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(a)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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