[Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

Wed Aug 11 13:55:55 UTC 2010

Not only the Middle East, but the Muslim population at large will not dare step into Israeli soil.

> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:06:45 +0100
> From: thomas.dalton at gmail.com
> To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011
> 
> On 11 August 2010 12:37, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > DISCLAIMER: this is a delicate issue that could easily generate a flame. So
> > please everybody presume the good faith and stay on topic :-)
> >
> >
> > I don't really know if this issue as been discussed in earlier threads (I
> > subscribed to this list after Gdansk and the only pertinent thing I found is
> > here:
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Bids/Haifa/Q%26A#Participants),
> > but I would like to know if there are updates about the possibility for
> > Middle East citizens to have permissions to enter Israel for Wikimania 2011.
> > I guess this type of permission is not easy to obtain (I'm thinking for
> > example about citizens of Syria, West Bank or Iran) and I also remember a
> > discussion in Gdansk (with Jan Bart, just after the World Cup Final :-( )
> > about some initiatives we could support to increase participation. Are there
> > any news or updates? Could I find some information somewhere?
> > Thank you in advance.
> 
> I spoke to quite a few people on the Israeli bid team and at the
> Foundation about Wikimania 2011 while in Gdansk and I know trying to
> get visas for as many people as possible, particularly from the
> neighbouring Arabic countries, is very high up on everybody's
> priorities. I don't know what is being done to achieve that, but the
> issue certainly isn't being ignored.
> 
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