Joe Abley wrote:
Can I suggest that the most practical approach to deal with the
question at hand is not to dwell on geopolitics, but instead to
address the original question: would attending a meeting in the
Dominican Republic involve undue hardship to the community, or
perhaps be difficult to manage for some other reason (e.g. corporate
travel policy)?
On the one hand, I have to say that if it's my own money, it's not going
to happen. It's just too far away (for me). Not considering the plane
fare, though, I don't think it's necessarily a bad suggestion. I *do*
wonder where all the attendees will be coming from (the local ones, I
mean). I know how shockingly impoverished Jamaica is, and we can't even
talk about Haiti. I know far less about the Dominican Republic, other
than that it's far better off than either of the other two.
So far I've heard one person suggest that they would have trouble
obtaining corporate approval to travel, two people saying that they'd
expect no such problem, and one person strongly in favour of warm
locations for winter meetings. That doesn't give us much to go on.
This is an interesting question. Considering the unrest in neighboring
Haiti, I'd be more inclined to at least consider it, depending on
*where* in the nice, peaceful Dominican Republic we were talking about.
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/index.cfm?display=region®ion=3
Close to Haiti? Bad.
https://www.osac.gov/Regions/country.cfm?country=99
The DR itself is no different in problems than, say, Los Angeles (and
probably safer that some of it). It would probably be lovely. It's a big
island. Where exactly are you talking about?
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