[Foundation-l] Contingency plans for Wikimania

[Jimmy Wales]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
>>  There is lots of standard advice for individuals engaging in foreign
>>  travel, including contacting your local embassy before or after you
>>  arrive and giving them your contact information and likely location.
>>  I don't think the Foundation is in the position to do the work of
>>  multiple embassies in this regard.
> 
> Agreed. If the worst happens, people should rely on their country's
> embassy, not the WMF - last time I checked, the WMF was not equipped
> to evacuate people from a warzone...

And last I checked, Egypt is not a warzone.

--Jimbo