[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

[Peter Southwood]

Quite agree about the lack of benefits for most of the population. The Cape 
Town stadium is now a large burden on the ratepayers as they built it in one 
of the most inappropriate places for functionality. It is now a virtually 
unused and unusable monument to corruption, greed and stupidity, but it 
doesn't look like anyone is likely to gain by the lesson except the corrupt.
Cheers,
Peter in Cape Town
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From: "Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton" <rodrigo.argenton at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator


> Wikimania in Brazil in 2015, so no problems. ;)
>
> And, yeah, some strange sport...
>
>
> On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
> everton.alvarenga at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> [off-topic]
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>>
>> 2013/3/29 Matthew Roth <mroth at wikimedia.org>
>> >
>> > I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
>> > Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)
>>
>> Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions
>> of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts
>> only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and
>> foreigners, hey!) will have access to.
>>
>> And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits
>> from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(
>>
>> Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this,
>> because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not
>> mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the
>> mid and long term of so much corruption.
>>
>> Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be
>> sustainable.
>>
>> Tom
>>
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