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On 09/30/06 Rick R. wrote:
> Put in somewhere in the US midwest, and then its the same distance 
> for everyone.
> Denver, Phoenix, ABQ, or Dallas.
>  
> And if you think Europeans have a hard time getting into the US these 
> days, then try Europeans (or any foreigner) criss crossing from the 
> US to Canada and back!
>  
> Do you know they can deny you re-entry into the US w/o any reason, 
> visa or no visa?
> This has already happened to two IT worker from India here.
> One day while the two where travelling, his friend was told that he 
> couldn't come accross the border no more. Just like that.
>  
> Imagine you get stuck over there in CA, and your only valid visa is 
> for the US.
> But the US won't allow you back in no more and you can't even find 
> out why.
> Those US border guards make these decision arbitrary and w/o recourse.
>  
> If you tell them you're attending Warpstock, they might think you're 
> planning a Hippie rebellion or go to Canada to smoke pot. No kidding 
> here...

No matter where it is located there will be people with issues, but I have 
to say the non-US citizens we were thinking of when we considered site 
locations were Europeans in Europe as they represent the largest group of 
OS/2-eCS users left.   These folks had a large presence in most of the 
earlier events up until about 2001-2002 then it tailed off dramatically. 
There are actually a lot of determining factors involved, but as Andy 
points out, unless someone makes a bid a site can't be considered.

Mark

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  Warpstock Europe - http://www.warpstock.net


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