[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Pennsylvania

[Dan Rosenthal]

On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:40 PM, Daniel Mayer wrote:

> The legal differences between states are minor enough for plenty of  
> national membership
> organizations to exist.

Which largely have independently registered and incorporated state  
chapters/organizations, that are independent of (but subservient to)  
the national organization. You have NOW (the organization) and then  
NOW of Illinois. The national Democratic Party. The Democratic Party  
of Florida. The Jewish Federation. The Jewish Federation of  
California. The American Bar Association. The Florida Bar  
Association. The South Carolina Bar Association (which I can assure  
you has extremely different laws than Florida does). The individual  
state organizations have their own bylaws to conform to their  
respective states rules and statutes.  These can vary widely.

-Dan