Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote: > Jimmy Wales wrote: >> Austin Hair wrote: >> >>> Every chapter has unique >>> considerations specific to its social and political circumstances—be >>> it Taiwan, Serbia, Hong Kong, or New York City—but, as far as we're >>> concerned, there's no such thing as a second-class chapter. >>> >> >> Speaking only for myself as one board member among many, I agree with >> Austin completely. There can be "subnational chapters" - meaning that >> the chapter is concentrated on a region smaller than a nation-state, but >> they are not 'sub-chapters'. >> >> The New York City metropolitan area: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area >> >> has 18.8 million people. >> >> This is slightly larger than the Netherlands: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands >> >> at 16.4 million. >> >> The world is not necessarily carved up geopolitically in a manner that >> would make it at all make sense to declare one nation/one chapter. >> >> Wow!, just wow. Would you be okay with one country that was very tiny having two chapters?
>> It's a subtle matter with many factors that have to be thoughtfully >> balanced. >> >> --Jimbo >> This has to be correct, but I really wonder... can they be. Yours, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
