Connectivity for starters, and owning devices that are capable of enabling
a good summit experience. Not all volunteers are privileged to contribute
to a virtual event in a comfortable way. The Internet can be expensive for
video calls for many countries / regions in Africa and Asia.
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On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 8:58 PM Esteban Zarate <jezarate(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't understand what is the purpose of the
scholarship this year, there
isn't to travel and no physical venue to host Wikimania, what is the
purpose of the scholarship?
El mar, 11 de may. de 2021 a la(s) 15:50, Winnie Kabinte (
kabinte(a)gmail.com) escribió:
Dear Wikimedia Community Members,
We’re so excited to share some updates with you around Wikimania 2021!
We’ve been hard at work, getting things running and putting things in place
and realized we have so much we’d like to share with you. Thank you for
your flexibility and understanding, as we navigate through this rapidly
moving ship.
1.
Wikimania 2021 will be happening! We’ve already announced the dates
(August 13-17) but wanted to remind you - in case you had any doubts - that
the first-ever virtual Wikimania will be happening - and we want you there!
[1]
1.
We noticed that all though we’ve been going full speed on the back
end at organizing Wikimania 2021, we haven’t updated you as frequently as
we would like… So, we will be sending out a weekly update email to all of
you on Mondays - until the event goes live. Which in case you were
wondering, is in 3 months and 2 days! (Yes, that soon!)
1.
We will be having a Scholarship Program this year as well! We’d like
to remove most barriers of participation for those who would otherwise not
be able to join. More information will be coming soon around Scholarships -
so stay tuned!
1.
This year's theme is: Celebrate 20 years of Wikipedia and the humans
who make it happen. We will also be opening up submission proposals
for sessions - you can apply as an individual, a collective or a Community
Organization.
We are excited about all the work and progress happening so far to make
this event happen. We're looking forward to hearing about your amazing
session proposals to help bring Wikimania 2021 to life. We can't wait to
convene to celebrate two decades of free knowledge.
Best Wishes,
Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ms_Kabintie>), on behalf of the
Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.
[1]
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Save_the_date_and_the_Core_Organi…
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