Hi joe, Thanks for you reply ^_^ I get it now.
Best, Reem On 5 October 2015 at 23:38, Joseph Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Iolanda means that, even though Ghana and Senegal are both in > Africa, the cost of travelling from one to the other is still very > high—probably too expensive for many people. > > Joe > > On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 at 21:08 Reem Al-Kashif <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Iolanda, >> >> This is Reem from Egypt. Thank you for your email. I'm silently following >> the threads of emails about this. But would you please explain to me what >> do you mean by the following: >> >> let’s be very clear: if the event is in Ghana, this does not mean that it >>> is possible for a person from Senegal to afford his/her trip. >> >> I'm not sure I understand why (maybe something is lost in translation as >> I'm a non-native speaker of EN) ^_^ >> >> Best, >> Reem >> >> On 5 October 2015 at 18:58, Iolanda Pensa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> dear all >>> the rotation we have set for Wikimania guarantees that at least once >>> every three years we do not pick the easiest, cheapest and safest location. >>> >>> The reality is that US-Canada and Europe are the easiest and cheapest >>> locations. Well, with Esino Lario we have done our best to assure some >>> complexities, but in general organizing wikimania in Asia, Latin America, >>> Africa and Australia is more challenging and more expensive for people who >>> have the money to pay their travel to travel there (let’s be very clear: if >>> the event is in Ghana, this does not mean that it is possible for a person >>> from Senegal to afford his/her trip. If the event is in Europe, US and >>> Canada it is much more likely that a person from there can afford his/her >>> trip. Australia is an exception in many ways but in general it is expensive >>> for the majority of the partcipants). >>> >>> I personally believe the real criteria to choose where to host Wikimania >>> should be a positive impact. If organizing Wikimania in a location can >>> bring resources (volunteers, brains, fundings, content...), boost projects, >>> involve communities it does make sense to organize it there even if it is >>> much more expensive than in other location. I personally believe our goal >>> should not be to put our flag in a new location but to make the best impact >>> where Wikimania takes place. And let’s get ready to invest more (money, >>> time, difficulties) if it makes sense. >>> >>> Wikimania needs to change its selection process. My experience (and the >>> experience of others) is that the current system is not a healthy system. >>> We are putting teams one against the other and hurting people we do not >>> want to hurt: we want everyone to win and to be involved in different >>> capacities in the Wikimedia projects and in Wikimania. >>> >>> Montreal has been chosen because it is a very good site, with a very >>> good team, a safe place, and for the first time in a francophone >>> location; by selecting as rapidly as possible the venue for 2017 we provide >>> the Montreal team enough time to prepare the event and we have time >>> ourselves to discuss and establish a new process. >>> >>> The committee has met twice in the past three months and we were getting >>> ready to announce the news. The delays are never positive and it is good >>> that the topic is now at the centre of discussions. please do contribute to >>> the process and the discussion about it also on meta to make sure its more >>> easily recorded and accessible >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_selection_process >>> iolanda / iopensa >>> member of the Wikimania Committee and volunteer for Wikimania Esino Lario >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Kind regards,Reem Al-Kashif* >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- *Kind regards,Reem Al-Kashif*
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