I guess you should have your passport with you at all times? Isn't that required?
Alhen @alhen_ alhen at wikipedia, wikihow, wikispaces, and most places. Promotor de Wikimedia Bolivia 00-591-79592235 2012/7/10 Deror <[email protected]> > The conference tours suffered from lack of organization from the > beginning. The tours were poorly organized, badly publicized, not properly > described etc. > > I have signed up to the NARA conservation lab tour. The description of > which included two meeting points - a block apart from each other (one on > Pensilvania ave and one on constitution avenue) both of which were wrong - > the group met elsewhere resulting in a delay trying to find the > participants. > > The tour description listed that a photo ID is required and an official > one - government one. I thought a driving license (sufficient for driving > in the US) with a photo ID suffices but no. After having passed security > checks (checking bags and detectors as in airport) And having to wait a bit > longer, I was informed that only a passport is acceptable, and denied > entrance to the tour, thus waiting a full hour and a half (traveling and > waiting) due to the fact that the tour organizer is clueless. > > I am not blaming the security staff there- they have their regulations, > and need to follow them. But how hard would it be for the organizers to do > simple basic homework and ask what is required for a foreign tourist to > enter. > > And I was not the only wikipedian disallowed from entering, Osama was also > kept out. > > My recommendation to you all - if this tour is any indication - do not > bother to go on any other tours. > > Deror > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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