If the amount is privately shared with the recipient, I could see some value in that (appreciation, as you mention). However, please also consider the flipside: it may make some people feel guilty about accepting the money, or they may take it as a hint that they shouldn't accept the scholarship because it is so expensive. This would be a great pity. I'm not entirely sure whether the benefits would outweigh the risks - but it's a consideration worth making. 

Lodewijk

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 2:11 AM Rehman Abubakr <rehman.wikimedia@live.com> wrote:
Hello,

I was a former Wikimania scholarship recipient. To put it briefly, the Wikimania experience was something that I deeply value and will forever cherish. Somewhat sadly though, it is only after quite some years after Wikimania that I actually realised the value of the scholarship award (in monetary terms), that too with loose estimates done by myself purely out of curiosity.

Would it make sense to include the approximate total monetary value of the scholarship award (airfare, lodging, insurance, logistics, etc) within the scholarship award emails to the recipients? I feel this would give much deserving weight in the award itself, as I'm sure many of us isn't aware of the actual amount of resources that is put in a given person's award.


Yours truly,


Rehman Abubakr (Roy)

OTRS agent, Admin (English Wikipedia, Commons), Contributor (Wikidata, Meta)

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