[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

[GerardM]

Hoi,
When the differences in the law are such that it makes a practical
difference what you can do, it makes sense to have a chapter along state
lines. When things can be organised in a country based organisation, there
is no need for chapters based on states.

The argument that the USA is a big place is correct, the USA is a big place
however the cultural differences between the north and south of the USA and
the north and south of Italy are not as profound. A chapter is a legal
enabler, in the end it is the members of the chapter that make things work,
they can organise local chapters but they do not have to be an
incorporation.

Thanks,
    GerardM

On 7/11/07, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Jul 11, 2007, at 4:10 PM, GerardM wrote:
>
> > When you create many "chapters" not based on legal necessity, the
> > administrative overhead is such that it would be mind boggling.
>
>
> > I do not think it makes sense to allow such local chapters the same
> > status
> > as national chapters.
>
> One problem with that line of reasoning is that many of our US states
> are comparative in size to european countries (of all sizes, from the
> biggest to the smallest). They should be equally represented the same
> way.
>
> Another is that there are differing laws between states, so I'm not
> sure where you get that statement from, nor do I get where the
> administrative overhead comes from.
>
> -dan
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