[Foundation-l] A US Chapter Proposal

[Casey Brown]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  Up until now, there has been
>  >  no definitive progress towards a US-based chapter
>
>  Wrong, there has been plenty of progress, as much as is possible with
>  the current roadblocks in place. If it were possible to create a new
>  US-based subnational chapter, I estimate that there would be at least
>  one created already, and up to half a dozen seriously in the works.
>  It's not that nobody is organizing, it's that these groups are being
>  told "Sorry, but we can't accept applications from you yet because
>  nobody knows what's going on in the US". Remove the roadblocks, and
>  progress will become self-evident.
>

I can definitely attest to this. :-)  Just a look at
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters> shows two in
planning and a few ideas (I'm sure there are more pages on Meta-Wiki
about this too).

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Casey Brown
Cbrown1023

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