Michalis Zampetakis

20 EUR since Jul 2024

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Thanassis Zografos

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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Vasilis Manolas

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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Vagelis Antoniadis

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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Iraklis Psaroudakis

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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Παύλος Λυκάκης

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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Dimitrios Kalouris

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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Voula Troulaki

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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Nikos Kleidis

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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Tile Tzan

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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mirella papaiosif

20 EUR since Aug 2024

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Yorgos Saslis

Admin

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Manos Alefragkis

Admin

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Aggelos Bellos

Admin

€20 EUR

Xenia Papadia

Admin

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vlachaquito

Admin

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Foivos Zakkak

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OURANIA SMYRNAKI

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Today’s balance

€740.67 EUR

Total income

€755.38 EUR

Total disbursed

€14.71 EUR

Estimated annual budget

€732.00 EUR

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News from Software Makers

Updates on our activities and progress.

A Special Thank You 🙏 to These Supporters 👇

Hello everyone, One of my biggest learnings this year is **just how much work** it is to set up and maintain a Non-Profit Organization. People had told me this was the case, but, as Terry Pratchett also points out in the beginning...
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Published on October 3, 2024 by Yorgos Saslis

Software Makers is hosting SoCraTes Crete on OpenCollective (a.k.a. July - August update)

Hello fellow Software Makers! o/ There was quite a lot of activity this last couple of months, so I'll list the main highlights below. If you're interested, please read on - and do feel free to leave comments, etc. If you're looking for the...
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Published on September 3, 2024 by Yorgos Saslis

May-June update

tl;dr · Creating a new non-profit organization is quite a bit of work, it seems ... 😅 Here are the main milestones during the past couple of months: We held our first ever elections! You can find the detailed records...
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Published on July 4, 2024 by Yorgos Saslis

About


Software Makers is a fully registered not-for-profit organization for people making software around the world, based in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. 

What


- In legal terms: “Σύλλογος / Σωματείο”. A non-profit legal entity based in Greece.
- A strictly non-profit organization. 
- Run by VOLUNTEERS.
- Based in Crete, members can be anywhere!


Why


- Originally conceived as the official legal entity to run SoCraTes-Crete.org 
- Non-profit event -> non-profit entity to host it
- **Money:** we don’t want individual people to manage funds in our own bank 
  accounts
- **Risk:** we don’t want individual people to take on the risk of running this 
  event  
- **Intellectual Property** 
  - all intellectual property should belong to / be controlled by the 
    community: domains, discord, data, etc.  

How 


- “Members” elect “executive committee” every 2 years
- “Executive committee” manages day-to-day operations
- “Executive committee” appoints “Org Teams” to manage individual events
  - e.g. SoCraTes-Crete.org OrgTeam !== Software Makers Executive Committee

For more details, please check the Founding Document.

What’s in it for me ?


As a member, you : 
- pay a 20 eur yearly fee 💸
  - become an official member! 
- agree to respect the Code of Conduct,
- get a say and get a vote! i.e. you’re in control! 
- are now part of a group of other software makers! 
  - amplified voice,
  - collaborative action, 
  - (and more benefits to come, over time)

Open Governance


All Executive Committee (EC) meetings are open for anyone to attend and records will be published on gitlab: https://gitlab.com/software-makers/site


Legal Entity Details


VAT # : EL996558487
Registered address: Office12, Michail Iliadi 12, 71409, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email address: [email protected]


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