On 8/16/05, Zachary Harden zscout370@hotmail.com wrote:
Dear All,
While I agree with the idea that we should send it all over the world year after year, we North Americans are stuck. My country, the United States, is very hard to get into and some of our Wikipedians from overseas will have problems getting in, such as those coming from China. So, if the USA is out of the question, why not try our neighbors up north, Canada? Well, if Wikipedians have been convicted of a crime, they can see them being denied entry. Such crimes include DUI's, can restrict this entry. Plus, Mexico and other nations in that region might not have what we need. I know Japan can be a good host, but other than Japan and some of Europe, we pretty much can't really go anywhere else.
Regards,
Zachary Harden (Zscout370)
For all of the above, and more, see: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2006/Planning
Please also take a look at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Improving_on_Wikimania_2005 and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2005_-_lessons_learned and add to them as you like - even if you weren't there..
Cormac