On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Birgitte SB birgitte_sb@yahoo.com wrote:
Thank you. I am personally uncertain whether things are worth the trouble. That is why I am trying to get answers on why the board and people who believe chapters to be important think US chapter(s) to be worthwhile.
I think the main impetus for them right now is to gain a voice in the selection of chapter representatives on the board. However, hopefully this whole messy conversation will convince those who work out the details of the chapter representative selection to basically subvert the whole idea. As I said before, nothing seems to stop the chapters from deciding that the chapter representatives will be selected via the standard election process. In fact, there wouldn't even need to be a separate vote.
Maybe in the longer term the chapter selection process can be worked out, but chapters don't seem to be widespread enough to make it work at this time. It's not just the US. There are numerous places in the world that don't have chapters set up.