On 03/16/2013 10:27 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > The bid itself doesn't specify anything about the above, it just gives a > link to DC10, which leaves me feeling that the bid team has > underestimated the seriousness of these issues. > https://www.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf10/VisaAndBorderIssues
The DebConf10 wiki page covered it thoroughly (including commentary from different perspectives), so linking to that page seemed more sensible than repeating all the info in the DebConf14 proposal. I ran a 3000 attendee free software conference in the US from 2005-2010, and have helped organize other smaller US-based free software conferences for over a decade, and visas have never been a statistically significant factor. There are a few odd cases, it's true, but they're rare. It helps to have a letter of invitation from the conference, and I'm happy to put in the extra hours to draft those for anyone who wants them. Allison _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
