Ellie, thanks for the response. Could the criteria you mention be published on-wiki? Holding an open and transparent process for selecting host locations for Wikimania should be a requirement on the selection committee, so there ought to be nothing stopping this from happening. If the applied criteria has already been published I would appreciate a link.
It's nice that the security of the LGBT+ community is one of the criteria, however it would be better if host locations were guaranteed to be chosen where the LGBT+ community would be openly welcome, rather than tolerated or not subject to arrest.
Thanks, Fae
On 17 October 2016 at 22:39, Ellie Young eyoung@wikimedia.org wrote:
Yes we are doing a review and I can vouch that issues like this will always be a part of the criteria when selecting a venue. In most of the recent Wikimanias the selection committee and WMF have included the security of our LGBT community as one of the criteria when considering bids.
Another critical issue that you mention below when deciding what to do for future Wikimanias is whether the conference in its present form (program, location, etc.) is serving the community and WMF. That is a longer conversation that I hope we can continue to have and make some progress in the near future.
Ellie