[Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Harel Cain, 12/08/2010 07:13:
> Tim, I don't know how this has any direct bearing on the conference.
> 
> The conditions in the West Bank are not what anyone would wish them to
> be, including, of course, us. I could try to argue here that still,
> the average income there is higher than in most Arab countries and so
> on, but this is really beside the point. This conference is not about
> the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its best solution.
> 
> We will in fact be offering day trips on the last day of the
> conference (August 7th). More information on our conference website.
> Baqa or Nazlat 'Isa don't really make for interesting enough tourist
> trips to warrant an organized tour to. 

I think that Tim's point was precisely to get to some non touristic-only 
(i.e. often unreal) destination, to understand better the life of local 
inhabitants and the conflict.
This is not part of Wikimania, obviously, but would be an interesting 
possibility (e.g. more than beach, IMHO).

Nemo