[Foundation-l] Concerns for Safety

Fri Mar 7 13:52:57 UTC 2008

That last point is your opinion, as we've also discussed
ad nauseam.

-Chad

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
>  Yes, this has already ad nauseam been discussed. The WMF is doing a
>  comprehensive analysis of the risks.
>
>  To recap some of the more relevant points:
>
>    - Terrorists can strike anywhere
>    - Terrorists strike most effective in the sense of security of people
>    (that is essential for terrorism to be effective)
>    - A conference takes planning and it takes a long term commitment of
>    the organisers and the WMF to make a conference happen
>    - Most people agree that the value of Wikimania is in having it in
>    many places  as this is a really potent method of spreading our message
>    - In the end like in editing Wikipedia, you are responsible for your
>    own actions. So when you think the risk is too big, you do not go.
>
>  Thanks,
>     GerardM
>
>
>
>  On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Tolman <tolmant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > It's not only the problem about LGBT issues.
>  > There is also the risk (small, indeed... but maybe not non-existent)
>  > related to
>  >  fundamentalism positions or violent reactions against WM about the
>  > notable
>  > "pictures of Muhammad" issue, or some other "religious-sensibile issues".
>  > A sound security assessment in advance, related to these types of "risks",
>  > would
>  > be useful.
>  > For these types of assessments, I could suggest Control Risk Group:
>  > http://www.control-risks.com/default.aspx
>  >
>  > T.
>  >
>  >
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