Ok.  So chapters do amazing things for the WMF, but locally - Gotcha.<br><br>But... what specifically is the chapter going to do that a bunch of us can&#39;t do already.  What I&#39;m trying to figure out is what the chapter will actually gain us?  What tangible benefits will be provided?  GSOC was given as one.  Toolserver is a &quot;meh&quot; in my book, granted I&#39;d love to have it, but it isn&#39;t exactly a killer app.<br>
<br>The long and the short of it is:  Setting up a chapter isn&#39;t 10 minutes work.  It is a fair amount of work to setup, manage, and maintain on a yearly basis.  So if we do this, we should do this because A) It will allow us to do things we currently can&#39;t do and/or B) It will make our lives so much vastly easier doing the things we currently do.<br>
<br>-Jon<br><br>PS.  Can the list get set so the default reply-to is the list itself?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 13:10, Geoffrey Plourde <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:geo.plrd@yahoo.com">geo.plrd@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<div>The Foundation is in charge of Wikimedia operations around the globe. They may be amazing supermen and women, but they don&#39;t have the ability or scope of mobilizing support in California. A chapter is able to work on stuff that is state specific, and recruit volunteers to work on cool projects that the Foundation doesn&#39;t have resources to pursue. </div>

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<div>Once operational, I see no reason why we wouldn&#39;t be able to work on stuff efficiently and possibly even faster than the Foundation can. Toolservers could be one of those projects, although we would definitely want to look at the cost of such a project. <br>
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