What is the point of having chapters?
Chapters exist to further the goals of Wikimedia. They do so by engaging in a wide range of activities, which includes but is not limited to the following: • Promoting the Wikimedia projects so that new and different people join them or use them (academics, scientists, college students, schools, libraries etc.) • Investigating and negotiating partnerships on a moral or financial basis to support the Wikimedia projects. • Helping outside organisations use Wikimedia content, possibly for their own benefit (eg. help publishers of local history Wikireaders, of a Wikipedia DVD in a given language) • Organizing local and national events and initiatives (eg. participate in trade shows, set up Wikipedia parties, give lectures etc.) • Taking care of PR and lobbying in a given country, give the press an interlocutor in their own language and culture. • Enabling (where applicable) tax-deductible donations in the country they are based in. • Promoting Free Content and wiki culture in their respect
