Michael Snow wrote:
Florence Devouard wrote:
For example, on meta, Wikimedia NYC is listed as
chapters, not
subchapters.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City. And
the name does not clarify the difference either (it could have been
mandatory that names used be of the type Wikimedia + Country + blabla).
It is a chapter.
...
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_New_Yo…
So... the resolution stating that "The Board of Trustees officially
recognizes Wikimedia NYC as a Sub-National Chapter " should actually be
read as "The Board of Trustees officially recognizes Wikimedia NYC as a
Chapter "
?
Jeeee....
The division indicated by the "sub" in sub-national
chapters is in the nation, not necessarily in the
chapter. There is no
chapter for Wikimedia NYC to be a subchapter of. People are welcome to
use Wikimedia US-NYC (or NYC-US, it doesn't matter to me) where the
designation of sub-national chapter is important, though.
I know some guidelines circulated internally, but
I do believe it should
not only be internal. I went to the resolution authorizing its
recognition as a sub-chapter
(
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_New_Yo…)
and I found reference to "Wikimedia Foundation: A Framework for
Encouraging the Development of Sub-National Chapters", but no idea where
to find this document.
I believe I shared the FAQ on this list earlier, but
I've taken a copy
and put it on Meta at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sub-national_chapters
okay, I added the link to the wmf:local chapter page, so that everyone
navigating from the resolution page to the local chapter page, can find
the meta page.
Ant
--Michael Snow
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