*insulting*?
Woow that's a strong word there. But I think similar discussions like these spawn up kinda every year just after the scholarships are out. Then fade out gradually.
And by the way, please don't take this seriously:
- Based on the applicant's home country, each applicant will be categorized as either a Global North or Global South https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_South applicant, with the *total number of scholarships distributed between the Global North and Global South being set at 25% and 75% respectively.*
I doubt its ever been used, although its nicely typed there.
On Friday, March 11, 2016, Isla Haddow Flood isla@wikiloveswomen.org wrote:
Okay - it is 2%, but it is still insulting.
On 11 Mar 2016, at 4:18 PM, Isla Haddow Flood <isla@wikiloveswomen.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','isla@wikiloveswomen.org');> wrote:
Okay - so - of 170 potential full and partial scholarships offered by the WMF, Africa got 4.
FOUR.
that is 0.02% of what was on offer.
Mexico I could understand was difficult to access. BUT you couldn’t get closer to Africa than Italy, if you tried.
That is just not acceptable.
On 11 Mar 2016, at 3:50 PM, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott@gmail.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','douglas.i.scott@gmail.com');> wrote:
I got a partial scholarship which means I wont have to pay to be at the conference venue but I will have to pay for my own flight.
On 11 March 2016 at 15:43, Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza@greenman.co.za javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wikimediaza@greenman.co.za');> wrote:
I applied, also didn't get.
On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote:
Hello All
Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to attend Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t.
thanks! Isla
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