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I suggest a national chapter with state chapters and then local regional
chapters inside the state chapters. This is the way most national U S
organizations are organized.

Sydney


On 7/10/07, Dmcdevit <dmcdevit at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Jimmy Wales wrote:
> > On Jul 10, 2007, at 8:35 AM, Dmcdevit wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Brion Vibber wrote:
> >>
> >>> What's the argument in favor of state-level blocks?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Indeed, out of curiosity, what is the reason for a sub-country chapter
> >> at all, in contrast to most others? This might be obvious, but it
> >> doesn't seem anyone has said it yet.
> >>
> >
> > One reason is that the United States is a really really really big
> > country.  France is the largest country in the EU.  It's a little
> > smaller than Texas, so if France were an American state (an amusing
> > and unlikely thought) it would be the 3rd largest.
> >
> > Having a "local chapter" including both New York City, Chicago, and
> > Los Angeles doesn't feel very "local".
> >
> > --Jimbo
> That makes sense, but I think it would make more sense to have a
> national chapter with (an emphasis on) local subchapters, instead of
> simply scattered metro chapters in the US. The US may be big, but when I
> fly the length of the country from top to bottom, as I do often
> (Portland to Phoenix), the only major thing that changes is the
> temperature. It seems like we're saying the US has the reasons (internal
> commonality, etc.) for having a chapter, but is too big and/or legally
> disparate for a single chapter. Why not both? From an administrative
> perspective, it seems more sensible to organize people on a broader
> scale first, and then determine the viable subsets, rather than starting
> small before we know it works. Presumably, a national chapter could
> still provide useful services for the people in, say, Arizona, who have
> never even had a meetup and are unlikely to have a chapter in the near
> future. Most especially, if we are now contemplating many chapters in
> the US (there are 50 states, and I assume even more metro areas), a
> national chapter would be a good way to help get those organized, and
> lend support from other existing (sub)chapters.
>
> Dominic
>
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