[Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)

[Florence Devouard]

Michael Snow wrote:
> Florence Devouard wrote:
>> For example, on meta, Wikimedia NYC is listed as chapters, not 
>> subchapters. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City. And 
>> the name does not clarify the difference either (it could have been 
>> mandatory that names used be of the type Wikimedia + Country + blabla).
>>   
> It is a chapter.

...

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_New_York_City

So... the resolution stating that "The Board of Trustees officially 
recognizes Wikimedia NYC as a Sub-National Chapter " should actually be 
read as "The Board of Trustees officially recognizes Wikimedia NYC as a 
  Chapter "

?

Jeeee....


  The division indicated by the "sub" in sub-national
> chapters is in the nation, not necessarily in the chapter. There is no 
> chapter for Wikimedia NYC to be a subchapter of. People are welcome to 
> use Wikimedia US-NYC (or NYC-US, it doesn't matter to me) where the 
> designation of sub-national chapter is important, though.
>> I know some guidelines circulated internally, but I do believe it should 
>> not only be internal. I went to the resolution authorizing its 
>> recognition as a sub-chapter 
>> (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_New_York_City) 
>> and I found reference to "Wikimedia Foundation: A Framework for 
>> Encouraging the Development of Sub-National Chapters", but no idea where 
>> to find this document.
> I believe I shared the FAQ on this list earlier, but I've taken a copy 
> and put it on Meta at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sub-national_chapters


okay, I added the link to the wmf:local chapter page, so that everyone 
navigating from the resolution page to the local chapter page, can find 
the meta page.

Ant

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