[Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I doubt that the NYC has the ability to negotiate commercial deals for the
whole of the USA. Also given that the organisation of the Foundation has
already made sure that a US citizen can give tax free to the WMF, there is
no need for the NYC to arrange this, I am sure there are more things that
are similar.
Thanks,
      GerardM

2009/1/20 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>

> > Ting ruled out the existence of an USA chapter because of the existence
> of
> > the New York chapter. It is equally clear that the WMF organisation does
> not
> > want to fulfill the role of an USA chapter. When Dan asks me and Anthere
> not
> > to use the "sub-chapter" word, he is right in that the board names them a
> > chapter, but the issue of the New York chapter having fewer abilities and
> > responsibilities is conveniently swept under the carpet in this way.
> >
> > The prefix sub indicates that it is less then the norm. For me it is
> obvious
> > that some great five or more people will make the NYC a success. What I
> want
> > to learn is in what way the national concerns that I expect a functional
> > chapter to take care off will be handled for the USA. This is the crucial
> > bit of thinking, information that is missing. And as long as this is not
> > clear, the NYC is a sub-par to me.
>
> What abilities and responsibilities does WMNYC not have that other
> chapters do? And "sub" usually means "a small version that is
> contained with a full one", without a WMUS, there is no chapter for
> WMNYC to be a sub-chapter of. If you want a term to just mean "less
> than a full chapter" try mini-chapter, although the (apparently
> ill-defined) area covered by WMNYC does seem to be as large in terms
> as population and economy as many of our "full" chapters.
>
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