[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen, in Alexandria, Egypt

Sun Oct 14 20:08:49 UTC 2007

> >> Well, actually, no matter where we hold Wikimania in the future, a lot
> >> of people will find it a long way to travel.  Such is the nature of a
> >> global project.
> >>
> > Of course, but that's not a reason not to try and make it possible for
> > as many people as possible to come. There are different sizes of "a
> > lot".
> It seems to me that that is the principal underlying rationale for the
> rotation criterion.
Yes, it is, but just choosing a different continent each time doesn't
quite cut it - some places in a given continent are cheaper to get to
than others.