Hoi,
We disagree on what is obvious. For me it is obvious that we need to spread
the message of our projects and about our way as wide as possible. This
means that we should go where we are weak but are building a presence. Going
to the places that you where we are already doing well is missing important
opportunities. It is for this reason that places like Taipei and Alexandria
are brilliant.
Thanks,
GerardM
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mar 7, 2008, at 4:49 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Considering that the
number of articles is slowly becoming more balanced and considering
that
even the English Wikipedia has contributors all over the world,
there is no
such thing as an "obvious" location to choose from.
Thanks,
GerardM
Being that there is no "obvious location", Gerard, then there is no
reason to pick a location that has significant drawbacks. There are
many European, North American, even Asian locations that are
accessible to the vast majority of the world, in some cases probably
less expensively than Alexandria, (since places that are major
international airport hubs usually have the cheapest airfares, and
generally do not require a connecting flight ticket), that are more
free and open societies, without as intense worries about censorship,
terrorism, or implicitly supporting human rights violations. Toronto,
DC, New York, Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo, Seoul, San Francisco,
Moscow, Vienna, Prague, etc. If there is no "obvious location" to
choose from, why not any of these places that are safer, do not
require out attendees to pretend they are not gay or jewish, do not
discriminate against women, etc.
-Dan
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