[Foundation-l] A question for the Wikimania jury

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

> Its really clear at least in my opinion they have not. It seems from my
> experience on WMF they pick locals that will make the most noise in
> terms of publicity. If you take a map and point to Buenos Aires, and
> compare that to any other place, we may as well go to Antarctica. I am
> being realistic here.
>
> This just reiterates my earlier point of this is nothing but a bells and
> whistles publicity cry. If the Jury truly paid any attention to the
> concerns with Egypt and previous Wikimanias then I serious doubt we
> would be having this conversation. Stop making Wikimania a political
> stunt. The more we rant about how the jury obviously has more money than
> the rest of the WMF contributers, the less that will go. This is
> supposed to be something for the contributers, and as I stated before,
> the vast majority of those contributers, will not be able to attend.
> Good job.
>
> Jason Safoutin (DragonFire1024)

I am not actually sure why you are saying this. Of course it is easier to
get to Toronto say to New York, but from Europe, the travel costs are
comparable, and the accomodation costs are lower in BA. Additionally, for
me the visa issue is way too easier.

Cheers,
Yaroslav