Florence Devouard wrote:
For example, on meta, Wikimedia NYC is listed as chapters, not subchapters. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City. And the name does not clarify the difference either (it could have been mandatory that names used be of the type Wikimedia + Country + blabla).
It is a chapter. The division indicated by the "sub" in sub-national chapters is in the nation, not necessarily in the chapter. There is no chapter for Wikimedia NYC to be a subchapter of. People are welcome to use Wikimedia US-NYC (or NYC-US, it doesn't matter to me) where the designation of sub-national chapter is important, though.
I know some guidelines circulated internally, but I do believe it should not only be internal. I went to the resolution authorizing its recognition as a sub-chapter (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_New_Yor...) and I found reference to "Wikimedia Foundation: A Framework for Encouraging the Development of Sub-National Chapters", but no idea where to find this document.
I believe I shared the FAQ on this list earlier, but I've taken a copy and put it on Meta at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sub-national_chapters
--Michael Snow