No it won't. Please note that GolDeliCo and Neo900 project is not sponsored by, or in any other way linked to HiFo. Neo900 the hardware also is not a community project, though the Neo900-crew acts almost as if it were. In the end there will be little that maemo community can do via HiFo or council as proxy, to help cooperation and development of Neo900 project. At least I don't see anything right now. Maybe that changes for whatever reason, e.g. HiFo finding funds that allow them to buy GolDeliCo, or any cooperation contracts regarding brandnames or whatever. For now though... not a good argument why we need an e.V in Germany.

Besides HiFo (or any such e.V., at least aiui) is meant to be the treasurer of maemo community. A treasurer has no power, it's you (the community) who has all the power - and it's council and HiFo to execute what community wants. In this regard HiFo has less power of any kind than any of you and even than council, and I'd hope that stays unchanged and the same for any e.V.

my 2 Euro-cent ;-)
jOERG