These issues are a symptom of the closed processes
that have occurred
firstly with Montreal and next year with middle eastern attendees to Cape
Town . Acknowledging that the change was because of the amount effort put
in by unsuccessful bidders was said to be wasted its showing that some
things need to be opened for community discussion before decisions are
made.
That it may be better for the WMF to require applicants to first obtain a
visa before being confirmed for the scholarships in the future.
Perth/Australia is another place that visas for attendees wouldnt have been
a big issue.
On 22 June 2017 at 17:43, cs <cs(a)edubkk.org> wrote:
That’s one of the reasons why I proposed
Bangkok, Thailand, for 2019 -
apart from its extremely tolerant social cultures and very low cost,
while being a very modern hi-tech city easily accessible by direct
flights from most parts of the world. Almost everyone can enter the
country for at least 15 days without even a visa. Thailand only makes
it difficult for people wanting to stay longer (years) in the country on
the pretext of being tourists.
It’s a shame for the visa refusals, but perhaps this will open up the
possibility to some refused scholarship applications.
Kudpung.
On 22Jun, 2017, at 16:23, Bodhisattwa Mandal <bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi,
The main topic of discussion among the scholarship recipients from global
south this month is the high visa rejection rate by Canadian embassies from
these countries.
This year, we had 7 scholarship recipients from Bengali community, 4 from
India and 3 from Bangladesh. Already 3 out of 4 scholarship recipients from
Indian part of the communities got their visa rejected, others are waiting.
Although I am hoping for the best for all the scholarship recipients, but
may be news of more rejections are coming soon.
Wikimania should be organised in a visa friendly country, and not in
those countries where global south citizens are not allowed to enter even
for a 6-days conference. Otherwise, a global community is not truly
presented.
Best wishes,
Bodhisattwa
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