[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

[Aude]

Seems we already have informal groups organized.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup - other groups

And the meetups draw people from up to ~3 hours away.

What would a formal Wikimedia Chapter NYC help the group do?

-Aude

On 7/10/07, SJ Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> Whether or not this is the right formal structure, it is a good idea
> to help get local wikipedia groups organized, on campuses and at
> coffeehouses; promote local languages; &c.
>
> SJ
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Dmcdevit wrote:
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> > 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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Aude