<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Dear et al,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I was in Lebanon last year. It had a very wired population. Yes there is a difficulty with the Occupied Territories and travel. So, how about we think in the future of a GA on the border with Egypt, Jordan or Lebanon where exchange of ideas can be conducted as a show of our international appeal? And if Canada is still being discuss, my vote in on the border at the Peace Arch. A straddle meet.</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new
york', times, serif; font-size: 18px;">I remain sincerely yours,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic;">John Dickinson</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size:
18px;">=access Since 1991 <br>"Be the change that you want <br>to see in the world." <br>M. K. Gandhi </span><br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Patrick Maechler v/o Valio <pirate@valio.ch><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Pirate Parties International -- General Talk <pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, December 9, 2012 9:25 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [pp.int.general] PPI GA 2013 - Call for Hosts<br> </font> </div> <br>
Apart from the specific "is the US a good place?" question it would certainly helpful if applicants (I hope there will be!) would try to shortly summarize in their application how hard it is to enter that particular country and what "requirements" must be met to do so.<br>I recall that we had this problem at a past GA already to some extend and the more the pirate movement grows in different countries, the more this may become a problem; e.g. some Islamic countries would be not a wise choice for Israeli pirates and vice-versa.<br><br>-pat<br><br><br>____________________________________________________<br>Pirate Parties International - General Talk<br><a ymailto="mailto:pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net" href="mailto:pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net">pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net</a><br>http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>