On 25 March 2010 18:51, Cary Bass <cary(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
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Isabell Long wrote:
On 24 March 2010 22:41, Cary Bass
<cary(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
The call for applications for Wikimania
Scholarships to attend
Wikimania 2010 <https://wm10schols.wikimedia.org/>in Gdansk,
Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers
Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel,
accommodations, and registration at the conference.
I just noticed that! Wow! Is there any lower age limit for
Wikimania? I mean, do you have to be a certain age to attend? I
might well apply if that's not the case or I'm old enough (16) - it
is in Poland after all and I have never been to Poland, fascinating
country and for a Wikimedia conference as well - wow!
Thanks,
There is not an age limit set for Wikimania as a whole. Essentially,
anyone who is eligible for attendance is eligible for scholarship.
People who are not of the age of majority in the country of
citizenship will undoubtedly require their guardians' permission to
travel, and if those people are considered by the scholarship
committee, the committee will want to see that proof.
Yep, sure. Thanks, good to know there's not an age limit!
As far as the minimum age for attendance, the local team has not set
any criteria. It should be considered that this criteria may be
different for citizens of the host country to travel in the country
than it is for non-Polish citizens. I don't know if being a citizen
of an EU country makes a difference for minors traveling across borders.
I don't think there are any restrictions but then I am not overly
familiar with EU law.
Past Wikimanias have seen scholarship recipients as
young as 15 years
of age; but the one I remember specifically also traveled with a
guardian, who attended the conference as well. There may be other
considerations involved in the host country with regards to liability
that have to be taken into account when granting a scholarship to
someone of that age.
Sure. If I come I will be travelling with a parent anyway.
Ultimately, there are no restrictions on /applying/ for scholarship so
you should feel free to apply. However, the application was designed
to allow only for years that start with "19", so people born 2000 or
later will have to contact us separately to apply.
Don't worry, I'm not quite *that* young.
Thanks,
Isabell.
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