Hi all, Just to provide a bit of perspective to the crime concerns, I had a look at the Australian Government's smart traveller page for travel advice ( http://www.smarttraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/)
They mark nations and regions as green (normal), yellow (exercise precautions), orange (reconsider travel), or red (do not travel). On their list, all proposed host countries - Mexico, South Africa, Indonesia, Tanzania and Tunisia - are marked "yellow". Some parts of Mexico, Indonesia and Tunisia are "orange" (see the site for specifics) but the host cities/proposed host cities are fine. So taking into account the fact that Italy withdrew, there isn't really a risk of any one host over another. Regards, Charles / User:Chuq On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Andy Cruz y Corro <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Steven! > > Thanks for your comments. I'm part of the WMMX bidding team and I happen to > live in the Centro Historico area (only a few bus stops away from the > venue). Even though it's anecdotal, I can say that *a good deal of my free > time is spent in this zone and I've never experienced crime here*. I do > take precautions, but they are nothing out of the ordinary (no flashing of > valuables, hailing a cab after hours, avoiding dark alleys, etc.) > > I will not say crime doesn't exist: it's a real risk, strongly considered > when making our bid. As Ivan said, we don't want to take chances and will > have additional support from the authorities (Ivan is our superstar in this > regard). We believe the venue is safe and we're sure our guests will enjoy > their stay here. The zone is safe for (part of) our team to live there. > > That said, our team (myself included) are looking forward to your questions > and comments. Rest assured we will do our best to make of this the best > Wikimania experience for everyone. > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:46:30 -0500 > > From: Ivan MartÃnez <[email protected]> > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania > > 2015 > > Message-ID: > > < > > capftejnfyqh5xxz-6j8gr23b4o1u9fyotz-kjlgah6yglfr...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Thanks to all for your kindly regards and comments :) > > > > Steven, concerning to the public safety, our city are different from the > > known issues of the northern states of the country. In the link you quote > > for United States citizens are properly pointed for Mexico City: "no > > advisory is in effect". Also, the Centro Historico area (the venue are in > > the north of this Downtown area) is safe for tourism. But we will have in > > addition the special support and coordination with the Mexico City > > authorities for more vigilance and a special operative for reduce any > risk > > to the minimum in the venue and their perimeter. > > > > > > > > 2014-04-21 22:55 GMT-05:00 Philippe Beaudette <[email protected]>: > > > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Steven Walling < > > [email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > it would be comforting to hear how we've assessed the bid > > > > regarding the safety issue, and how we're going to be prepared in > case > > > the > > > > worst (robberies, kidnappings) do happen. > > > > > > > > > > Not a small concern. But, I should point out, one that we've dealt > with > > > before. We had laptops stolen in Argentina, and physical safety > concerns > > > in Alexandria, as I recall. I say this not to put a panacea of "oh, > > there > > > there, it'll be fine" in place, but to assure people that this is > > something > > > that I know that Garfield and Elle, and the rest of the WMF team > working > > on > > > this will consider and keep in mind. :-) > > > > > > pb > > > > > > > > > *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia > > > Foundation, Inc. > > > T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | [email protected] | : > > > @Philippewiki<https://twitter.com/Philippewiki> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
