Hi all.
I'm informed, both from the newspapers and from South African friends,
that there are serious concerns about safety in South Africa. Of course
this will not affect FOSS4G directly, but I'm sure many of us are
planning to have some holidays before or after the conference, so not
being
Hi,
I'm happy you feel concerned about that. So do I, and even if I'm not
frightened for my own safety, going in a country where such things are
happenning put me in a real trouble. I know it can be silly to avoid the
trip because of that, but I can't really figure out how to travel there
in
.
Gavin
FOSS4G 2008 conference chair
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paolo Cavallini
Sent: 30 May 2008 09:27 AM
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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] South African safety situation
Hi all.
I'm informed, both from
Looking at my African travel experience I doubt that this will really
affect us. The violence is mostly against people who are stealing jobs in
the eyes of some South-Africans, so tourists should be relatively safe. I
would be more worried if I would be planning a cruise on the coast of
Somalia.
It is a source of shame for most South Africans that this wave of
xenophobia-driven violence is happening inside our country. The reasons for it
are not entirely clear, but it seems to have settled down almost as rapidly as
it sprung up. It does not have any element of being state-backed
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Sent: 30 May 2008 09:27 AM
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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] South African safety situation
Hi all.
I'm informed, both from the newspapers and from South African friends,
that there are serious concerns about safety
2008/5/30 Lucena, Ivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Gavin,
My South Africans friends here in the US and I are deeply concern about
that situation too. I just wanted to add that thanks to economic growth and
social reforms, Brazil is now a moving target on what concern wealth
concentration index.
of Paulo Marcondes
Sent: Fri 2008/05/30 04:14 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] South African safety situation
2008/5/30 Lucena, Ivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Gavin,
My South Africans friends here in the US and I are deeply concern about
that situation