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