Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
Austin Hair wrote:
Every chapter has unique considerations specific to its social and political circumstances—be it Taiwan, Serbia, Hong Kong, or New York City—but, as far as we're concerned, there's no such thing as a second-class chapter.
Speaking only for myself as one board member among many, I agree with Austin completely. There can be "subnational chapters" - meaning that the chapter is concentrated on a region smaller than a nation-state, but they are not 'sub-chapters'.
The New York City metropolitan area: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area
has 18.8 million people.
This is slightly larger than the Netherlands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
at 16.4 million.
The world is not necessarily carved up geopolitically in a manner that would make it at all make sense to declare one nation/one chapter.
Wow!, just wow. Would you be okay with one country that was very tiny having two chapters?
It's a subtle matter with many factors that have to be thoughtfully balanced.
--Jimbo
This has to be correct, but I really wonder... can they be.
Yours,
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen