Australia, New Zealand and to a point Taiwan………are isolated islands.

I, someone who lives in Toronto, Canada…can fly to Beijing, I have land access to the rest of Asia, Africa and Europe.

It is more difficult for outsiders to reach Australia and New Zealand. Coming from Canada it would take me 18-24 hours depending if I go via LAX/HAWAII or via Japan/China/Korea/Philippines.

Local meetups and WordCamps haven’t been really local in such a long time.

If we want to keep things safe, at least for the beginning…It should be locals who present at local meetup groups. Like at WordPress Meetup Group Toronto, it should be someone from the Toronto area. Same for WordCamp Toronto, not someone from Buffalo, Chicago, Rochester or even Ottawa.

NOTHING AGAINST BUFFALO, CHICAGO OR ROCHESTER.

Same thing for every other local meetup group and wordcamp.

Obviously this wouldn’t apply to WCUS WCEU WCASIA.

Also, we should avoid WCUS/EU/ASIA for at least a year or two and just do WC (CITY).

The regional events tend to have way more people. Let’s keep numbers slightly lower for a while. At least for 2021 and 2022.