Hey Aude and George, thank you for voicing that opinion, it is exactly how I
feel. Another point for everyone to consider: If Wikimania was restricted to
being in USA and Western Europe, it's kind of a closed-membership club,
people from Africa, the Middle east and various other places will have a
hard time getting a visa there if they have a shot at that at all (I know
that a US visa requires that you prove beyond doubt you have ties with your
home country that will force you to come back after the conference, and that
you have a considerable amount of money in your bank account, which is
something hard to do for young people without established families.).
On 10/10/07, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/10/07, Aude <audevivere(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In this thread, I see people raising the issues
regarding the Egyptian
government. As we know, it's not a democracy and the Egyptian people
did
not choose the government. The government there
is more repressive, but
not
so much so (like Burma) that we can't have
Wikimania there. To penalize
Egyptian Wikimedians (and those from Jordan and other nearby places),
for
what their government does is not cool with me.
Exactly. To penalize the Egyptian Wikipedians who put together a
wonderful proposal seems unreasonable.
These are the people we want to be supporting and encouraging.
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-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com
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