[Foundation-l] Wikimedia UK v2.0

Fri Aug 29 20:32:43 UTC 2008

>> If activities were all funded by the participants, we would be very
>> limited in what we could do. There would be little need for a chapter,
>> it would serve as nothing more than a source of fancy titles.
>
> Fancy titles will get you the ability to talk to people we would not
> otherwise be able to talk to.

Hence why I said "little need", not "no need". They can come in handy,
but are a pretty minor part of what having a chapter is all about.