World Summit on the Information Society - First Report
Saturday December 6th

After braving a snow storm while traveling to Newark International Airport to attend the World Summit on the Information Society in Switzerland, five members of the KWRU, including a one year old child, finally arrived at the airport only endure hours of waiting just to get on a tram to the terminal. All of the trams were out of order and passengers were so angry that men began fist fighting just to make it in to the one running tram that was suppossed to carry every passenger to the main terminal. The members of KWRU worked hard to ensure that the baby was safe and that they made it to the plane on time because they had to be in Geneva for an important meeting the next morning.

Arriving at 9am Geneva time, 3am US time, KWRU went straight to work, scheduling press conferences and attempting to find housing for the four members KWRU spokesperson Cheri Honkala brought to the conference using her honorarioum (meant to fund only one person).

After almost 48 hours with no sleep and little food, members of the KWRU pressed on and accomplished all that they set out to do their first day in Switzerland.

Read our press release.

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