On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
I wanted to say that a level of independence is often less important than some other issues. If the goal is to build a functional organization, then we should think about aspects which are particularly important in some cases. In the case of US (and other big countries) there is much more important problem than a level of regional autonomy: the distance. Because of that, I may imagine that WM New England would be a functional organization, while I am not sure that WM California would be.
California seems like a good example of where a separate organization would make sense, because its laws tend to be quite different from the rest of the states.
In the end, I think the most important question to answer first is the one posed by Danny. Why is there a need for incorporation in the first place?
As for Free State Bavaria, I don't know the details, but if they are just as independent as the US states (separate laws and courts, separate taxes, separate incorporation statutes, the need to file as a foreign corporation anyway), then I don't know of any reason not to have a chapter there as well.