[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

[Daniel Mayer]

--- Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> 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".

Any US-wide chapter would be divided into regions and have local clubs for metro areas. I really
don't see the point in duplicating overhead when a single legal structure could benefit an entire
nation. 

-- mav 


 
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