New subject: Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 146, Issue 1

1 Jun 2018

Is there at present any metric by which previous scholarship attendees are
judged on their dissemination of Wikimania experiences after the
conference? The complaint being brought up is not only about awardees
getting repeat scholarships, but failing to enrich their communities
afterwards with what they learned / what it was like / who they met / what
they will do now. With a limited number of scholarships available, it is
true that the attendees are expected to share their good fortune with those
who couldn't attend.

If nothing like that is in place, could it not be added? For example, a
field on the application: "were you awarded a scholarship last year (and
attended)?" "If yes, please describe (and provide links where possible) to
the activities and discussions you organised with your community regarding
your experience at Wikimania". If a sufficiently good and detailed response
is not provided, the application can receive a lower score (or possibly be
discarded...? I'm not au fait with the process).

Julia W

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 Harry, I recall hearing that there was a push a year or two back to alter
 the proportion of presentations at Wikimania so that there were fewer WMF
 presentations and more community presentations. I don't know if that was a
 one time event or if that's ongoing. I have never been to Wikimania, and
 have no plans to go in the foreseeable future, but I watch what happens
 with Wikimania partly because it's an expensive operation in terms of
 financial cost and in terms of volunteer time. Also, the scholarship system
 is a perennial point of friction.

 Dariusz or Ellie, are there any thoughts at WMF about doing a full review
 of the scholarship system and the value of Wikimania to the community? With
 WMF spending so much money on Wikimania year after year, and volunteers
 spending so much time on Wikimania year after year, I think that it would
 make sense to do this type of review, which might be possible to
 synchronize with WMF's strategy process. I am very interested in ensuring
 that there are SMART goals being achieved with all of the money and time
 that goes into Wikimania. At the same time, I think that the scholarship
 system could be reviewed to consider the strategic priorities for
 scholarships and how to align those priorities to SMART goals. I don't
 envision reducing funding for Wikimania and scholarships, but I think that
 some re-thinking and evaluation would be good to align funding with the WMF
 strategic plan and with SMART goals.

 Pine
 ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

 On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Harry Mitchell &lt;hjmwiki(a)gmail.com&gt;
 wrote:

  Since you raise chapter scholarships, it would be
nice to see some of the
 other big chapters (and to some extent the WMF) spending more on
 scholarships for rank-and-file Wikimedians rather than staff and board
 members. That might help with the perception that Wikimania is the same  old
  faces year in, year out.

 Harry Mitchell
 http://enwp.org/User:HJ
 +44 (0) 7507 536 971
 Skype: harry_j_mitchell

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