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

[Geoffrey Plourde]

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 <mgodwin at wikimedia.org>
To: foundation-l at 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






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