Hoi,
What I said was that the NY chapter prevents an USA chapter. It would be
obvious to have one such. With one in place, you can organise to your hearts
content wherever you like.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/1/20 Dan Rosenthal <swatjester(a)gmail.com>
Not at all. There's no reason that the national
and subnational chapters
have to perform the same functions. It's entirely possible that the
national
chapter can serve as an organizational and facilitating umbrella for
subnational chapters.
As to your arguments that having a NY chapter obviates the need for other
subnational US chapters, I disagree. There are plenty of reasons why a
person outside of NY would want to become a member of a US subnational
chapter other than NY; location not the least of them.
-Dan
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:26 AM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Hoi,
So in essence by having a New York chapter, it became impossible to have
an
USA chapter? Or do we need to propose an
Amsterdam sub chapter that will
get
all the trimmings like New York? The argument that the USA is so big is
not
that strong either, we could have a Moscow sub
chapter or one for Bombay.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/1/20 Ting Chen <wing.philopp(a)gmx.de>
> Gerard Meijssen schrieb:
> > Hoi,
> > When the New York people get their chapter, they are part of the USA
> legal
> > system. It makes sense imho opinion to have a NY chapter if this is
> > necessary to organise things that require a legal setting. Things
like
>
charitable donations. If these aspects are not relevant, there is no
real
need to
have a chapter. It is then more of a society.
When a "chapter" like New York is allowed then there is in essence
nothing
> to have another "sub chapter "in another country.. In the end when it
is
all
> about community and community activity, an Amsterdam chapter is as
valid
> as
> > a Dutch chapter right ?
> > Thanks,
> > GerardM
> >
> >
> Not quite. One criteria is that the chapters should have well defined
> geographical areas and they should not overlap. So an Amsterdam chapter
> beside a Dutch chapter is not possible. On the other hand. A volunteers
> organization must not be a WMF recognized chapter. The WMF is
appreciate
of every
voluntiers initiative and would like to help if we can and if
it is meaningful.
Ting
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