[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2006 - host city contest to open onSeptember 1st 20

Tue Aug 16 09:23:40 UTC 2005

On 8/16/05, Zachary Harden <zscout370 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> While I agree with the idea that we should send it all over the world year
> after year, we North Americans are stuck. My country, the United States, is
> very hard to get into and some of our Wikipedians from overseas will have
> problems getting in, such as those coming from China. So, if the USA is out
> of the question, why not try our neighbors up north, Canada? Well, if
> Wikipedians have been convicted of a crime, they can see them being denied
> entry. Such crimes include DUI's, can restrict this entry. Plus, Mexico and
> other nations in that region might not have what we need. I know Japan can
> be a good host, but other than Japan and some of Europe, we pretty much
> can't really go anywhere else.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Zachary Harden (Zscout370)

For all of the above, and more, see:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_2006/Planning

Please also take a look at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Improving_on_Wikimania_2005
and
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2005_-_lessons_learned
and add to them as you like - even if you weren't there..

Cormac