Bangkok is not only an excellent geo location for a conference, the cost of living here in this ultra modern city is only one sixth of that of the Western and Westernised world (that will raise a smile for the WMF), and it is, due to Thailand's very old and very special 3-gender culture, possibly the most LGBT friendly city in the world.
Kudpung > On 17Oct, 2016, at 01:04, Amir Ladsgroup <[email protected]> wrote: > > We talked about this in the LGBT meetup in Wikimania several times. As far as > I remember it is a huge concern for coordinators and Wikimania committee when > considering a bid for Wikimania. IIRC, there are several examples that > situation of LGBT laws was a reason to reject a bid. > > So I assure you Wikimania committee is aware of these issues and keeps this > in their mind when deciding on bids. (I must note I'm not in these > committees. I talked about it with them before as a member of Wikimedia LGBT) > > I'm really saddened by the stupid laws made by ignorance of people. Let's > laugh at it and then educate them: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIvCh3EQv1Q > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIvCh3EQv1Q> :) > > Best > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 8:57 PM Pine W <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi Pax, > > My understanding is that WMF is doing a strategic review of Wikimania. If > that is correct, considerations like the ones you raise about location could > be included in the scope of that review. I'm pinging Ellie with the hope that > she can provide information about the status of WMF's thinking about > Wikimania, perhaps in a new thread. Wikimania involves significant amounts of > time and money, and I am hoping that WMF will develop ways to align Wikimania > with WMF and community strategic goals. > >
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