People are raising there worries about Wikimania being hosted in Israel (me included), but one thing we should all bear in mind is that there WAS a bidding process - and that was the most suitable moment for everyone to raise their voices and concerns by challenging the bidding teams with whatever questions that we may have in mind.
> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:17:37 +0300 > From: osa...@gnu.org > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011 > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 03:59:38AM -0700, Mariano Cecowski wrote: > > I beg to disagree; getting into United states is anything but easy. > > Maybe it depends, but I assume it won't be much harder for a European, > Asian or African to get one than a Saudi. Why are we discussing this > anyway? > > > And is not that Israel won't give visas to potential attendees; in > > this case is the home nation of the interested ones that sets > > obstacles. > > That's not the issue I'm trying to address here. I'm saying it's > difficult. Maybe Israel wants Arabs to be there (this is out of topic, > but I'd assume that they surely don't like the fact that they're being > disrespected for their actions). But what's important here is, again, > that many, many people won't be able to come. > > > Additionally, the current political situation between given > > countries should not affect the realization of this apolitical, > > non-religious global conference that seeks worldwide collaboration. > > It's not about what Wikimania is what it is not. > > -- > Osama Khalid > English-to-Arabic translator and programmer. > http://osamak.wordpress.com | http://tinyogg.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
