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fellowship applicants and project ideas for the Community Fellowships
Program. Community members
from all Wikimedia projects and all languages are strongly encouraged
to apply by the deadline of January 15<sup>th</sup> 2012.<br><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal">Wikimedia
Community Fellows are spearheading community projects, undertaking
research, and piloting new models for engagement to help scale and
increase sustainability of volunteer work in the Wikimedia movement.
The Foundation provides intensive, time-limited financial and
logistical support for fellows to focus on projects of strategic
importance. Submissions for Spring 2012 are encouraged to focus on
the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation
in Wikimedia Projects.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-weight: normal">If
you'd like to work with WMF on projects to boost participation and
retention, or know someone who should be recommended for a
fellowship, or if you've got ideas for a fellowship project WMF could
support, we'd like to hear from you! </span>Please visit
<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships</a> for more information.</p><br>-- <br>Siko Bouterse<br>Head of Community Fellowships<br>Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br>
<br><a href="mailto:sbouterse@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">sbouterse@wikimedia.org</a><br><br><br>