[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

[Andrew Whitworth]

>A couple of comments here. It seems to me that Philadelphia has more in  
>common with Trenton than it does with Pittsburgh. Newark, on the other 
>hand, or  Elizabeth, or wherever in northern NJ, has more in common with 
>NYC. Chicago and Gary would make more sense than Chicago and Aurora. Etc. 
>In a state driven  world, will DC, Potomac, and Alexandria be three 
>separate chapters (Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia respectively)? It 
>would only be cool because you  could get to three different chapters using 
>the same subway.
>
>It seems to me that the US should consider metropolitan hubs as the basis  
>of chapters. For an example of this, see how Craig's List operates.

Everybody has a different suggestion on the matter, and you are right that 
Philadelphia is more closely linked with Trenton and Wilmington then it is 
with Pittsburgh. Of course when you look at the country chapters such as 
Italy, I'm sure that Venice has relatively little in common with Palermo. I 
would say that the commonality of language and the diversity of culture has 
a positive impact on any organization, and that's something we should be 
encouraging our chapters to exploit, not to avoid.

We are going to be actively recruiting people from other places: new york, 
new jersey, maryland, delaware, ohio, etc. And if we can get large enough 
concentrations of people from one of these other states, we will have 
provided an organizational backdrop for these people to start their own 
chapter.

--Andrew Whitworth

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