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 > --Michael Snow > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
