[LGM] LGM 2020 in Riyadh

[Frank Trampe]

My intent was indeed to create some momentum on writing hosting proposals,
but if it highlights a gray area of the code of conduct (its applicability
to satire of government leaders), we ought to have that discussion. I think
it's important to the identity of the organization. I'm fine with an
actively anti-repression organization or an uncontroversial blue chip
organization, but we ought to figure out which it is.


On Tue, May 1, 2018, 13:45 Michael Schumacher <schumaml at gmx.de> wrote:

>
>
> On May 1, 2018 8:24:25 PM GMT+02:00, Alexandre Prokoudine <
> alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 9:12 PM, Frank Trampe wrote:
> >
> >> Or perhaps you understood that it was a joke but were concerned about
> >> offending the Saudi royal family? I know that LGM may not have the
> >activist
> >> bent that it once had, but if gentle mockery of a repressive
> >government
> >> becomes out of bounds, we've really lost our character.
> >>
> >
> >I was beginning to wonder if I should attend LGM in '19 and whether the
> >conference orgs are finally done with irrelevant topics. Thank you for
> >reminding me why I shouldn't bother.
>
> When I glimpsed the mail subject on someone else's phone just before we
> boarded our flight from Sevilla, I was hoping for a genuine offer and an
> interesting discussion about why and how our reply would be a "thanks, but
> no thanks".
>
> It's not like we didn't have similar discussions about other countries for
> similar reasons in the past.
>
> Finding out that it was a mere joke amost made me headdesk on the plane,
> if only that would not disturb the person sitting in front.
>
> If the intention was to make sure that mail exchange on this list
> continues way past LGM, then most likely mission accomplished, but maybe
> not about the topics intended.
>
> Unless they would be the CoC and its application, I guess.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Michael
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