[Foundation-l] Concern for the safety of Wikimedians at Wikimania in Alex...

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Please define what you consider "proper consideration", and what it takes
before you feel that "people's concerns are taken seriously". Also please
tell us to what extend you need to be informed because given that the
director of the WMF *will *report to the board on this issue it should be
clear that it is given serious consideration.
Thanks,
    GerardM

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se> wrote:
> > Andrew Whitworth wrote:
> >
> >  > A single murder, or a single rape, or a single instance of any
> >  > other violent crime would have a massive chilling effect on
> >  > Wikimania, and possibly all of Wikimedia. We should never run
> >  > this risk, even if that means we have to abandon Wikimania
> >  > entirely.
> >
> >  I think you are being ridiculous.  A single murder at Wikimania in
> >  Boston or Frankfurt wouldn't have this all-chilling effect, and
> >  neither will a single murder in Alexandria.
>
> You're saying that a murder of a prominent wikimedian at a wikimania
> wouldn't have significant negative consequences. I may not be
> completely accurate here, but I doubt this possibility is
> "rediculous".
>
> >  But still, let's make a thought experiment:  We abandon Wikimania
> >  and instead we have regional conferences.
> >  ...
> >  How does this change your view of Wikimania 2008?  Does it in fact
> >  change a single thing?
>
> No, it doesn't change a thing. The location doesn't matter. We can
> have a conference in Alexandria, and it can be a safe and successful
> one. All I'm asking, and few people seem to understand, is that I want
> safety and security issues to be given the proper consideration, and I
> want people's concerns to be taken seriously.
>
> --Andrew Whitworth
>
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