[Foundation-l] Serbia and Montenegro

[Jimmy Wales]

Robin Shannon wrote:
> Well since our projects are language and not country based it surely
> makes some sense to base our bureaucracy on a language basis no?

Not necessarily.  Local chapters serve local needs, and therefore need
to be in tune with local matters, local laws, etc.

In some cases, I think we will have some chapters which cover more than
one nation.  I think that Serbia/Croatia should go this route, but
acknowledge that there are significant counter-arguments, but in any
event all of the people commenting, including me, I think we all agree
that it should be left up to those local communities to figure out what
makes the most sense for them.

In other cases, we will have chapters which cover only parts of some
nations.  For example, a 'U.S. local chapter' makes no sense because the
US is much much too big and diverse for that to be sensible.  I can
easily imagine an "eastern seaboard" chapter, a "california" chapter,
etc.  How to draw those lines, and why, well.... too early to speculate
since no one has really tried to form one yet. :)





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