[pseudalopex]

You are American? American non profit associations must have officers and a board of directors.

[nozzlegear]

I am, and I'm sure there are rules for non-profits in the US that are just as tedious! Like I said in a different comment, I didn't realize Codeberg had a whole German non-profit thing behind it.

[Valodim]

This tends to be necessary as soon as you move any non trivial amount of money around. You can't get a bank account without some bureaucratic overhead