People are raising there worries about Wikimania being hosted in Israel (me included), but
one thing we should all bear in mind is that there WAS a bidding process - and that was
the most suitable moment for everyone to raise their voices and concerns by challenging
the bidding teams with whatever questions that we may have in mind.
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:17:37 +0300
From: osamak(a)gnu.org
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 03:59:38AM -0700, Mariano Cecowski wrote:
I beg to disagree; getting into United states is
anything but easy.
Maybe it depends, but I assume it won't be much harder for a European,
Asian or African to get one than a Saudi. Why are we discussing this
anyway?
And is not that Israel won't give visas to
potential attendees; in
this case is the home nation of the interested ones that sets
obstacles.
That's not the issue I'm trying to address here. I'm saying it's
difficult. Maybe Israel wants Arabs to be there (this is out of topic,
but I'd assume that they surely don't like the fact that they're being
disrespected for their actions). But what's important here is, again,
that many, many people won't be able to come.
Additionally, the current political situation
between given
countries should not affect the realization of this apolitical,
non-religious global conference that seeks worldwide collaboration.
It's not about what Wikimania is what it is not.
--
Osama Khalid
English-to-Arabic translator and programmer.
http://osamak.wordpress.com |
http://tinyogg.com
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