On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 06:51:38PM +0100, Loa Andersson wrote: > Why do we place our meetings at places where it takes ridiculously long > time to not have your visa approved on time! Because we are meeting in a physical location on Earth, where there are countries and sovereign governments, and we are not a government activity, and our participants come from all over the world? Moreover, we're trying to hold the meeting in a place that is convenient for at least some of the participants, and in a location with lots of good connectivity to the rest of the Internet. Even if the vagaries of all the different countries' pairwise arrangements were not a consideration at the outset, we plan our meeting locations years in advance, and politcal developments in coutries that cause immigration policy changes are not something we can hold constant. Ask a Canadian to explain why visas are required for those travelling on a Czech or Mexican passport, for instance. Best regards, A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx