Hey everyone,
After Käbi's announcement, I would like to share with you more about the
changes we are bringing to the scholarship process for Wikimania 2024!
*What’s new this year?*
*Splitting affiliate staff and volunteer review process:*
- To ensure fairness in the scholarship review process, we will be
reviewing volunteer applications separately from those of paid affiliate
staff. Paid staff's achievements should not be compared to volunteers'
achievements.
- *Paid affiliate staff are still eligible for the scholarship*, but
their contributions will be considered against other staff members only,
maintaining fair competition for everyone.
*Giving more powers to the Wikimedia Hubs:*
- Given the Wikimedia Hubs' natural understanding of their local
communities, we decided to include them in the scholarship process.
- After the scholarship subcommittee publishes scholarship decisions, we
will allow for *each currently active Wikimedia Hub [1] to delegate 1-3
additional Wikimedians to receive a scholarship*.
- We do this to help ensure regional diversity amongst scholarship
recipients. We will all benefit from Hubs’ regional knowledge in this
matter. We hope that this will lead to a more diverse background of
scholarship recipients and will bring a unique mix of participants to our
event.
Thank you for your engagement, we are looking forward to your applications!
CEE you at Wikimania 2024!
[1] The list is to be decided by the Core Organizing Team after
conversations with relevant stakeholders
Cheers!
In the name of the Wikimania 2024 Core Organizing Team
--
Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz (He/him)
Wikimania 2024 Poland – Team Lead
Wikimedia Europe Board Member
Wikipedia Administrator
User:Nadzik <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nadzik>
śr., 15 lis 2023 o 20:32 Käbi Laan <kaebi(a)wikimedia.ee> napisał(a):
*Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2024 are open
until December 18!
Apply now for a full or partial scholarship to attend Wikimania in person
in Poland! *
* This year’s theme will be “Collaboration of the Open”--a celebration of
the ways we work together, in the open and for the larger open movement, to
bring free knowledge to the world. We are working on finalizing the venue
and dates before the end of the year, but can confirm that Wikimania will
be held in Poland sometime between mid-July and mid-August. To ensure that
Wikimedians needing visas for Poland have enough time to apply, we are
starting the scholarships process now. Scholarships will be available in
two forms: - Full scholarship: travel, accommodation, and registration are
provided; - Partial scholarship: accommodation and registration are
provided. Apply for a Wikimania 2024 scholarship now!
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Scholarships> Make sure to share
your experiences during your Wikimedia movement journey and support with
links. Newcomers are encouraged to apply–this year we are aiming for newer
generations of Wikimedians and those who work on connecting the Wikimedia
Movement to the wider open ecosystem of knowledge and culture. The deadline
to apply for a scholarship is December 18, end of the day anywhere in the
world. Applicants will be notified of decisions in the first half of
February. Read more on Wikimania Wiki
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Scholarships>. Have questions?
You can reach the Scholarships Committee directly at
wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org
<wikimania-scholarships(a)wikimedia.org>rg>. Best, The Wikimania 2024 Core
Organizing Team *
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