I suggest that a public dialogue about the strategic goals of Wikimania, the strategic goals of Wikimania scholarships, and how to achieve those goals in cost-effective ways, would be good to have. Perhaps WMF Learning and Evaluation, in partnership with WMF Community Resources, could facilitate this dialogue in WMF Annual Plan year 2019-2020. Preparation work could be done in 2018-2019 as time allows.

Pine
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