Thanks, Andrew!
I think having both a national group and provincial groups makes sense. The current bylaws allow regional wings within WMC to deal with local issues, and those wings have representation on the board. Alternatively, if a region thinks that it would be better to incorporate on their own, I hope WMC can work in harmony with them. However, I think it would be useful to have a country-wide chapter to organize large-scale initiatives and to make sure that every Canadian has a chance to join and that every Canadian wanting to donate to WMF can get a tax receipt.
-Jeffery Nichols, "Arctic Gnome"
On 4-Feb-09, at 10:38 PM, Andrew Whitworth wrote:
I'm not in Canada, so I can't really participate in this, but I do sincerely hope that this request is heard and other volunteers work to get this chapter started. As always, I'll be on hand as a representative of the chapcom to answer any questions and provide any help that's needed.
I will mention, and this is strictly speculative right now, that there are opportunities for support in terms of personnel and possibly funding for chapters (or pre-chapter groups) that are active and mature. Don't take this as a promise, because it might not be. However, if you guys get some momentum and find that money is holding you back, there might be some help available.
Also, I know that the idea of sub-national chapters was not embraced last time, however the first sub-national chapter has recently been approved (WM New York), so that's a possibility too. If the organizers in Canada find that distance and other factors are too big a barrier to the creation of a Canada-national chapter, creating sub-national chapters might be a "Plan B".
I do hope this call to action is answered. Please let me know if you need any help.
--Andrew Whitworth
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Jeffery Nichols <arctic.gnome@gmail.com
wrote: In case anyone out there is still getting these messages, I would like to try again to get this chapter founded. Every time a group gets together to found it we make some progress in planning , but the effort eventually falls apart. There are at least 140 people who have expressed interest in joining the chapter, so we do have a big enough base of people to form the chapter. However, what we need is three people willing to contribute a significant amount of their spare time, a bit of money, and become the founding board of the organization. If you are willing to seriously commit to the formation of the chapter please contact me at arctic.gnome@gmail.com and we'll set up a meeting. I believe that we have the support to get this thing off the ground! -Jeffery Nichols, "Arctic Gnome"
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