Hoi,
When the differences in the law are such that it makes a practical
difference what you can do, it makes sense to have a chapter along state
lines. When things can be organised in a country based organisation, there
is no need for chapters based on states.
The argument that the USA is a big place is correct, the USA is a big place
however the cultural differences between the north and south of the USA and
the north and south of Italy are not as profound. A chapter is a legal
enabler, in the end it is the members of the chapter that make things work,
they can organise local chapters but they do not have to be an
incorporation.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 7/11/07, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Jul 11, 2007, at 4:10 PM, GerardM wrote:
When you create many "chapters" not
based on legal necessity, the
administrative overhead is such that it would be mind boggling.
I do not think it makes sense to allow such local
chapters the same
status
as national chapters.
One problem with that line of reasoning is that many of our US states
are comparative in size to european countries (of all sizes, from the
biggest to the smallest). They should be equally represented the same
way.
Another is that there are differing laws between states, so I'm not
sure where you get that statement from, nor do I get where the
administrative overhead comes from.
-dan
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