Hi again everyone,

I totally forgot one more thing - one of the biggest complaints I often hear is "I can't afford to attend these events," well, we have a way to fix that. Wikimedia Participation Grants!

I just attended a museum conference (representing WMF) in the Netherlands using a participation grant. It's an awesome opportunity to get funding for travel, per diem, and basics to attend a conference or an event that relates to the mission of Wikimedia and related projects.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Participation

It's also a really special way that we, "the people," can utilize donations that have been given to WM and chapters by the public.

-Sarah

On 12/15/11 12:17 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:

Hi everyone,

WMF is planning a hackathon in Pune, India, in Feb. 2012, to coincide with the GNUnify Conference - Feb 10-12. " A Wikimedia hackathon is a chance to learn how to develop using MediaWiki, Phonegap, and our other technologies, and to work alongside experts. Software engineers, designers, and translators are welcome."

The goal is to have a healthy group of women representing, so spread the word to your Indian colleagues (and the male colleagues too =) ) ! It's also being coordinated by Alolita (with help from Sumana!!)

Please visit https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Pune_Hackathon_Feb_2012 for more information.

Don't live in India or don't have a chance to attend that Hackathon? There is also a Hackathon in San Francisco in January:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Hackathon_January_2012

Which has an event page so sexy that I wish I could attend and I'm better at breaking things than fixing them!

HACK ON,

-Sarah

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