New York City is a city, and France or Germany are
nations. In the
geopolitical sense, the two are very different. However, in terms of
chapters the geopolitical boundaries are meaningless. Chapters are
defined and measured by their levels of participation. We don't say
that a nation must always be "better" then a city, we say that one
wikimedian is equal to one wikimedian. A Wikimedian in WMNYC who pays
dues and participates is equal to a Wikimedian in Wikimedia France who
pays dues and participates. To say that one group of our volunteers
should be discounted because they represent a smaller area is not a
good thing.
So would you suggest that votes at chapter meetings, etc., be weighted
by membership? That gets rather complicated when you consider that
different chapters function in different ways (different membership
fees, different responsibilities of members, different classes of
membership, etc). If you have one vote per chapter then it becomes
completely arbitrary.