The idea that all US chapters would have only a single voice in movement-wide discussions.  This hasn&#39;t been demanded except by tiny minority among other chapters -- and certainly not by anyone who will actually be involved in recognizing future US chapters.<div>
<br></div><div>As far as I&#39;m concerned, that element makes this proposal a total non-starter.<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Kirill<br><div><br></div><div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#666666">--</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Mr. Gregory Varnum <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:gregory.varnum@gmail.com" target="_blank">gregory.varnum@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Which political concessions are you referring to?<br><br><div><br></div>-Greg<div><br><div>____________</div>
<div>Sent from my iPhone. Apologies for any typos. A more detailed response may be sent later.</div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jul 14, 2012, at 11:49 PM, Kirill Lokshin &lt;<a href="mailto:kirill.lokshin@wikimediadc.org" target="_blank">kirill.lokshin@wikimediadc.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>It&#39;s entirely unclear to me why we&#39;re proposing to make such dramatic political concessions, particularly given the lack of any meaningful external pressure to do so.<div><br>
</div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Kirill</div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Kevin Rutherford <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:Ktr101@hotmail.com" target="_blank">Ktr101@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


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hope that you have all been doing well and those who attended Wikimania have not 
been partying too hard after the awesome experiences of the last few days. I 
wanted to let you all know, that per a WALRUS meet-up discussion tonight, myself 
and two other users have drafted up a plan on the evolution and governance of 
future Wikimedia chapters: <a title="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_for_the_evolution_of_Wikimedia_chapters_in_the_United_States" href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_for_the_evolution_of_Wikimedia_chapters_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_for_the_evolution_of_Wikimedia_chapters_in_the_United_States</a> </div>

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look forward to your opinion on it, and I hope that those who are in the D.C. 
region have safe trips back, over the next few days.</div></div>
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<div><br>Sincerely,</div>
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<div>Kevin Rutherford</div>
<div>Ktr101</div></div></div></div></div>
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