On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Yves Dorfsman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm assuming that all those activities will be opt-in, in which case, >> what drawback could there be to be for all-LOPSA(1)? What advantage is >> gained from creating this "virtual" entity? > > > Most people find it easier to fit into a smaller, more "local" (fsvo) > structure than a larger national one; the larger one feels more > remote/distant on a conceptual level. > Also, just to be clear: the arguments about calling it a chapter are because "chapter" is a term with a specific meaning; and to the extent that it is defined in LOPSA's by-laws and that those by-laws have an impact on LOPSA as a legal entity, "off label" uses potentially have legal ramifications. Just as you can't throw around the term "engineer" randomly in Canada because it has specific legal meaning there (or did last I heard), you need to be careful about throwing the term "chapter" around. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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