[Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

[Harel Cain]

I'd just like to repeat the fact that Israel willingly stamps a
separate insert page on request, so passports are not stamped if the
passport bearer's doesn't want it. In that case you have no reason to
"lose" it.
Same should hold for a visa (visitors from US, EU and other countries
don't require a visa), we're checking this out.


Harel

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Bence Damokos <bdamokos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Osama Khalid
> Date: 2010. augusztus 12. 14:02
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011
>
>
>> I can't believe people complaining about getting the visa in their
>> passports that will later prevent them to visit an Arab country; 20
>> bucks and an hour standing in line and you have a new one!! (unless
>> you live in Cuba, or Northern Korea).
>
> I dunno about this. Yaroslav was talking about losing the passport.
>
>
>
> If you can travel to Israel but then you are afraid of problems getting into
> a third country (that is not your home country and not Israel) than getting
> a new passport after you get back home is the obvious solution. (Obviously
> you have to calculate in the cost of the new passport – which is usually
> higher with "lost" passports than with expired ones – into your travel
> budget, but the fact that you can do this will boil this issue down to one
> of personal choice and financial standing. Travelling to third countries is
> also a personal choice, so obviously this extra cost shouldn't be seen as
> the organizers' or the Wikimania jury's fault in any way.)
>
> On an other note I believe this thread is fastly losing its merit: Wikimania
> will happen in Israel in 2011 and it will happen in some other part of the
> world in 2012. Let's stop bemoaning the decision and start gathering the
> people who want to go to Haifa (a beautiful city, indeed) – I am sure the
> organizers will do their utmost to solve any and all travel difficulties of
> the people who actually want to participate in the conference.
> The conference will only get better if we help achieve their goal of a
> diverse audience, instead of discouraging potential attendees by complaining
> even before any problems do surface.
>
> Best regards,
> Bence
>
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