Osama, I'm afraid your view is very self-centric.
We Southamericans have a really hard time getting into USA; and I'm sure many
couldn't go to that Wikimania because of visa problems. As many couldn't go to
Thailand because because of economic reasons. And some didn't go to Egypt because of
religious issues. There is always something that will prevent some people to assist to a
Wikimania; that's why we rotate the host!
I can't believe people complaining about getting the visa in their passports that will
later prevent them to visit an Arab country; 20 bucks and an hour standing in line and you
have a new one!! (unless you live in Cuba, or Northern Korea).
Please, let's concentrate on making life easier for those with problems who *do* want
to assist to Wikimania 2011; the rest is just wining, and trying to take political
advantage of the current situation.
MarianoC.-
--- El jue 12-ago-10, Osama Khalid <osamak(a)gnu.org> escribió:
De: Osama Khalid <osamak(a)gnu.org>
Asunto: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011
Para: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List"
<foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Fecha: jueves, 12 de agosto de 2010, 8:17
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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