New subject: [Foundation-l] (Flashback) A short (and revised) FAQ about Wikimania in Alexandria

19 Apr 2008

Unfortuantely, I will have to agree with Dan. Asking people with a vested interest is
never a good idea. I would recommend hitting up a travel agent/academic expert/security
consultant specializing in the Middle East for information that should be incorporated.
Also, I wouldn't have blind faith in the police in a third world country. 

----- Original Message ----
From: Mike Godwin &lt;mgodwin(a)wikimedia.org&gt;
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 8:35:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] (Flashback) A short (and revised) FAQ about Wikimania in
Alexandria

Dan Rosenthal writes:

...
   No, I expect an adequate security assessment that
goes beyond asking
 people with a vested interest in seeing the event happen smoothly.
 The local team has a humongous conflict of interest here. Their "say
 so" on whether something is safe is inherently unacceptable. 
Okay, identify whom would ask or hire, whose security assessment you  
would accept (even if you don't agree with the results), and who will  
charge you (or the Foundation) a price you would accept, and that the  
Foundation could afford. Please list prices and available service  
options.

If you are expert enough to find fault with an FAQ that I published  
without negative feedback on this list several weeks ago, surely you  
can answer this one small request.

--Mike

_______________________________________________
foundation-l mailing list
foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

____________________________________________________________________________________
Be a better friend, newshound, and 
know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now. 
http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

Re: [Foundation-l] (Flashback) A short (and revised) FAQ about Wikimania in Alexandria