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We would not immediately put all cities into regional chapters, but would start with a few regions early on and grow from there. Regions will need to be defined, but we can sketch out likely areas for where we will want Regional Leads:Some regions will be established because we think it is important to grow the community in certain areas and other regions will be established because the community is particular strong and well organized in different areas. To identify where we would launch a new regional community, we have the following criteria:
- The region represents a distinct language or geography of over 50 million people
- There is at least one official Hyperledger meetup that is active in that region
- There is a clearly defined vision for what the community in that region wants to do to contribute to Hyperledger
- There are more than 50 people in the region communicating together about the Hyperledger community
- Short term: India, Japan, Africa, South America (and China – which already has a form of Regional Chapter in place)
- Mid term: Australia, Eastern Europe, Israel, Persian Gulf
- Long term: North America, Korea, SE Asia (Singapore, Thailand, etc), Western Europe
The timing of when we go live with a new region will be highly dependent on finding the right people (2-3 leaders for each region) to take on this role and having local communities that meet this requirements, so the list above is a starting point for thinking about where we will create regionsthere is no roadmap about when we will launch a particular new chapter.
How can Hyperledger staff support regional communities?
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