[Foundation-l] A question for the Wikimania jury

[Brian Salter-Duke]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:02:55 +0700, Waerth <waerth at asianet.co.th> wrote:
> The funny thing in this whole debate is that people call Alexandria far 
> from Europe ..... it is closer to Europe than say Boston ..... and the 
> visa situation to Egypt is better for Europeans then to the US. I was 
> told by a US Embassy friend of mine that I would probably be turned 
> around at US border because I have lived in Thailand so long ..... even 
> though I am Dutch. This wouldn't happen in Egypt.

Agreed. If I was still living in Darwin where I lived for 18 years
before moving to Melbourne, it would be more difficult and costly to
attend a Wikimania held in my own country, Australia. at any obvious
venue which would not include Darwin, than it would be for anyone to get
to Egypt from anywhere in Europe.

> Face it we are a diverse community. Wikimania will be a succes on every 
> continent it goes to. And there will always be big groups of people who 
> will not be able to attend because of monetary reasons.
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